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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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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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - New Tropicals
The Tattle of Hastings
THE TATTLE OF HASTINGS: B.C. Lions react to Snoop Dogg reveal
May 14, 2025
Question of the Week
Do you support redesigning the Kamloops cancer centre to accommodate a PET-CT scanner if it delays completing the project?
May 12, 2025
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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Mission Flats Fire
Metal pile on fire in Mission Flats Landfill
UPDATE (11:30 a.m.): In another email to parent, Nixon says KFR Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Cail told the district that the Mission Flats Landfill fire is being held and it's now safe for staff and students to resume normal activities.UPDATE (10:30 a.m.): In an email to parents, School District 73 Superintendent Rhonda Nixo...
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TRANSIT FARES
Increased Kamloops transit fares okayed by council's Committee of the Whole
KAMLOOPS - Transit rates within the city of Kamloops have remained stagnant for more than a decade, with the last increase approved in 2011. That was actually followed by a decrease in 2015. That has left the Kamloops transit system lagging behind fellow comparative communities with the current rate of $2 per trip and ...
May 13, 2025
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New Catchment Areas
SD73 board approves South Kamloops catchment changes ahead of new Sníne Elementary School's opening
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson Board of Education approved new catchment areas Monday (May 12) to go along with the addition of Sníne Elementary School in Pineview Valley. As of Sept. 1, 2026, elementary-aged students in the Pineview and Lower Aberdeen neighbourhoods in Kamloops, along with the communities of ...
May 13, 2025
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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
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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Eby to visit Japan, South Korea and Malaysia on trade trip to reduce U.S. reliance
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby says a trade mission to Asia next month will help the province become the "engine of a new Canada," but one economist says B.C. also needs to become more competitive at home. Eby will be visiting Japan, South Korea and Malaysia between June 1 and June 10 as part of a business...
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Eby defends investigation into leaked documents that alleged opioid diversion
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says B.C.'s director of police services acts independently and government can't interfere with the request for an investigation into a leaked document that alleged some pharmacies were diverting prescription opioids to the illegal market. B.C. Conservative legislature member Elenore Sturko ...
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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
Joly says Honda still committed to EV investments after $15-billion project delayed
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Honda Canada remains "fully committed" to major electric-vehicle investments in Canada after the company announced Tuesday that it was pausing a multibillion-dollar EV project in Ontario. Joly said in a statement that she spoke with Honda Canada president an...
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Canada welcomes UN body's decision holding Russia responsible for MH17 tragedy
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is welcoming a recent decision by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization to hold Russia responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. The plane was shot down on July 17, 2014, over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, including one Cana...
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Eby defends investigation into leaked documents that alleged opioid diversion
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says B.C.'s director of police services acts independently and government can't interfere with the request for an investigation into a leaked document that alleged some pharmacies were diverting prescription opioids to the illegal market. B.C. Conservative legislature member Elenore Sturko ...
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World
South African leader and Trump will meet next week after US took in white South Africans as refugees
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to meet at the White House next week following allegations by Trump - and denied by South Africa - that "genocide" is being committed against white farmers in the majority Black country. The meeting...
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Missouri lawmakers approve referendum to repeal abortion-rights amendment
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment's repeal and instead ban most abortions with exceptions for rape an incest. The newly proposed constitutional amendment would...
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Judge says Georgetown student can be released from immigration detention as case proceeds
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered that a Georgetown scholar from India be released from immigration detention after he was detained in the Trump administration's crackdown on foreign college students. Khan Suri was arrested by masked, plain-clothed officers on the evening of March 17 outside h...
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