Prescribed Burn
Weekend prescribed burn planned south of Williams Lake
UPDATE (9:30 a.m.): Four more prescribed burns covering a combined 18 hectares will take place within the City of Williams Lake.The city and Williams Lake First Nation, with support from the BC Wildfire Service, will begin the four ignitions on Saturday, if conditions are safe. The prescribed burns will continue until ...
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Lillooet ER
Lillooet emergency department to close for second time this week, 11th time in last 30 days
LILLOOET, B.C. - For the 11th time in the last 30 days, and the second time this week, the emergency department at Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre will temporarily close. Interior Health says emergency services will be unavailable in Lillooet from 7:00 a.m. Thursday (April 3) to 8:00 a.m. Friday (April 4). A reason...
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Art of Christmas - Flowering Seasonal Plants
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Kamloops and Area
EXPLOSION AND FIRE
Explosion, house fire in Upper Sahali knocked down by firefighters
KAMLOOPS - Shortly after 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday (April 2), Kamloops Fire Rescue responded to reports of an explosion and structure fire on Springhill Drive at Crosby Road.Four crews arrived on scene, with two other trucks turned back as KFR was forced to take a defensive attack. "We had a bystander that called it ...
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STAYING HOME
WolfPack hold press conference in Westsyde to announce signing of highly touted recruit Scott
KAMLOOPS - Cason Scott of the Westsyde Whundas is one of the best basketball players in the country in his age group. There were at least 15 post-secondary institutions interested in acquiring his services, including each of the Canada West universities in B.C. The Grade 12 student had a tough decision to make about hi...
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CANCER CARE
Kamloops cancer care centre won't have PET-CT scanner, no plans for redesign: Minister Osborne
KAMLOOPS - Concerns have been raised over the operation of the Kamloops cancer care centre that is expected to open in 2028.B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne addressed some of those concerns on Wednesday (April 2) during an interview with CFJC Today and CBC Radio Kamloops.Among topics were shared operational responsib...
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DREAM HOME
2025 Y Dream Home Lottery launches for modern home in Westsyde
KAMLOOPS - Wednesday morning, the Kamloops Y launched its ticket sales for the 2025 Y Dream Home Lottery. The organization will be at the Kamloops Home Show this weekend, selling tickets before opening the house up to the public on April 12."This is a little-over-2,300-square-foot home, three bedrooms, three bathr...
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Things You Need To Get Done In Spring
Spring has sprung and the grass is rising - and Maury from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a whole list of things you need to get going on to get your yards and gardens ready for the growing season!
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CFJC TV Special
Art of Christmas 2024 with Art Knapp Kamloops
Maury and Ivy Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops take a look back at the best holiday features from years past. Presented by CFJC TV and First Choice Hair.
Dec 25, 2024
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Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - Flowering Seasonal Plants
There are many ways to bring warmth and colour to your home during the holiday season! Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a few ways for you to do that with seasonal flowering plants.
Nov 28, 2024
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British Columbia
B.C. government grilled after January death of Indigenous teen in care
British Columbia Premier David Eby says a youth in government care "shouldn't have died" earlier this year and that her death represents a "failure." The province's Opposition Conservative Party used much of its time during Wednesday's question period to grill the government on its treatment of chil...
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CP NewsAlert: S&P downgrades B.C.'s credit rating again
VICTORIA - Credit rating agency S&P has downgraded British Columbia's rating for the fourth time in four years, citing record capital spending and a "fiscal mismatch" in its operations. S&P Global Ratings cut the province's long-term issuer credit rating to A+ from AA-. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Critically endangered sunflower sea stars are seeking refuge in B.C. fiords
Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia's Desolation Sound in Grade 8. "I just remembered (seeing) a lot of the colours and the excitement of the colours in the water," said Gehman, who is now a scientist with the Hakai Institute, a group t...
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Local Sports
STAYING HOME
WolfPack hold press conference in Westsyde to announce signing of highly touted recruit Scott
KAMLOOPS - Cason Scott of the Westsyde Whundas is one of the best basketball players in the country in his age group. There were at least 15 post-secondary institutions interested in acquiring his services, including each of the Canada West universities in B.C. The Grade 12 student had a tough decision to make about hi...
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BLAZERS LEGEND
THE TATTLE OF HASTINGS: Hawgood reaches Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers legend Greg Hawgood will take his place in the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame this weekend, with the induction ceremony scheduled for Saturday (April 5) at Colombo Lodge.Hawgood, a defenceman, racked up 473 points in 310 WHL games and is the second-leading scorer in Blazers' history.He played ...
Apr 02, 2025
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Kamloops Blazers
Blazers' Finnie named to WHL Western Conference Second All-Star Team
KAMLOOPS - It was a down season for the Kamloops Blazers, but the team's captain has garnered a prestigious individual award.The Western Hockey League announced Tuesday (April 1) that Emmitt Finnie has made the league's year-end Second All-Star Team in the Western Conference.Finnie drove the Blazers' offence in 2024-25...
Apr 01, 2025
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Canada
Lawsuit dropped against Quebec teacher, school board over student art posted online
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area school board says it's no longer being targeted by a lawsuit that had alleged student artwork was being sold online by a teacher without their knowledge. Ten Montreal-area parents filed a lawsuit in March 2024 against the board and one of its teachers because they thought their children's art...
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Trump's tariffs trigger two-week shutdown at Stellantis assembly plant in Windsor
Automaker Stellantis is temporarily pausing production at its assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., for two weeks as it assesses the effects of the recently announced U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles. The company says work at the Ontario plant will pause for the weeks of April 7 and April 14. Operations will resume the wee...
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Spring storm continues through Ontario and Quebec, bringing heavy rain
Wet and stormy weather is hitting southern Ontario early today, with Environment Canada posting several warnings and special weather statements. Around the Greater Toronto Area, the weather agency has issued a rainfall warning, with thunderstorms expected to dump as much as 75 millimetres of rain in some areas, but say...
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World
Trump moves to fire several national security officials over concerns they're not loyal: AP sources
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has moved to fire several senior White House National Security Council officials soon after he was urged by far-right activist Laura Loomer to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently committed to his Make America Great Again agenda, according to several people familiar with the...
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More than a dozen migrants die as boats sink off Greece and Turkey
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A boat carrying migrants from Turkey to a nearby Greek island sank Thursday morning, leaving at least seven people dead, including three children, Greece's coast guard said. Turkish authorities reported what appeared to be a separate sinking in the same area, with nine people dead. The two acciden...
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Justice Department declined to prosecute Texas AG Paxton in final weeks of Biden's term: AP sources
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department quietly decided in the final weeks of the Biden administration not to prosecute Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, effectively ending the corruption investigation that cast a long shadow over the political career of a close ally of President Donald Trump, The Associated Press ha...
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