Consumer racial profiling a neglected human rights issue, report says
BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Heiltsuk Tribal Council Chief Marilyn Slett says no one in her community is immune to the small acts of racial profiling that can embed themselves in everyday life for an Indigenous person in Canada. "It's my parents going to a restaurant, and it's not a busy time in that restaurant...
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Vancouver Whitecaps enter new era with introduction of German star Thomas Muller
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are set to unveil their newest acquisition today with the introduction of German soccer star Thomas Muller. The Major League Soccer club signed the 35-year-old attacking midfielder last week, bringing him to Vancouver for the rest of the 2025 season. The deal also includes a Designat...
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WORLD RECORD
Kamloops cooking marathon surpasses world record mark with no signs of stopping
KAMLOOPS - A world record was unofficially broken in Kamloops Wednesday morning (Aug. 13) at Afrofusion on Victoria Street downtown. Zainab Oladipo surpassed the current record of just over 140 hours on Wednesday, tentatively putting her cooking marathon into the record books. It was an energy boosting moment for the c...
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CARDIAC CARE
Interior Health working toward reopening the ICCHA-Wish Coronary Care Unit at RIH
KAMLOOPS - As CFJC Today reported Tuesday, the ICCHA-Wish Fund is calling on the NDP government and Interior Health for action on three priorities around cardiac care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops."Our district is almost 250,000 people within the TNRD," said ICCHA-Wish Founder Al Patel. "And to de...
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YKA to YVR Unaffected
Air Canada flight attendants' strike notice won't impact service from Kamloops to Vancouver: YKA
KAMLOOPS - Travelers flying between Kamloops and Vancouver will not have to worry about flight cancelations due to the Air Canada flight attendants labour dispute. The Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the union representing around 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, issued 72-hour strike...
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Kamloops Building Sector
Kamloops building sector grows by $80M during busy July
KAMLOOPS - A busy month of July helped the Kamloops building sector get on track to matching its production in 2024. New numbers released by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division show nearly $80.3 million was recorded over 91 permits in July 2025, nearly triple the value of $30.9 million recorded over 84 pe...
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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...
Jul 23, 2025
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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 ...
Jun 18, 2025
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British Columbia
Consumer racial profiling a neglected human rights issue, report says
BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Heiltsuk Tribal Council Chief Marilyn Slett says no one in her community is immune to the small acts of racial profiling that can embed themselves in everyday life for an Indigenous person in Canada. "It's my parents going to a restaurant, and it's not a busy time in that restaurant...
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'One battle after another' for farmland in Cowichan title ruling: ex-councillor
Former Richmond, B.C., city councillor Harold Steves' family has been farming in the area since 1877, lending their name to the community of Steveston. The 88-year-old former politician only retired from council three years ago, and few can match his knowledge of the controversies surrounding Richmond's farmland - the ...
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Families whose ancestors gave up Indigenous status sue for rights return
VANCOUVER - A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Federal Court says the Canadian government wrongfully denies people status under the country's Indian Act if their ancestors "voluntarily" gave up Indigenous status under laws that predate Confederation. Plaintiffs Charles Wesley, Christopher Wesley, Sharon...
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Local Sports
BOUNCING TO BRONZE
Dodd stomps difficult pass in big moment to snare bronze at World Games
CHENGDU, CHINA - Gavin Dodd of the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre was pitted against Troy Sitkowski of Australia in a one-pass-takes-all showdown for the double-mini-trampoline bronze medal this past weekend at the World Games in Chengdu, China. The multi-sport event is held every four years to showcase spor...
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NATIONAL CHAMPION
Matonovich of Kamloops wins gold, silver at Canadian championships
OTTAWA - Raiya Matonovich of the Kamloops Track and Field Club came within a nose of winning two gold medals at the Under-20 Canadian Track and Field Championships earlier this month in Ottawa.The 18-year-old middle distance runner claimed gold in the 1,500-metre, posting a time of 4:24:29 to edge silver medallist Maya...
Aug 13, 2025
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ON TOP OF EUROPE
Kienast of Kamloops Track and Field Club wins under-20 European hammer throw title
KAMLOOPS - Rising international star Nova Kienast saved her best for last at the European Athletics Under-20 Championships this past weekend in Tampere, Finland. Kienast, the 18-year-old German who trains at the Kamloops Track and Field Club, threw 67.93 metres on her sixth and final throw in the final to claim the gol...
Aug 13, 2025
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Canada
Supreme Court of Canada won't hear Eaton Centre shooter's sentencing appeal
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the sentencing appeal of a man who opened fire in Toronto's Eaton Centre mall in 2012, killing two people and leaving several others injured. Christopher Husbands was found guilty in 2019 of two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of Ahmed Hassan and Nixon Nirmalendra...
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Largest wildfire in eastern Newfoundland has destroyed up to 100 homes: officials
ST. JOHN'S - Officials say the largest wildfire burning in Newfoundland and Labrador may have destroyed up to 100 homes and structures. However, Premier John Hogan says it is still too dangerous for crews to get into the area to complete an accurate tally. The fire burning along the northwestern shore of Conception Bay...
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100 homes, structures may have been lost to Newfoundland's largest wildfire: premier
ST. JOHN'S - Officials say the largest wildfire burning in Newfoundland and Labrador may have destroyed up to 100 homes and structures. However, Premier John Hogan says it is still too dangerous for crews to access the area and make a comprehensive tally of the damage. The fire burning along the northeastern shore of C...
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World
Death toll in Kashmir flash floods rises to at least 32, Indian officials say
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - At least 32 people are dead in flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote, mountainous village in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a top disaster management official said Thursday. Mohammed Irshad said rescue teams scouring the devastated Himalayan village of Chositi brought at least 100 peopl...
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Israel announces West Bank settlement that rights groups say could imperil Palestinian state
MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank (AP) - Israel's far-right finance minister announced a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday which Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state by effectively cutting the West Bank into two separate parts. ...
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Man accused of faking his death to avoid rape charges is found guilty of sexual assault in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials. A jury in Salt Lake County found Nicholas Rossi guilty of a 2008 rape after a three-day trial in...
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