Ready to Boogie?
CFJC Boogie the Bridge set for Sunday morning
KAMLOOPS - The CFJC Boogie the Bridge goes Sunday (April 26), beginning from Riverside Park. Organizer Jo Berry says participants are entered in runs and walks of different distances - ranging from five kilometres to 21 kilometres."This year, we've upped the ante in the parking lot party. We have food trucks, Hand...
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PARLIAMENTARY RECEPTION
Kamloops' Verhoeff earns Jim and Ginette Munson Autism Leadership Award, will shape national strategy
KAMLOOPS - Luke Verhoeff of Kamloops was honoured last week at the Canadian Autism Leadership Summit in Ottawa. He is the fifth winner of the Jim and Ginette Munson Autism Leadership Award, which is presented to an autistic person in Canada who demonstrates leadership, determination and values that reflect the Munsons...
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Two & Out
PETERS: The good, the bad and the ugly of the Pathways meeting
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Early Spring Special Edition
Art of Gardening Special Edition - Early Spring
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: April 23, 2026
Apr 23, 2026
SOUND OFF
SOUND OFF: Creating good-paying jobs for British Columbians
Apr 23, 2026
Kamloops and Area
New Housing
New 27-unit cooperative housing development set to rise in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Propolis Cooperative Housing Society is moving ahead with plans for a new four-storey, 27-unit apartment building on St. Paul Street in downtown Kamloops. Located at the intersection of St. Paul Street and 10th Avenue, Propolis expects to begin construction as soon as this year. If all goes well, it also...
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Wildlfire training
Wildfire fighter bootcamp behind smoke near Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Smoke near Merritt on Friday and Saturday (April 24 and 25) is likely no cause for alarm as the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is giving new recruits live fire training.The BCWS said its New Recruitment Bootcamp includes igniting and extinguishing small burn piles to simulate a wildfire response.Exercises w...
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Missing Person
RCMP say missing Kamloops man may be trying to get to Vernon
KAMLOOPS - RCMP would like your help tracking down a recent arrival to Kamloops who has been reported missing.In a news release, spokesperson Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet says Gene Siedekum, 61, was last seen Monday (April 20) around the 300-block of Columbia Street."Gene recently moved to Kamloops and may attempt t...
Apr 24, 2026
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Fire Ban
Williams Lake to implement campfire ban within city limits
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The City of Williams Lake will implement a campfire ban within city limits as of noon on Friday (April 24).This follows a ban on Category 2 and 3 burns in the Cariboo Fire Centre introduced on Thursday.The Williams Lake campfire ban will remain in place until October 31, or it could be rescinded e...
Apr 23, 2026
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Featured Content
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Basket & Container Stuffers
Shawn is taking a look at everyone's favourite fillers and spillers for hanging baskets and container pots. Ready to get stuffed? Your basket is! Fillers and spillers!
Apr 22, 2026
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Bearing Strawberries
Did you know the difference between June- and ever-bearing strawberries?
Apr 17, 2026
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Different Fruit for Different Folks
Shawn goes through many options for enjoying fresh fruit at different elevations and temperatures in the Thompson-Okanagan.
Apr 17, 2026
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British Columbia
400-metre-wide landslide in Old Fort, B.C., shifted road 62 metres
British Columbia's Transportation Ministry says a landslide in the northeastern community of Old Fort has shifted the road 62 metres downslope since Sunday. The ministry says the 400-metre-wide slide, which destroyed part of Old Fort Road. The Peace R...
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What you need to know about the new Enbridge LNG pipeline approval
OTTAWA - Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said on Friday that the federal government has approved Enbridge Inc.'s $4-billion Sunrise natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia. Here's a quick rundown of the project and why it's important. What is the...
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Actions of ex-Mountie charged under security law affront Canadian sovereignty: Crown
VANCOUVER - The actions of a former RCMP officer accused of violating security law for the benefit of Chinese authorities were an affront to Canadian sovereignty, a Crown prosecutor told British Columbia Supreme Court on Friday. William Majcher pleaded...
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Local Sports
WHL Awards
Blazers' forward Hurlbert named WHL rookie of the year
KAMLOOPS - J.P. Hurlbert's rookie Western Hockey League season is officially one for the record books. The 17-year-old American has been named the WHL's rookie of the year for the 2025-26 season. Hurlbert is the third Blazer to win the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy and the first since Scottie Upshall in 2000-01. Ron Shud...
Apr 23, 2026
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Goodbye, KI
Storm owner Kolle on B.C. Hockey Conference: 'We simply seek to be the best'
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Storm owner Matt Kolle sees prestige in joining the B.C. Hockey Conference (BCHC), a Hockey Canada-sanctioned Junior A circuit. "Three years ago, with the BCHL leaving [Hockey Canada], that's a big piece of British Columbia hockey leaving," Kolle said. "For us to elevate to this leve...
Apr 23, 2026
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Landscape changes
B.C. Hockey Conference commissioner Dubois talks new Junior A league, addresses WIJHL split
BC Hockey announced on Tuesday [April 21] its board of directors unanimously approved an application from the B.C. Hockey Conference (BCHC) to become the province's Hockey Canada-sanctioned Junior A league.Twenty-two teams - including 14 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) members - will begin play in t...
Apr 22, 2026
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Canada
Quebec bar suspends building owner facing charges in fatal 2023 Old Montreal fire
MONTREAL - Quebec's bar association has suspended the law licence of the owner of an Old Montreal building who is facing manslaughter charges in the deaths of seven people who died there in a 2023 fire. The notice on the Barreau du Québec's website say...
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Experts report a surge in interest among American academics looking to move to Canada
OTTAWA - Jason Stanley moved from the United States to Canada last September, leaving behind a high-profile position at Yale to take a job at the Munk School of Global Affairs in Toronto. The fascism researcher said he made the move for one reason: aca...
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100-year-old walking 5k during Ottawa Race Weekend to raise funds for seniors
OTTAWA - One-hundred-year-old Roy Allen is set to make history next month by becoming the first centenarian to walk 5K for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend. Allen is walking to raise funds for several seniors' organizations, including some that have he...
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World
Gunfire and blasts rock Mali as attackers hit capital and other cities, residents say
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Gunmen attacked several locations in Mali's capital and other cities early Saturday in a possible coordinated assault, residents and authorities said. Mali's army said in a statement that "unidentified armed terroris...
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Growing wildfires blamed for death of Florida firefighter, destruction of 120 Georgia homes
NAHUNTA, Ga. (AP) - A volunteer firefighter died battling a wildfire in northern Florida while more than 120 homes have been destroyed in southeast Georgia and thousands more remain threatened by two large blazes, one of which investigators suspect was...
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US imposes sanctions on a China-based oil refinery and 40 shippers over Iranian oil
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil. The move, announced Friday and first reported...
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