BC Lions Training Camp
BC Lions release 2025 training camp schedule
KAMLOOPS - The BC Lions have released a schedule for 2025 training camp, which will get underway at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops in exactly one month.The Leos will hold their first full practice at camp on Sunday, May 11. First-year Lions and all quarterbacks will report to Kamloops on May 7 for a three day mini-camp, ...
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WHL Drafts
Blazers set to pick 11th, 14th overall in 2025 WHL Prospects Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are scheduled to pick twice in the first round of the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft next month.Barring any trades, they will pick 11th and 14th overall in the 23 team draft. The Blazers acquired the 11th overall pick from the Vancouver Giants in the Connor Levis trade and the 14th overall pic...
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SNOWPACK CONDITIONS
Below-normal snowpack totals slightly improve in April; drought hazards linger
VICTORIA - Snowpack conditions for this time of year in the Kamloops area have marginally improved, but they are still below normal. The latest Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin distributed by the BC River Forecast Centre (BCRFC) shows the province at 79 per cent of normal snowpack on April 1, up from 73 per cent t...
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Lillooet ER
Lillooet emergency department temporarily closed for 37 hours
LILLOOET, B.C. - Emergency services will be unavailable in Lillooet until the weekend. Interior Health says the emergency department at Lillooet Hospital temporarily closed at 7:00 p.m. Thursday (April 10) and is scheduled to reopen at 8:00 a.m. Saturday (April 12). A reason for the temporary closure was not provided i...
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ON THE PITCH
Kamloops United remains hopeful in BC Soccer Premier League application process
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops United Football Club general manager Lyle Dos Santos has been influential in restructuring the development pathway for soccer in the River City.Dos Santos said one of the most important components of that pathway is securing a franchise in the BC Soccer Premier League - the highest level available i...
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SEASON PREVIEW
Kamloops United to fly new colours in League1 BC home openers
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops United Football Club [KUFC] colours will fly at the semi-pro level for the first time this weekend at Hillside Stadium. The men and women will play host to Langley United in their League1 B.C. (L1BC) soccer home-and-season openers on Saturday (April 12) at Hillside Stadium. "I'm a very defensiv...
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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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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
Signs of drought in B.C.'s latest snow, water supply bulletin
British Columbia's overall snowpack increased slightly throughout March, but the average is still sitting at just 79 per cent of what's considered normal and the province is sounding the alarm about the potential for drought. The latest provincial snow survey and water supply bulletin says the snowpack is higher than A...
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Kitselas First Nation in northwestern B.C. votes in favour of self-governance
VICTORIA - Members of the Kitselas First Nation in British Columbia's Skeena Valley region have voted to become self-governing. The nation says in a news release that more than 96 per cent of its enrolled voters took part in the ratification on Thursday. It says 85 per cent of voters ticked Yes for the treaty, while 81...
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Former B.C. MLA launches CentreBC party, wants to 'push back' against polarization
VICTORIA - A former member of the British Columbia legislature has launched a new political party called CentreBC, aiming to push back against what she describes as polarization in provincial politics. Karin Kirkpatrick, who represented West Vancouver-Capilano between 2020 and 2024, says she has heard from "countl...
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BC Lions Training Camp
BC Lions release 2025 training camp schedule
KAMLOOPS - The BC Lions have released a schedule for 2025 training camp, which will get underway at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops in exactly one month.The Leos will hold their first full practice at camp on Sunday, May 11. First-year Lions and all quarterbacks will report to Kamloops on May 7 for a three day mini-camp, ...
24m ago
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WHL Drafts
Blazers set to pick 11th, 14th overall in 2025 WHL Prospects Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are scheduled to pick twice in the first round of the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft next month.Barring any trades, they will pick 11th and 14th overall in the 23 team draft. The Blazers acquired the 11th overall pick from the Vancouver Giants in the Connor Levis trade and the 14th overall pic...
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ON THE PITCH
Kamloops United remains hopeful in BC Soccer Premier League application process
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops United Football Club general manager Lyle Dos Santos has been influential in restructuring the development pathway for soccer in the River City.Dos Santos said one of the most important components of that pathway is securing a franchise in the BC Soccer Premier League - the highest level available i...
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Canada
Sex assault civil trial of Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon to resume next week
MONTREAL - The sexual assault civil trial of Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon will resume next week after the Court of Appeal rejected his appeal of the scope of questions his lawyers could ask in his defence. In a brief hearing today, the province's highest court dismissed Rozon's appeal filed in the midst of his...
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Carney warns of signs that global economies are slowing amid Trump's tariffs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says there are signs that the global and Canadian economies are slowing. Carney took another day off the campaign trail today to convene his Canada-U.S. cabinet committee today after a raucous week of White House tariff policy. Markets have been in turmoil since Trump escalated his t...
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P.E.I. university apologizes for removing lemming painting that offended Americans
CHARLOTTETOWN - The University of Prince Edward Island apologized today to a former artist in residence who quit after administrators ordered him to remove a painting that offended some American faculty members. Christopher Griffin's painting, "The Crossing," shows lemmings gathered around an American flag as...
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World
Suspected bomb strikes near offices of Greek railway company in Athens
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A suspected bomb exploded Friday outside the Athens offices of Hellenic Train, Greece's main railway company. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Police cordoned off the area, along a major avenue in the Greek capital, where residents said a loud explosion had occurred Friday night. Local...
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Federal judge refuses to block immigration enforcement operations in houses of worship
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge refused on Friday to block immigration agents from conducting enforcement operations at houses of worship in a lawsuit filed by religious groups over a new policy adopted by the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich in Washington, D.C., handed down the ruling in a ...
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Plane carrying 3 people crashes in South Florida near a major highway
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - A small plane carrying three people crashed Friday morning in South Florida near a major interstate highway and pushed a car onto railroad tracks, officials said. Boca Raton police said several roads near the Boca Raton Airport were closed near Interstate 95 after the plane went down shortly aft...
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