Kamloops Building Sector
Kamloops building sector nearly catches up to last year's new housing unit pace during April
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops nearly caught up to last year's pace for new housing units in April.New numbers released by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division show permits for 72 residential units were issued in April 2025 compared to 22 in the same month last year. Year-to-date, permits for 104 new housing units we...
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Family in B.C. festival tragedy celebrates small victories on long road to recovery
VANCOUVER - Even the smallest victories are being celebrated by Roland Nulada and his family, as he recovers from devastating injuries suffered in the Lapu Lapu festival attack in Vancouver. On Monday, it was Nulada's first meal in 16 days - soup and baked macaroni, "the very soft ones," says his older sister...
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Kamloops and Area
CFL TRAINING CAMP
New voices directing B.C. Lions' offensive line: 'We're going to be an aggressive run team'
KAMLOOPS -- Hope springs anew for the B.C. Lions' offensive line, which allowed the most sacks in the Canadian Football League in 2024.Paul Charbonneau has taken over as offensive line coach and he is taking directives from first-year head coach Buck Pierce.The club made significant additions during the off-season, add...
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HEAT RESPONSE
Kamloops' heat response moving away from central hub locations, placing more emphasis on community
KAMLOOPS - With summer approaching, the City of Kamloops is outlining its heat response plan. The city activates its heat alert protocol when Environment Canada issues a heat warning for the city. Heat warnings are in place when daytime highs are above 35 degrees for two consecutive days, with the overnight low in betw...
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NEW SCHOOLS NEEDED
Capital needs remain dire in SD73 despite 2026 opening of new school, catchment area shuffle
KAMLOOPS - This week, the Kamloops-Thompson School Board approved some adjustments to the existing catchment plan to which schools students living in Sahali and Aberdeen neighbourhoods will be assigned. The changes will take effect in the fall of 2026, at the same time as the opening of the new Sníne Elementary ...
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MISSION FLATS LANDFILL
No injuries in Mission Flats dump fire Wednesday; cause undetermined
KAMLOOPS - An early morning fire at the city's busiest landfill brought out a large response from Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR). Just before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday (May 14), crews were called out to the Mission Flats landfill, where a fire had started in a large metal pile. KFR Chief Ken Uzeloc says without a water supply ne...
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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
Eleven killed in festival attack included families, artist, visitor from Philippines
Eleven people were killed at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver on April 26, when an SUV drove through a crowd at high speed. Here is what we know about the victims, whose identities have been confirmed by Vancouver police and festival organizer Filipino BC: Jendhel Sico Filipino BC and the Lapu Lapu Day festival ...
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Family in B.C. festival tragedy celebrates small victories on long road to recovery
VANCOUVER - Even the smallest victories are being celebrated by Roland Nulada and his family, as he recovers from devastating injuries suffered in the Lapu Lapu festival attack in Vancouver. On Monday, it was Nulada's first meal in 16 days - soup and baked macaroni, "the very soft ones," says his older sister...
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Coroner says 275 died of toxic drugs in B.C. in February and March in downward trend
VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service says overdose deaths have been trending downward in the province, with 275 people dying in February and March due to the toxic drug supply. The service says in a statement that March is the sixth consecutive month in which fewer than 160 people died due to unregulated drug toxicity. I...
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Local Sports
CFL TRAINING CAMP
New voices directing B.C. Lions' offensive line: 'We're going to be an aggressive run team'
KAMLOOPS -- Hope springs anew for the B.C. Lions' offensive line, which allowed the most sacks in the Canadian Football League in 2024.Paul Charbonneau has taken over as offensive line coach and he is taking directives from first-year head coach Buck Pierce.The club made significant additions during the off-season, add...
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The Tattle of Hastings
THE TATTLE OF HASTINGS: B.C. Lions react to Snoop Dogg reveal
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Lions' owner Amar Doman finds himself engaged in a fierce game of one-upmanship - with himself. The club's been rolling out high-profile names for its annual Concert Kickoff event since 2022, with the musical acts playing before the Lions take the field for their home opener. Past headliners include One...
May 14, 2025
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CFL TRAINING CAMP
Irish kickers, former Gaelic footballers chasing jobs at Lions' camp; South African rugby union convert eyes starting punting gig
KAMLOOPS - The stable of kickers at BC Lions training camp this year is stocked with international boots, with the exception being starting placekicker Sean Whyte of White Rock. Carl Meyer of South Africa is likely to be the CFL club's starting punter, while Irish imports Mark McNamee and Ross Bolger - both former Gael...
May 13, 2025
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Canada
Supreme Court won't review school board's decision to sanction trustee over remarks
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not review the Toronto Catholic District School Board's decision to sanction a trustee over comments he made during a debate. At a November 2019 public meeting of trustees, the board considered a motion to add four new grounds for barring discriminatory practices: gender identi...
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In Canada's housing crisis, are modular homes a cheaper and faster solution?
TORONTO - When a church in Toronto's west end was converted into affordable housing nearly 15 years ago, the group behind the project was already thinking ahead. Andrea Adams, the executive director of the non-profit developer St. Clare's, said she was "daydreaming" about what could be built on the yard next ...
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Bloc Québécois to challenge Terrebonne election result in court
OTTAWA - The Bloc Québécois will launch a legal challenge of the controversial election result in the federal riding of Terrebonne. Speaking in Ottawa this morning, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet said his party intends to contest the result. The Liberals initially won the riding but it flipped ...
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World
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he is sending a delegation to Istanbul for peace talks with Russia
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he will send a team headed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to the Turkish city of Istanbul for peace talks with a Russian delegation. Zelenskyy told a news conference in the Turkish capital Ankara that the Russian delegation doesn't include &...
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Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to helping a man evade federal immigration agents
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that she helped a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration authorities looking to arrest him in her courtroom. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan entered the plea during an arraignment in federal court, an early step in...
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54 people killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis. An Associated Press cameraman in Khan Younis counted 10 airstrikes on the city overnight into Thursday, and saw numerous bodies taken to the morgue in the city's Nasser Hospital...
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