Shuswap Lake fires
Officials investigating string of suspicious fires in Shuswap Lake area
CELISTA, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD), RCMP and local fire departments are looking into a series of suspicious fires in the Shuswap area sparked Wednesday evening (August 5).At about 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday (August 5), Celista Fire Department was called out to a brush fire along Squilax Anglemont...
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Dragons Beached
Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival cancelled due to poor air quality
KAMLOOPS - Wildfire smoke has rained on the parade for the Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival. Speaking briefly to CFJC Today, Festival Director Lucas Sweet says the 500-metre races on the South Thompson River Saturday (Aug. 8) have been cancelled due to poor air quality. As of Thursday, the South Thompson region is under a...
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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...
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Air Siren
Air siren reactivated at 108 Mile fire hall
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Residents in the 108 Mile Ranch area are being alerted of the air siren at the fire hall being reactivated. The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) says the siren will sound between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. when the 108 Mile Volunteer Fire Department receives a call. In a post to social media Tuesday ...
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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...
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Search and Rescue
Young man without lifejacket swims to shore after falling overboard in the Shuswap
SICAMOUS, B.C. - Shuswap Volunteer Search and Rescue (SAR) is reminding residents to wear personal flotation devices while boating after a drowning nearly took place. Shuswap SAR says its ground and water were called by the RCMP for a nighttime lake search on Sunday, July 26 after boaters reported that a young man had ...
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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!
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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.
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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.
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British Columbia
Truck driver charged in fatal crash near Quesnel, B.C., that killed motorcyclist
QUESNEL - Police in British Columbia say a tractor-trailer driver has been charged with impaired driving causing death in a crash involving a motorcyclist last year. The crash happened July 24, 2025, on Highway 97 near Quesnel, in the Cariboo region. ...
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B.C. wildfire fight reaches Metro Vancouver as Anmore blaze prompts evacuation alerts
A separate wildfire burning south of the blaze on British Columbia's Okanagan Lake that destroyed hundreds of homes last weekend has prompted an upgraded evacuation order. An update from the Central Okanagan emergency management centre says the order ...
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Dark-web drug trafficker is sentenced in B.C. after being extradited from Germany
VICTORIA - A Victoria man who was recently extradited from Germany to face accusations of running a dark-web drug trafficking ring has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to five charges. RCMP say 29-year-old Isaac Ol...
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Local Sports
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...
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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...
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NorthPaws Baseball
NorthPaws finish outside postseason picture in 2026, wrap up season with loss in Nanaimo
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws wrapped up the 2022 West Coast League (WCL) season with a series loss in Nanaimo. After splitting the first two games earlier this week, an 8-7 loss on Monday and a 5-1 win on Tuesday, the NorthPaws fell to the NightOwls on Vancouver Island Wednesday (Aug. 5) 15-8. The NorthPaws finish...
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Canada
Poilievre says Carney must explain 'failed' screening that led to NATO spy case
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday that Prime Minister Mark Carney "has a lot of explaining to do" about how the government "failed" to screen a Canadian intern at NATO's Belgium headquarters who was arrested recently on espion...
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N.S. attorney general wants answers after innocent man serves 18 months in prison
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's attorney general says he wants answers on how an innocent man served 18 months in prison for child exploitation charges after investigators mixed up his online username. "When we have a situation like this with a wrongful convic...
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Nova Scotian children under 14 will soon be banned from e-scooters and e-bikes
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's public works minister says the province plans to ban children under 14 from riding electric scooters and bikes this fall. Fred Tilley says the age restriction is part of a slate of changes that will be made to the province's Tra...
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World
Uganda approves sending troops for international force in Gaza
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan authorities on Thursday sought and won parliamentary approval to deploy troops to Gaza as part of an international force. The successful motion, brought by the defense minister, is Uganda's first public indi...
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Houthi rebel attacks kill at least 30 Yemeni government forces, officials say
CAIRO (AP) - Attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels Thursday in central and eastern Yemen killed at least 30 government troops and wounded at least 50 others, Yemeni government officials said. A Houthi leader said Saudi-backed troops were targeted in...
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Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate committee on Thursday voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week focused on his handl...
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