Overdose Awareness Day
25 years of overdose prevention: ASK Wellness reflects on Kamloops' ongoing toxic drug crisis
KAMLOOPS - For 25 years, International Overdose Awareness Day has remembered those lost while calling for action to slow the trend. This year's message of "25 Years On. Still Needed" resonated with ASK Wellness CEO Bob Hughes."There's some cause for a bit of relief with the declining fatality rate relate...
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YOUNG ROSTER PUSH
Blazers' youth impressing ahead of first preseason game
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers wrapped up their training camp Monday morning (Aug. 31). Logan Lanti scored the overtime winner in the championship game to help Team Garand take a 4-3 overtime victory over Team Minten. The Blazers now look toward the preseason. The buzz out of training camp has been around the younger ...
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Our Community
Question of the Week
Do you support Canada walking away from trade negotiations with the U.S. or would you rather Canada take a softer approach?
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BC Day
Art of Gardening Special Edition - BC Day
Week in Review
Week in Review: Week of August 24, 2026
Aug 29, 2026
Two & Out
PETERS: Suggesting wealthy people get more voting power is wrong - and un-Canadian
Aug 28, 2026
Kamloops and Area
Pear Lake wildfire
TNRD lifts evacuation alert for more than 200 properties near Clinton-area wildfire
CLINTON, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has lifted evacuation alerts for more than 200 properties near the Pear Lake wildfire as fire activity dies down.About 214 properties were given the "all clear" on Monday afternoon (Aug. 31), including Big Bar Lake, Little Big Bar Lake, Beaver Dam Lake, Bi...
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French Bar Creek wildfire
CRD downgrades final evacuation order due to French Bar Creek wildfire
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) has lifted its final evacuation order in response to the French Bar Creek wildfire, while giving the 'all-clear' to other properties north of the fire.The CRD said evacuated residents are now allowed to return home for the first time in over a month, after the ...
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Assistant Superintendent of Education
SD73 welcomes new assistant superintendent to Kamloops ahead of school year
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73) has appointed a veteran educator and coach to be its new Assistant Superintendent of Education.SD76 said James Messenger joins the senior leadership team from the Pacific Rim School District, where he served as Assistant Superintendent."We are excited to welc...
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Kamloops Votes 2026
Former Kamloops councillor Dhaliwal to launch mayoral campaign
KAMLOOPS - A fourth competitor has emerged in the race for the Kamloops mayor's chair this fall.Former councillor Ray Dhaliwal has confirmed he will launch his mayoral campaign this Friday (Sept. 4). Dhaliwal, a local locksmith and business owner, served on council for about one year, beginning in 2017. He was one of t...
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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
Liberals sweep trio of byelections in Chicoutimi, Toronto and Vancouver
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals swept a trio of byelections Monday including picking up a seat from the Conservatives in Quebec. Daniel Gobeil will be the next MP for Chicoutimi-Le Fjord, replacing Conservative representative Richard Mar...
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Meta's new rules for kids should extend to Canada, B.C. attorney general says
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general is calling on social media giant Meta to implement the same protections for Canadian children who use its platforms that American children will receive. The company that operates Facebook and Instagram is ...
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The B.C. Conservative caucus is down to 30. Here's how it lost 14 members
The B.C. Conservatives came within three ridings of victory in the 2024 provincial election, winning 44 seats. But since then, the party's caucus has been thinned to 30, amid differences over its ideology, and questions about its direction under both f...
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Local Sports
YOUNG ROSTER PUSH
Blazers' youth impressing ahead of first preseason game
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers wrapped up their training camp Monday morning (Aug. 31). Logan Lanti scored the overtime winner in the championship game to help Team Garand take a 4-3 overtime victory over Team Minten. The Blazers now look toward the preseason. The buzz out of training camp has been around the younger ...
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WolfPack Soccer
WolfPack men's soccer team shut out Cascades 1-0, win second straight to start 2026 season
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's soccer team is sleeping comfortably after earning its second clean sheet to start the 2026 Canada West season. The WolfPack shut out the visiting University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) Cascades 1-0 at Hillside Stadium Saturday (Aug. 29). It's TRU's second cl...
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In the crease
'Coming for that starting position': Goaltending competition underway at Blazers' training camp
KAMLOOPS - Kaeden Tate of Huntington Beach, Calif., is 6-foot-4 and entering his 17-year-old season with lofty goals. "Yeah, coming for that starting position, coming for Eddy's spot," Tate said with a smile. Competition in the crease is a storyline for the Kamloops Blazers, whose on-ice training camp sessio...
Aug 29, 2026
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Canada
Ottawa sends officials to Nepal as search for missing Canadians continues: Anand
OTTAWA - The federal government has 10 officials on the ground in Nepal to support Canadians affected by flooding, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday. In a statement posted on social media, Anand said the officials, which include a membe...
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Carney meets business leaders to discuss U.S. trade, says PM's office
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has met with a number of business leaders across different sectors to discuss Canada's trade relationship with the U.S. A statement from the Prime Minister's Office says the meeting covered recent developments on...
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Meta's new rules for kids should extend to Canada, B.C. attorney general says
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general is calling on social media giant Meta to implement the same protections for Canadian children who use its platforms that American children will receive. The company that operates Facebook and Instagram is ...
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World
Woman randomly stabs 2 people in New York City's Times Square, killing 1, then is killed by police
A woman randomly stabbed two people in New York City's Times Square on Monday, killing one woman, and then was fatally shot by police, according to officials. The shooting happened just before 4:30 p.m. next to a New York Police Departmen...
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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, White House says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump administration. No reason was given for the departur...
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Some 80 people rescued from Grand Canyon floods that left 2 dead and 1 still missing, officials say
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) - The bodies of a Texas chiropractor and at least one other person have been found after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon, and officials said Monday that one person remains unaccounted for after ...
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