School Budgets
DPAC demands boost in provincial funding amid potential SD73 staffing cuts
KAMLOOPS - The District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) in the Kamloops Thompson School District (SD73) is calling on the B.C. government to address an "education funding crisis" in schools.It has released its response to the school district's preliminary budget, which is proposing to cut nearly 77 teaching an...
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CANADA VOTES 2025
Election Issues 2025: Affordability and cost of living
KAMLOOPS - Over the next week, Canadians will head to the polls, basing their votes on several key topics, including housing, U.S. trade relations, the environment, crime and public safety - and Monday's (April 21) topic for those running in Kamloops - affordability. All candidates in the two ridings were asked the exa...
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Kamloops and Area
CANADA VOTES 2025
Kamloopsians swarm polls on last day of advanced voting
KAMLOOPS - Voters spent the four days of the Easter long weekend heading to the polls to cast their votes early. This year, like many previous years, advance voter turnout is the highest on record. With more advance voters than ever, CFJC went to the polls to ask voters why they didn't wait until April 28.
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Pope Francis
Tkemlúps mourns passing of Pope Francis; hopes successor will continue journey of reconciliation
KAMLOOPS - The Chief of Tkemlúps te Secwépemc has released a statement offering "comfort and much condolences" to people who are grieving following the death of Pope Francis. "On behalf of Tkemlúps te Secwépemc we extend heartfelt condolences and collective prayers for the sou...
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LYTTON RECOVERY
Village office, community hub coming up on Lytton rebuild checklist
LYTTON, B.C. - Rebuilding the Village of Lytton has taken far longer than residents expected, but houses are taking form with a few residents moving in this spring. During a record-breaking heat wave in June of 2021, a wildfire burned most of the homes, businesses and service buildings in the municipality. This coming ...
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War On Cedars!
Launch of new fuel reduction rebate programs in Kamloops, TNRD imminent
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is expected to soon announce the launch of a new rebate program to incentivize some fuel mitigation work this year. Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) Life Safety Educator Capt. Jeff Pont says the rebate program will mean people are able to get up to 50 per cent of eligible costs covered to a ma...
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Featured Content
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - One Potato, Two Potato!
Springtime means buds, but it also means spuds! Yes it's a great time to plant potatoes and Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a number of great suggestions for you to try out this season.
Apr 15, 2025
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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!
Apr 02, 2025
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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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British Columbia
'I won't be the last': Tréchelle Bunn elected as first female chief of Dakota nation
WINNIPEG - Tréchelle Bunn has had a whirlwind month. She wrapped up her two-year tenure as one of the Southern Chiefs' Organization youth chiefs, finished her second year of law school at the University of Manitoba and received an Indspire award for her work in Indigenous communities at a ceremony in Vancouver. ...
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Tugboat brings in B.C. ferry after mechanical failure on busy Easter weekend
NORTH VANCOUVER - A BC Ferries vessel had to be assisted into Horseshoe Bay in North Vancouver by a tugboat after suffering a mechanical failure at the end of the busy holiday weekend. The company says the problem with the Queen of Coquitlam's pitch control has been repaired and testing was conducted before a possible ...
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Vancouver Island city-owned clinic on track to sign two more doctors, mayor says
COLWOOD - The mayor of a Vancouver Island community hiring doctors as city employees says it is "very close" to signing two more physicians for its clinic even as other communities inquire about replicating its model. Colwood Mayor Doug Kobayashi says the city's clinic currently has one doctor on staff, anoth...
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Local Sports
Stankoven scores twice, Hurricanes whip Devils 4-1 in playoff opener
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Logan Stankoven provided an immediate jolt in his first playoff game with the Carolina Hurricanes. The 22-year-old forward scored twice in the second period Sunday to help the Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 in the opener of their first-round playoff series. It was part of a strong debut ...
Apr 20, 2025
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Pro Hockey Debut
Kamloops native Ethan Langenegger makes pro hockey debut for Syracuse Crunch
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Kamloops native Ethan Langenegger made his professional hockey debut with the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League (AHL) Saturday (April 19) night. The 24-year-old Langenegger allowed three goals on 26 shots in 38:14 of action as the Syracuse Crunch fell 3-2 to the Utica Comets in their final ...
Apr 20, 2025
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League1 BC
KUFC men remain unbeaten in League1 BC; women drop another heartbreaker
KAMLOOPS - Another weekend split for Kamloops United Football Club (KUFC) in League1 BC action at Hillside Stadium Saturday (April 19) night.The men's team scored three in a row en route to a 3-1 win over Evolution FC from Coquitlam to remain unbeaten. Lucas Kirnon, Isaac Tate, and Ben Finley all scored for KUFC after ...
Apr 20, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Toronto, Montreal archbishops to hold mass for Pope Francis
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Toronto, Montreal archbishops to hold mass for Pope Francis Canada's newest cardinal will lead a mass in honour of Pope Francis this afternoon. Cardinal Frank Leo, Archbishop of Toronto, will preside at a mass for the repose of th...
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Jury selection set to start in former world junior hockey players' sex assault trial
LONDON - Jury selection is expected to begin today in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged with sexual assault early last year in an incident that allegedly took place in London, Ont., in...
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'Keep the doors open': Ministers call on next pope to do more for LGBTQ+ people
Serge Quevillon made it a point Monday to visit Montreal's Mary Queen of the World Cathedral to pay respect to Pope Francis. Speaking outside the cathedral, he said he vividly remembers a question the pope was asked in June 2013. "He was asked, 'What do you think about homosexuality?' And he gave the nicest, most ...
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World
Cardinals meet at Vatican to choose date for Pope Francis' funeral
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals have decided that the public viewing of Pope Francis will begin Wednesday in St. Peter's Basilica, after his casket is taken by procession from the Vatican hotel where he lived. The master of liturgical ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, issued the rubrics for the procession by mandate ...
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Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants
BOSTON (AP) - Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus. In a letter to Harvard earlier this month, Trump's administration had...
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Wife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery scheme
NEW YORK (AP) - Nadine Menendez, the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, was convicted Monday of teaming up with her husband to accept bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey men looking for help with their business dealings or legal troubles. The jury returned its verdict in the same federa...
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