Blazers US Draft
'They know each other': Blazers select two California players in U.S. Priority Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers went to the Golden State twice in the 2025 Western Hockey League (WHL) U.S. Priority Draft and picked a forward and a defenceman with their two picks.They took forward Collin Kim with the 15th overall pick and defenceman Chase Gill with the 33rd overall pick in the sixth iteration of the...
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Fred “Gus” Collins Media Award
CFJC's Marty Hastings receives second Canada West media award for TRU WolfPack coverage
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops sports reporter has been recognized for his work covering student athletics. Canada West announced CFJC's Marty Hastings received the conference's Fred "Gus" Collins Media Award. The award is presented to a member of the media who tirelessly covers Canada West and its student athletes. I...
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LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: May 8, 2025
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Art of Gardening - New Tropicals
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SOUND OFF: School District 73 - please reverse your decision to cut the after-school Strings program
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Kamloops and Area
Family Room
Ronald McDonald House Family Room in Kamloops to open on June 13
KAMLOOPS - The long-awaited Ronald McDonald House Family Room at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops will officially open its doors on June 13. Brandy Gozda-Sekhon, the owner/operator of McDonald's restaurants in Kamloops and Merritt, says the Kamloops Family Room will allow families to be close to their children w...
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New TRU President
New TRU president, Dr. Airini, to be formally installed on June 25
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will formally install Dr. Airini as its fifth president and vice-chancellor on Wednesday, June 25.The public ceremony - which will also be livestreamed - will take place between 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the BC Centre (HL 190) on the TRU Kamloops campus. It will be followed...
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Highway 1 Incident
Vehicle incident snarls traffic on Highway 1 east of Cache Creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The Trans Canada Highway is closed in both directions east of Cache Creek. DriveBC first reported a vehicle incident on Highway 1 between Cache Creek and Walhachin at around 10:05 a.m. Thursday (May 8). Drivers are told to expect delays and watch for crews en route. This is a developing story, and m...
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Assault Investigation
RCMP release photos of suspects in North Shore assault that left teen seriously injured
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking the public's help in advancing an assault investigation that took place on the North Shore two months ago. Back on March 13 at around 9:30 p.m., RCMP say the teenage victim had been in a grey Volkswagen on the 700-block of Tranquille Road when an altercation broke out with a group of...
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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
Expert in B.C. says India-Pakistan tension at highest point since 1999
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia researcher in South Asian affairs says concerns about the current India and Pakistan tensions are justified, given that the region has not seen a conflict this intense in more than 25 years. M.V. Ramana, professor at the University of B.C.'s school of public policy and global affairs, say...
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Three MLAs are supporting a B.C. farming family whose 400 ostriches are to be culled
VICTORIA - A member of an ostrich farming family held back tears as she called on the provincial government to help stop the cull of their 400 birds. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull in late 2024 after an avian flu outbreak, but family spokesperson Katie Pasitney says the animals living on her paren...
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Grey whale washes ashore near Tofino, B.C. Cause of death unknown
TOFINO - A grey whale among a population that is listed as a special concern in Canada has washed ashore on a Vancouver Island beach. Parks Canada says the whale was spotted floating offshore on May 6, then it landed the next day on Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve near Tofino. The federal agency is warn...
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Local Sports
Blazers US Draft
'They know each other': Blazers select two California players in U.S. Priority Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers went to the Golden State twice in the 2025 Western Hockey League (WHL) U.S. Priority Draft and picked a forward and a defenceman with their two picks.They took forward Collin Kim with the 15th overall pick and defenceman Chase Gill with the 33rd overall pick in the sixth iteration of the...
5h ago
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Fred “Gus” Collins Media Award
CFJC's Marty Hastings receives second Canada West media award for TRU WolfPack coverage
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops sports reporter has been recognized for his work covering student athletics. Canada West announced CFJC's Marty Hastings received the conference's Fred "Gus" Collins Media Award. The award is presented to a member of the media who tirelessly covers Canada West and its student athletes. I...
6h ago
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WHL Prospects Draft
Blazers make 10 selections at 2025 WHL Prospects Draft
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 2:30 p.m.): The Kamloops Blazers added 10 new players in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft which wrapped up Thursday (May 8) afternoon. They took five forwards, three defenceman and two goaltenders across the first 10 rounds of the draft. None of the Blazers' draft picks were from British Columbia, as the...
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Canada
B.C. Appeals Court finds agency's decision to remove kids 'tainted by stereotype'
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal says an Indigenous mother who had her four kids temporarily removed from her care by a child welfare agency was discriminated against because the agency's view of the woman was "tainted by stereotype." The Appeals Court ruled Thursday that a $150,000 human-rights award sho...
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Expert in B.C. says India-Pakistan tension at highest point since 1999
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia researcher in South Asian affairs says concerns about the current India and Pakistan tensions are justified, given that the region has not seen a conflict this intense in more than 25 years. M.V. Ramana, professor at the University of B.C.'s school of public policy and global affairs, say...
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Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops pleased to hear new pope appointed
EDMONTON - The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says he is looking forward to working with the new pope. William McGrattan told reporters at an Edmonton church that he has met Robert Prevost, who has chosen the name Leo XIV, a few times. He says the new pontiff is a sensitive, quiet and humble p...
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World
Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital after abandoning his first pick for the job. Pirro, who joined Fox News in 2006, co-hosts the network's show "...
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Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify, under a new directive issued Thursday. Buoyed by Tuesday's Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban ...
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Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the...
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