COCOA CREATIONS
YKA Hot Chocolate Festival organizers aiming to build on event in its second year
KAMLOOPS -- Brandon Giddens of Logjam Coffee made a succulent sales pitch for the Banana Foster Hot Chocolate. "It tastes like you're sitting by a fire on a beach," he said. "It's one of the best things ever." Brynn Hill's been scheming in her confectionery lab, devising plans for a Brynn's Bakery d...
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Coronation Medals
Merritt's Sherry Peterson awarded King Charles III Coronation medal for unwavering community service
MERRITT, B.C. -Throughout Canada, the backbones of their communities have been getting honoured with the King Charles III Coronation Medal. In Kamloops, people such as 104-year-old WWII veteran John Kuharski, Centre for Seniors Information's Brenda Prevost, local lawyer Bill Sundhu and many others have been recognized ...
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Our Community
The Tattle of Hastings
The Tattle of Hastings: Tippie Time
Jan 29, 2025
Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - Protecting Seasonal Greenery
Question of the Week
Have you stuck with your New Year's resolutions to this point in 2025?
Jan 27, 2025
One Man's Opinion
COLLINS: Words that used to guide us are no longer relevant
Jan 26, 2025
Kamloops and Area
Vehicle Theft
North Shore resident helps Kamloops Mounties track down his stolen truck
KAMLOOPS - Local Mounties are crediting a North Shore man with helping recover his own stolen truck.According to Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn, the man heard his truck being stolen from the 100-block of Angus Street on the North Shore Tuesday evening (Jan. 28) at about 9:15.Because of his prompt and fu...
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FATAL HIGHWAY Crash
One person killed in crash on Highway 5 south of Valemount
VALEMOUNT, B.C. - One person is dead, and another was injured after a collision on Highway 5 south of Valemount. RCMP say they were called to the scene nearly 25 kilometres south of Valemount at around 5:40 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 28) where a semi-truck and pickup truck collided. In a news release issued Wednesday morning, ...
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KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL
Kamloops council clears a path for hundreds of new rental units
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council was set to consider a trio of purpose built rental buildings on Tuesday (Jan. 28), as the community works toward housing targets imposed by the provincial government. The NDP government has stated that Kamloops failed to met its target for year one of the housing initiative, but did not...
Jan 29, 2025
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'We will do business differently'
BC Cattlemen's Association bracing for potential U.S. tariffs on livestock exports
KAMLOOPS - Talk of the new U.S. administration bringing in tariffs on Canadian goods has ramped up this week. And if those tariffs are implemented, agriculture in this country would be heavily impacted. Canada's beef sector exports and imports a significant amount of live cattle to and from the U.S., and a sudden disru...
Jan 29, 2025
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Featured Content
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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Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - Protecting Seasonal Greenery
You put a lot of time and money into creating your outdoor seasonal displays so you'll probably want to protect them from damaging winds and temperatures. Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a few good tips on how to do just that!
Nov 21, 2024
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Our Community
The Tattle of Hastings
The Tattle of Hastings: Tippie Time
Jan 29, 2025
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Making Compost for the Garden
Question of the Week
Have you stuck with your New Year's resolutions to this point in 2025?
Jan 27, 2025
One Man's Opinion
COLLINS: Words that used to guide us are no longer relevant
Jan 26, 2025
Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - Flowering Seasonal Plants
Two and Out
PETERS: Taxpayers should not have to pay a nickel for mayor's axe-grinding lawsuit against councillor
Jan 24, 2025
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: January 23, 2025
Jan 24, 2025
British Columbia
B.C. Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin wraps up seven-year post
VICTORIA - British Columbia's lieutenant-governor is leaving office after seven years on the job Janet Austin is set to perform her final ceremony in Victoria with a viceregal salute by the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy and a farewell from Premier David Eby. Austin was sworn in as the province's 30th lieutenant...
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B.C. extends deferral of logging in Fairy Creek amid reports of tree spiking
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved a legal order to extend temporary protections to an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island even as Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar acknowledges RCMP are investigating reports of tree spiking in the Fairy Creek watershed. Parmar says he was informed of the reports l...
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B.C. assembles 'war room' to push back against U.S. tariff threats
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier is assembling a "war room" over the looming trade war between Canada and the United States, with President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on Canadian goods coming as soon as Saturday. A statement from Premier David Eby's office says he is tasking a new cabinet committe...
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Local Sports
WOLFPACK BASKETBALL
TRU women's basketball team looks to keep foot on gas pedal after clinching first victory on Saturday
KAMLOOPS - It was business as usual Monday morning (Jan. 27) for the TRU women's basketball team - although there were some smiles and perhaps some relief after the players clinched their first victory of the season, a 73-61 victory over the UNBC Timberwolves."It was honestly amazing - especially to do it on home ...
Jan 28, 2025
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Brown to Scotties
Kamloops-based Brown rink to represent B.C. at 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
LANGLEY B.C. - Kamloops native Corryn Brown is off to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ontario next month.The 29-year-old Kamloops skip beat Kayla MacMillan 10-7 in nine ends to win the 2025 BC Women's Curling championships Sunday (Jan. 26) morning, in what was their third meeting in three days at the ...
Jan 26, 2025
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WolfPack Volleyball Recap
WolfPack volleyball teams fall to nationally ranked Alberta
EDMONTON - The TRU volleyball teams dropped their Saturday (Jan. 25) games in Edmonton against the nationally ranked University of Alberta.The WolfPack women, who are ranked fifth in the nation, lost a five-set thriller 3-2 (25-22, 21-25, 19-25, 25-18, 15-13) loss to the Alberta Pandas, who are ranked fourth. Maria Dan...
Jan 26, 2025
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Canada
These industries would be hit hardest by Trump's 25 per cent tariffs
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump could be just days away from hitting Canada with punishing tariffs. Here's a look at the industries that would be hit the hardest. Statistics Canada says the value of Canadian exports to the United States in 2023 exceeded $594 billion. More than 43 per cent of that came from just si...
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CBC head calls for a 'national conversation' on Conservatives' pledge to defund
OTTAWA - With Donald Trump making "territorial claims," the new head of CBC says defunding the public broadcaster could erode a pillar of Canada's cultural identity. Marie-Philippe Bouchard, CEO of CBC-Radio-Canada, is calling for a "national conversation" on the Conservatives' promise to defund and...
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Canada's top doctor concerned about measles outbreaks in Ontario, Quebec
Canada's top doctor says she is concerned about measles outbreaks with a growing number of cases acquired locally and spreading in Ontario and Quebec. Dr. Theresa Tam says the majority of recent infections reported in Canada were among people who were unvaccinated, including many children, and infants under one. Tam sa...
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World
West Virginia couple convicted of forced labor, human trafficking of adopted kids
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced over a dozen counts, including forced lab...
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Trump directing the opening of Guantanamo Bay detention center to hold migrants in US illegally
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United States. Trump made the announcement right before he signed the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration's first piec...
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Lawyers reach a deal on dividing a $4B settlement for Hawaii wildfire victims
HONOLULU (AP) - A last-minute deal reached between lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire has averted the need for a trial to determine how to split a $4 billion settlement. The unusual trial had been expected to delve into difficult questions about survivors' losses. Some victims were ready to take t...
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