ON THE ICE
B.C., Eastern Door and the North clash at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
KAMLOOPS -- Team B.C. was chasing its first win in the male division on Wednesday (May 7) morning at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Kamloops. Eastern Door and the North entered the game as an underdog, having lost its first three contests by a combined score of 24-5. But, as CFJC Today reports, B.C.. r...
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United Way BC's Period Promise campaign looks to address increased period poverty in Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS - United Way BC's annual Period Promise campaign kicked off earlier this month, running until May 31. This year's campaign is working to combat the growing rate of people in the local area who are experiencing period poverty.The campaign provides period products to agencies whose clients may be living in pover...
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Art of Gardening - Unique Specimen Trees
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SOUND OFF: School District 73 - please reverse your decision to cut the after-school Strings program
May 06, 2025
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May 05, 2025
Kamloops and Area
NO FLAMES SHOWING
Columbia Street traffic diverted as Kamloops Fire Rescue investigates downtown smoke report
KAMLOOPS - Traffic was momentarily snarled in front of Royal Inland Hospital along Columbia Street Wednesday morning (May 7), as Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were called out to a report of smoke at a strip mall. The report came in around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning for light smoke, and a burning smell in the Columbia Me...
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Voyent Alert! Test
City of Kamloops issuing test alert via Voyent Alert! app Thursday
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents who have signed up for Voyent Alert! notifications shouldn't panic if their phones go off Thursday (May 8). The City of Kamloops will issue a test alert on Thursday, meaning residents who have downloaded the Voyent Alert! app will receive either an email, phone call or text notification. I...
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SD73 Cuts
SD73 Parent Advisory Council plans weekend rally to bolster call for increased education funding
KAMLOOPS - The School District 73 (SD73) Parent Advisory Council will hold a rally as part of a call to the B.C. government to raise funding for public education in Kamloops and area ahead the upcoming academic year. On Saturday (May 10) from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., parents of SD73 students and other partners with th...
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Doctor Shortage
Kamloops looks to Colwood for municipally operated medical clinic model
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has asked staff to come up with a business case for a municipally owned and operated medical clinic. Spearheaded by Councillor Kelly Hall, the idea is modelled after one launched by the City of Colwood on Vancouver Island that aims to recruit eight new doctors in a year. Hall says Colwood's ...
May 07, 2025
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Featured Content
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Unique Specimen Trees
Looking for that special something to make your yard stand out in the neighbourhood? Shawn Ulmer from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a number of unique and attractive trees of the weeping variety to provide that very element!
Apr 30, 2025
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - New Tropicals
They come in to the store every spring and this year is no exception! Ivy Hik from Art Knapp's in Kamloops takes time to showcase some of the new tropicals that are now in stock for you to check out!
Apr 23, 2025
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Magnolias in Kamloops
Magnolias are only meant to be grown in the lower mainland...right? Wrong says Maury HIk from Art Knapp's in Kamloops! There are lots of locations in town you can find success with this fantastic flowering tree!
Apr 23, 2025
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British Columbia
NDP faces 'Parliament from hell' without official party status, says former MP
OTTAWA - The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election - a time one former New Democrat MP remembers as "the Parliament from hell." Svend Robinson represented Burnaby, B.C., in the House of Commons from 1979...
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Court can weather suggestion accused spends 'rest of his goddamned life in jail': Eby
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is confident the independence of the court won't be influenced by his feelings that the man accused of killing 11 people at a Filipino festival should "spend the rest of his goddamned life in jail." The B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association has criticized Eby f...
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B.C. government appoints former chief justice review festival safety measures
The British Columbia government has appointed a former chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court to report on safety measures for event organizers and police after 11 people were killed in a vehicle attack in Vancouver. Premier David Eby says Christopher Hinkson has agreed to serve as commissioner to conduct the review &...
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Local Sports
ON THE ICE
B.C., Eastern Door and the North clash at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
KAMLOOPS -- Team B.C. was chasing its first win in the male division on Wednesday (May 7) morning at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Kamloops. Eastern Door and the North entered the game as an underdog, having lost its first three contests by a combined score of 24-5. But, as CFJC Today reports, B.C.. r...
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WHL Expansion
Blazers lose D Anderlini to Penticton in WHL expansion draft
CALGARY - When the expansion Penticton Vees visit the Kamloops Blazers during the 2025-26 Western Hockey League (WHL) season, their roster will include a couple of familiar faces.The WHL expansion draft was held Wednesday (May 7). The Vees chose players from 13 WHL teams, while the league accepted seven trade proposals...
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AT NATIONALS
Bottle, B.C. aiming to bounce back after loss at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
KAMLOOPS - Jaylah Bottle and Team B.C. suffered a setback in female play at the Under-18 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships on Tuesday (May 6) in Kamloops. Manitoba earned a 3-2 victory over B.C. at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre, taking a two-goal lead and staving off a comeback attempt to improve to one...
May 06, 2025
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Canada
Canadian Blood Services says it needs 1 million new blood donors over next 5 years
TORONTO - Marc Parravano has donated blood 146 times. He remembers regularly going to the blood collection centre with his mother when he was a kid and followed in her footsteps after he turned 17 and was able to donate himself. "I get a sense of accomplishment and reward because I'm helping others," Parravan...
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In the news today: Former NDP MP warns: tough times ahead in parliament for the party
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... NDP faces 'Parliament from hell,' says ex-MP The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election - a time one former New Democrat MP ...
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Canada looks again to Europe as world marks 80 years since end of Second World War
OTTAWA - After the Second World War came to a close, Canada pulled itself away from Great Britain and planted itself firmly within a North American political and economic compact that generated prosperity for much of the western world for decades. But as the world marks 80 years since the end of the war in Europe, an i...
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World
Ukraine's parliament ratifies a minerals deal with the US
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's Parliament unanimously voted in favor of ratifying of a landmark minerals deal with the U.S. on Thursday afternoon, a lawmaker said. The ratification is a key step in setting the deal in motion. It calls for the creation of a joint investment fund with the U.S. Parliament approved the agr...
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No new pope elected yet after black smoke pours out of Sistine Chapel's chimney
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Black smoke is again pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that no pope was elected on second or third ballots of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. The smoke billowed out at 11:50 a.m. on Thursday after the morning voting session to elect a successor to Pope...
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Pakistan shoots down drone near naval base in the city of Lahore, officials say
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's air defense system shot down a drone early Thursday near a naval air base in the eastern city of Lahore, Pakistani police and security officials said, as India evacuated thousands of people villages near the two country's highly militarized frontier in the disputed region of Kashmir. ...
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