Smoke Awareness
'That will impact people's mental health': Interior Health explains how Kamloops' wildfire smoke is linked to physical, mental risks
KAMLOOPS - The interior is no stranger when it comes to the smoke, but wildfires are changing more than just the views across the province. As air quality deteriorates, health officials say the impacts can be tolling on both physical, and mental health with daily life being disrupted. With the sky orange, and the air ...
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Sahali Brush Fire
Kamloops Fire Rescue takes down small brush fire near Sahali neighbourhood
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops firefighters doused a small brush fire that broke out near a residential neigbourhood in the Sahali area early Friday afternoon (August 7). Kamloops Fire Rescue Platoon Chief Ken Hartt said the fire sparked in Peterson Creek near Whiteshield Crescent South."It was contained to 0.231 of a hectar...
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KSC AT HELM
'We want to continue the legacy': Ribfest's new era underway in Riverside Park
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Foliage Shade Garden
Art of Gardening: Foliage Shade Garden
Two & Out
PETERS: What can we do to help others - and ourselves - during another devastating wildfire season?
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Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: August 6, 2026
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Kamloops and Area
Coquihalla Crash
RCMP looking for witness of Coquihalla crash south of Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - BC Highway Patrol are looking for a particular witness to a crash along the Coquihalla highway south of Merritt who left the scene before giving evidence to officers. Police officials said the crash happened on July 30, 2026, at about 2:15 p.m. along the Coquihalla northbound near Exit 286, just south o...
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Mail delay
Wildfire smoke impacting Kamloops area mail delivery
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is among many other places in southern B.C. where dense wildfire smoke is impacting mail delivery. Canada Post said Kamloops, 70 Mile House and the Okanagan have been issued a Red Alert on Friday (August 7), meaning mail will not be delivered until the alert level lowers."Wildfires and poor air...
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Brush Fire Extinguished
Falkland's new wildland firefighting truck put to use dousing Highway 97 brush fire
FALKLAND B.C. - Just one hour after their new wildland firefighting truck was delivered, the Falkland Fire Department put it to use dousing a brush fire along Highway 97.The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) said strong winds from a passing cold front on Saturday (Aug. 1) knocked down power lines along the high...
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Events smoked out
Poor air quality in Kamloops area behind multiple outdoor event cancellations
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Poor air quality from wildfire smoke billowing across southern B.C. is leading to multiple cancellations and rescheduling of outdoor events around the region.One such event affected by Orange-Level air quality alerts is the Heartland Country Festival in Sun Peaks, which organizers said will be postpon...
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Featured Content
BC Day
Art of Gardening Special Edition - BC Day
It's hot, everything is growing, and it'll soon be time to pick those fruit and veggies! Here's a collection of tips from Art Knapp Home & Garden for landscaping, planting in shade, and adding air plants that don't need soil at all!
Aug 04, 2026
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Foliage Shade Garden
Art of Gardening: Foliage Shade Garden
If you have a bit of shade in your garden, take advantage of it! Here's Shawn to let you know what to plant.
Jun 24, 2026
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Native Restoration Plants
Art of Gardening: Native Restoration Plants
What happens when a natural area on your property gets damaged by construction or wildfire? According to Shawn, it's got a lot higher chance of sticking around if you plant what's native to the area.
Jun 18, 2026
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British Columbia
Metro Vancouver bus operators reject tentative deal again, to begin job action
VANCOUVER - The union representing Metro Vancouver transit bus operators says its members have rejected a second tentative deal reached by negotiators. Unifor says in a statement that union workers will begin job action on Aug. 17 by launching a ban on...
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No consideration of charges for Abbotsford, B.C., officer in fatal arrest: IIO
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog agency says it doesn't believe an Abbotsford officer committed an offence when a traffic-stop arrest turned fatal last year. The Independent Investigations Office says in a report into the death of a man on F...
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$18,000 in fines for 4 people caught illegally shellfish harvesting in B.C.
COURTENAY - The Fisheries Department says it has wrapped up a three-year investigation into illegal shellfish harvesting on Vancouver Island that has resulted in $18,000 in total fines against four people. The Fisheries Department says the investigati...
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Local Sports
Regis Ranger
National champion Smigielski to play NCAA lacrosse, offers praise to Kamloops mentors
KAMLOOPS - Alivia Smigielski is a two-time national lacrosse champion at age 17. The Regis University Rangers-committed defender credits many people for her success, including her older brother, Beckett. "He kind of trained me up in the backyard and started making me the player I am today," Alivia said. &quo...
Aug 07, 2026
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Stanley Cup Celebration
Kamloops unveils plans to celebrate Stanley Cup with Logan Stankoven
KAMLOOPS - Carolina Hurricanes forward and Kamloops Blazers alumnus Logan Stankoven is getting ready to celebrate his team's Stanley Cup championship win with the City of Kamloops this month.On Sunday, August 16, Stankoven will bring the Stanley Cup to Riverside Park to celebrate with his family, friends, and local fan...
Aug 06, 2026
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Score Golf Rankings
Three Kamloops-area golf courses crack Canada's top 100 again in 2026
KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops-area golf courses remain some of the best Canada has to offer, although two have gone up the leaderboard while another has bogeyed. In the 2026 edition of the Score Golf rankings, Sagebrush Golf Club near Merritt takes No. 15, up from 17 in 2024. The public course is credited for its minimalis...
Aug 06, 2026
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Canada
Federal government's handful of health cut reversals won't help most refugees: doctors
TORONTO - The federal government has reinstated full coverage for a handful of health-care services for refugees, but doctors say it's not nearly enough. On May 1, Canada's Interim Federal Health Program imposed a 30 per cent co-payment requirement fo...
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Dairy farmers warn against concessions as U.S. tariff deadline looms
OTTAWA - Canadian dairy farmers are warning against any concessions involving their sector as trade talks intensify with the United States ahead of President Donald Trump's tariff deadline. A new round of 50 per cent American tariffs on a range of Cana...
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N.S. Court of Appeal says province can't deny people in tents enhanced income support
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that the province cannot refuse enhanced income support to unhoused people living in tents. The unanimous ruling by a panel of three judges overturned a Nova Scotia Supreme Court decision last yea...
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World
A helicopter battling a Utah wildfire crashes with no word on the 2 people aboard
RICHFIELD, Utah (AP) - A helicopter helping battle a large Utah wildfire crashed Friday with no word on the conditions of the two people aboard as officials said they couldn't immediately reach the crash site. The helicopter was one of se...
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Senate confirms Hamilton to lead FEMA and clears more than 70 other Trump nominees
The Senate on Friday confirmed Cameron Hamilton as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, returning the former Navy SEAL to the embattled agency he led temporarily last year only to be fired after he publicly opposed eliminating it. ...
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Senate passes sweeping Russia sanctions bill negotiated by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate overwhelmingly approved a punishing Russian sanctions package Friday, the result of a yearlong campaign by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham to reinforce U.S. support for Ukraine and try to force President Vladimir Putin's hand ...
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