Riley Creek Wildfire
Evacuation orders rescinded for Lillooet-area wildfire
LILLOOET, B.C. - The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) and Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) have downgraded evacuation orders put in place last week due to the raging Riley Creek fire south of Lillooet.The evacuation orders were put in place Friday (July 31) for the Texas Creek area. The orders covered...
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Seniors Picnic
Kamloops seniors picnic returns to Riverside Park on August 28
KAMLOOPS - Seniors in Kamloops will get a chance to gather and enjoy each other's company next month when the annual senior's picnic takes over a portion of Riverside Park.The event for adults aged 55 and older will be held between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28. It'll feature a picnic-style hot dog lunch ...
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Kamloops and Area
B.C.'s Highest Honour
Skeetchestn's Dr. Marianne Ignace appointed to Order of B.C.
SKEETCHESTN - A renowned Secwepemc linguist is one of 12 newly announced appointees to the Order of British Columbia, the province's highest honour.Dr. Marianne Ignace (Gulkiihlgad) of Skeetchestn has dedicated her career to helping to revitalize Indigenous languages through her research and education initiatives.Ignac...
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Wildfire Watch
TNRD downgrades evacuation order for Lower Nicola-area properties impacted by wildfire
MERRITT, B.C. - Residents of multiple properties within the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) who had to evacuate due to the Ainslie Creek wildfire near Boston Bar are able to return home.Effective at 5:00 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 2), the TNRD says an evacuation order has been downgraded to an evacuation alert for prop...
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Wildfire Situation
TNRD expands Evacuation Order for French Bar Creek fire
BIG BAR, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has expanded its Evacuation Order in response to the French Bar Creek wildfire, which continues to spread out of control.The expanded Evacuation Order is now in place for about 10 addressed properties in Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau).The im...
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Cat Video Fest
Cat Video Fest 2026 to hit the Paramount Theatre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Cat Video Fest 2026 is set to hit the silver screen in Kamloops' Paramount Theatre, presenting a compilation of cat videos to raise money for a local feline rescue.The Kamloops Film Society said Cat Video Fest 2026, presented by Oscilloscope Laboratories brings together the latest and best cat videos from co...
Aug 02, 2026
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Featured Content
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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Oh, Deer!
Art of Gardening: Oh, Deer!
Jun 10, 2026
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British Columbia
'The fire was just raging' evacuee describes fleeing Okanagan wildfires
VERNON - Atlyn Becker remembers the hills glowing orange around her on Saturday as her truck edged north to safety from fires burning around British Columbia's Okanagan Lake. She and her family are among thousands who fled their homes over the weekend ...
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Lakeside homes destroyed, evacuations expanded as B.C. wildfires surge
VERNON - A wildfire fanned by 115-kilometre-per-hour winds razed homes along the west side of British Columbia's Okanagan Lake, forcing many residents to escape to safety. Video and photos posted online showed flames in the night sky engulfing propert...
Aug 02, 2026
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Elizabeth May says Greens can win byelection by campaigning on PM's climate record
OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she thinks the Greens can pull off an upset in one of the upcoming byelection races by campaigning on Liberal rollbacks of climate policy. The Greens are running Shelley Luce - an environmental scientist w...
Aug 02, 2026
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Local Sports
NorthPaws Baseball
Dugdale throws complete game shutout as NorthPaws beat Riverhawks 7-0, win series
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws could be ending their season on a positive note as they've now won three straight series. Kamloops' collegiate summer baseball club took two of three home games against the Edmonton Riverhawks this week. After splitting the first two games, a 9-1 win on Tuesday (July 29) and 7-6 loss o...
Jul 31, 2026
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In the Snake Pit
Kamloops Venom to host Port Coquitlam Saints in provincial lacrosse final
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Venom will host the Port Coquitlam Saints in the B.C. Junior B Tier 1 Lacrosse Provincial Championship this weekend at Memorial Arena.As CFJC Today reports, the Venom are aiming to win the B.C. title for the first time since 2012.
Jul 31, 2026
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IN THE BCFC
Quarterback Rigler takes reins of hometown Kamloops Broncos
KAMLOOPS - Cole Rigler will always remember his first throw for his hometown Kamloops Broncos, a deep-ball completion to his old high school teammate Hudson Jones on the first play of his B.C. Football Conference career. "I think that was the game plan since the first practice of the season," Rigler said. &q...
Jul 30, 2026
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Canada
Canadian astronaut prepares for NASA mission to International Space Station
Growing up on a cattle farm in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., Joshua Kutryk says he dreamt of going to space though he never thought it would happen. But a few months after Artemis II's lunar flyby, the 44-year-old is preparing for a mission to the Interna...
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'The fire was just raging' evacuee describes fleeing Okanagan wildfires
VERNON - Atlyn Becker remembers the hills glowing orange around her on Saturday as her truck edged north to safety from fires burning around British Columbia's Okanagan Lake. She and her family are among thousands who fled their homes over the weekend ...
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Duelling symbols: Alberta and Canada flags creating division ahead of referendum
EDMONTON - Sarah Batchelor says it started a few weeks ago when a large blue flag bearing Alberta's shield of arms appeared on her neighbour's window in Airdrie, a city north of Calgary. The 49-year-old music teacher, who has lived in the province fo...
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World
New talks are 'last chance' for Iran to forge a deal and avoid escalation of US strikes, Trump says
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the 5-month-old Iran war - but this time, he insists it's different. The president on Monday said that new talks between Washington and Tehran are the "last chanc...
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Europe's hot, dry summer takes its toll with fires in France and Greece, and drought in the UK
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A record-breaking hot and dry summer tightened its grip on Europe Monday, as water-dropping planes swooped over a major wildfire in Greece, firefighters in France sought to stabilize a blaze in Provence, and much of the U.K. recor...
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Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rare meeting with International Red Cross
BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the International Committee of the Red Cross' representative in the capital on Monday, the military-backed government said, a rare moment of contact with the outside world for th...
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