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VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby used British Columbia's latest call for more power sources to invite American clean energy producers to the province after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized "ugly" windmills in Scotland. Trump called the wind turbines near his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland "ugly mon...
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Road Paving
City postpones planned Columbia Street paving project due to ongoing Overlanders Bridge work
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops appears to have put the brakes on some planned paving work that was to be done on a stretch of Columbia Street this summer. While a start date and other details were not made public, crews were expected to mill and pave the section of Columbia Street from 3rd Avenue to McGill Road betwee...
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Art of Gardening - Shaping Ornamental Maples
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Kamloops and Area

Soccer Champions
KUFC reserve team win Pacific Coast Soccer League Challenge Cup
VICTORIA, B.C. - Kamloops United FC (KUFC) 2 are Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL) Challenge Cup champions. The reserve team of the League 1 BC Kamloops United team beat the previously undefeated Victoria United 3-1 in extra time at Layritz Turf in Victoria Sunday (July 27) afternoon. Lachlan Will scored twice in extr...
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West Coast League
NorthPaws drop two of three to Nanaimo NightOwls
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws remain in the playoff hunt in the West Coast League, but their hopes of making it to the postseason just got a little bit harder.The NorthPaws dropped two of three games to the Nanaimo NightOwls this weekend at Norbrock Stadium to sit at 8-10 in the second half standings. While the Nig...
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Chadwick Signs
Tyrelle Chadwick signs with Colorado Rockies organization
KAMLOOPS - Tyrelle Chadwick has signed with the Colorado Rockies. The 6-foot-4, 220-pound right-handed pitcher put pen to paper on a contract with a US $125,000 signing bonus on July 22. Chadwick was drafted by the Rockies in the 18th round, 527th overall and he's been assigned to the Arizona Complex League (ACL) Rocki...
Jul 27, 2025
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World Juniors
Blazers' Brunicke invited to World Junior Summer Showcase
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers defenceman Harrison Brunicke will be part of Hockey Canada's World Junior Summer Showcase this week. The 19-year-old Brunicke is one of 44 players - four goaltenders, 12 defencemen and 20 forwards - who were invited to the seven-day camp from July. 27 to Aug. 2 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis...
Jul 27, 2025
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Stay Ahead of the Curve with Kamloops' Trusted Property Manager - Rohit Kumar
"I'm Rohit Kumar, born and raised in Kamloops, and I've witnessed our market's shifts firsthand. My mission is to keep investors ahead of the curve." As a property manager with RE/MAX Commercial Solutions, Rohit Kumar combines local insight with years of hands-on experience to ensure owners and investors maxi...
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Guide Dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
It's a rewarding experience filled with unconditional love and the opportunity to change the life of someone who is blind. Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Guide Dogs is urgently looking for volunteers to raise future guide dogs for people who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision."There's a hug...
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Shaping Ornamental Maples
Ornamental trees like the Japanese and Korean maples are indeed beautiful to have in your yard, but where's the best place to plant them and how do you make them look like the fancy ones you see in magazines? Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops takes time to show you some of the basics about ...
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British Columbia

Heat warnings span B.C. Interior, southern areas to see temperatures up to 37 C
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for a swath of British Columbia's Interior stretching from Grand Forks near the U.S. border to areas north of Prince George. The weather agency says the heat is expected to arrive with a ridge of high pressure on Tuesday and persist until at least Thursday. The bu...
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Ottawa, B.C. provide $77M to bring high-speed internet to nearly 7,000 households
ARMSTRONG, B.C. - The federal and B.C. governments are providing more than $77 million in combined funding to bring high-speed internet to more than 6,900 homes in the province. A statement from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada says the funding is part of an agreement struck in 2022 that committed up...
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Man believed drowned after falling into Coquihalla River near Hope, B.C.
Access to the Othello Tunnels in Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park near Hope, B.C., has been closed as emergency responders work to recover the body of a man believed to have drowned. RCMP say police received a call Saturday evening that a 19-year-old man had fallen into the Coquihalla River near the tunnels. Officers,...
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Local Sports

Vernon's Vasek Pospisil bounced in final professional appearance in three sets
TORONTO - The Toronto Farewell Tour was short-lived. Veteran tennis player Vasek Pospisil, who confirmed last week that the National Bank Open in Toronto would be his final hurrah on the pro circuit, was eliminated Sunday in the first round of men's singles by qualifier Facundo Bagnis of Argentina at Sobeys Stadium. Ba...
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Soccer Champions
KUFC reserve team win Pacific Coast Soccer League Challenge Cup
VICTORIA, B.C. - Kamloops United FC (KUFC) 2 are Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL) Challenge Cup champions. The reserve team of the League 1 BC Kamloops United team beat the previously undefeated Victoria United 3-1 in extra time at Layritz Turf in Victoria Sunday (July 27) afternoon. Lachlan Will scored twice in extr...
7h ago
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West Coast League
NorthPaws drop two of three to Nanaimo NightOwls
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws remain in the playoff hunt in the West Coast League, but their hopes of making it to the postseason just got a little bit harder.The NorthPaws dropped two of three games to the Nanaimo NightOwls this weekend at Norbrock Stadium to sit at 8-10 in the second half standings. While the Nig...
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Canada

Lack of action on Gaza erodes Muslims' sense of belonging in Canada: envoy
OTTAWA - Ottawa's approach to the war in Gaza is eroding many Muslim-Canadians' "sense of belonging" in this country, says the federal special representative on combating Islamophobia. "This ongoing, horrifying situation is deeply, deeply damaging the sense of belonging that people feel," Amira Elgh...
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Harper says Carney team sought his trade advice, advises looking outside U.S.
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he's urging Ottawa to find new trading partners outside the United States. Harper says he was approached by the government two weeks ago and advised Ottawa to work out a short-term deal with U.S. President Donald Trump while expanding trade in other markets. At a confe...
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Advocates question fairness as federal government backs away from pharmacare program
OTTAWA - Health advocates say they're shocked to hear the federal government may not sign more pharmacare funding deals, which would leave coverage uneven across the country. The first phase of the Pharmacare Act, passed last fall by the Liberals and the NDP, calls for the federal government to fund the cost of contrac...
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World

Tropical Storm Keli forms and is second cyclone now in central Pacific Ocean
HONOLULU (AP) - A second tropical cyclone has formed in the central Pacific Ocean alongside a Category 1 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Keli has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) on Monday. The storm is centered east of Hurricane Iona which formed Monday. Iona is a Category 1 hurr...
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Guards' All-Star Emmanuel Clase placed on paid leave as part of MLB sports betting investigation
Cleveland Guardians All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase has been placed on non-disciplinary paid leave as part of a Major League Baseball investigation into sports betting. Clase becomes the second Guardians pitcher to be placed on leave in connection with a sports gambling probe. Right-hander Luis Ortiz is on non-disciplin...
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Shooting with multiple injuries reported at Reno, Nevada, casino with a suspect in custody
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A gunman opened fire outside a casino and resort in Reno, Nevada, shooting multiple people Monday morning, police said. The conditions of the victims were not immediately known, said Reno police spokesperson Chris Johnson. The gunman was taken into custody and was being treated at a hospital, Johnson ...
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