TRU Honourary Degrees
Former Kamloops MLA, Indigenous knowledge keeper, lawyer and volunteer to receive TRU honorary degrees
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) announced its four honorary degree recipients for this year's spring convocation. In a news release issued Monday (April 7), TRU announced Fiona Chan, Terry Lake, Findlay (Frank) Quinn and Kye7e Jean Sandy William will be conferred with Honorary Doctorates. Chan has had a car...
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Targeted Shooting
Two suspects arrested after targeted shooting in Sicamous
SICAMOUS, B.C. - Two people were arrested after an apparent targeted shooting in Sicamous. RCMP say officers responded to a report of shots fired near a condominium building on the 300-block of Mara Lane at around 4:00 p.m. Sunday (April 6). In a news release issued Monday (April 7), RCMP say they spoke with witnesses ...
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Kamloops and Area
Real Estate
New and active listings continue to increase in Kamloops real estate market in March
KAMLOOPS - Active listings in the Kamloops real estate market continued to increase in March 2025. New numbers provided by the Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) show 185 residential units changed hands in the Kamloops and District region during March of 2025. It's up from the 159 sales in February 2025 but down 7....
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Strathcona Park Fire
Kamloops Fire Rescue makes quick work of Sunday fire at Strathcona Park
KAMLOOPS - Details are slim, but Kamloops Fire Rescue made quick work of a highly visible grassfire at Strathcona Park, located in the City's West End, Sunday (April 6) afternoon. Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) crews responded to the area just after 5:00 p.m., and had the fire under control not long after. At this time how...
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Kamloops Film Industry
TNRD Film Commission looking ahead to 2025 after slower than anticipated 2024
KAMLOOPS - It turns out that it wasn't a very busy 2024 for the film and TV industry in the Kamloops area. According to the Thompson Nicola Film Commission (TNFC), the Kamloops and area film and TV industry saw about $9.75 million in economic spin-off in 2024. Film Commissioner Terri Hadwin says while it was an increas...
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Build Kamloops
City councillors set to give final approval for pair of Build Kamloops borrowing bylaws Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - A pair of Build Kamloops borrowing bylaws will be going before Kamloops city councillors for a final vote on Tuesday (April 8). Councillors have already adopted the two loan authorization bylaws that allow staff to borrow up to $140 million to construct a performing arts centre downtown, and up to $135 milli...
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Featured Content
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
Threats about violence at Abbotsford, B.C., schools likely fake, police say
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say there had been an email and social media posts are circulating among local parents about potential acts of violence at schools in the city. They say officers responded to numerous "swatting" calls across the city this weekend, which happen when people falsely repor...
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Carney, Poilievre talk seniors, resource project approvals in B.C.
OTTAWA - The Liberal and Conservative leaders are both in British Columbia today, where the Liberals are promising measures targeting seniors and Tories are pledging more efficient approvals for resource projects. At the start of the third week of the federal election campaign, Liberal Leader Mark Carney is in Victoria...
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With 8.7m birds dead, B.C. farmers assess avian flu toll, and worry about what's next
VANCOUVER - There is a window of relief for British Columbia farmers from the devastating waves of avian flu, leaving them to assess the toll of outbreaks spanning more than three years that saw millions of birds culled at hundreds of farms. Farmers and scientists also worry what the next migration of wild birds will b...
Apr 06, 2025
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Local Sports
Formers Blazers Update
Blazers' Finnie scores first pro goal; Minten makes Bruins debut against former teammate Stankoven
KAMLOOPS - It was a second milestone in as many nights for Kamloops Blazers captain Emmitt Finnie as he got to take home another puck Saturday (April 5) night. Finnie snapped a wrist shot past Drew Commesso in the third period of the Griffin's 7-5 win over the Rockford Ice Hogs. The 19-year-old was on the end of an aer...
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TRU WolfPack Awards
Erlalelitepe, Flowerday headline 2025 TRU WolfPack awards night
KAMLOOPS - Rida Erlalelitepe and Sam Flowerday were named Female and Male Athlete of the Year as the TRU WolfPack hosted their annual awards night on Thursday (April 3).Erlalelitepe, from Izmir, Turkey, was a Canada West First-Team All-Star and finished in the top ten in Canada in kills and kills-per-set. The first-yea...
Apr 05, 2025
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First Pro Hockey Points
Blazers' Finnie, Brunicke record first pro hockey points in AHL
KAMLOOPS - A pair of Kamloops Blazers have recorded their first points in professional hockey, not long after the 2024-25 WHL season came to an end.Blazers captain Emmitt Finnie picked up his first career American Hockey League (AHL) point as the Grand Rapids Griffins beat the Rockford IceHogs 8-3 Friday (April 4) nigh...
Apr 05, 2025
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Canada
Ottawa police name suspect in Parliament Hill lockdown incident
OTTAWA - Ottawa police have released the name of the person they say was behind a massive security incident on Parliament Hill over the weekend. Police say Tyler Hall-Worthington, a 31-year-old Ottawa man, has been charged in connection with the lockdown Saturday afternoon at East Block, a building in the parliamentary...
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Carney, Poilievre talk seniors, resource project approvals in B.C.
OTTAWA - The Liberal and Conservative leaders are both in British Columbia today, where the Liberals are promising measures targeting seniors and Tories are pledging more efficient approvals for resource projects. At the start of the third week of the federal election campaign, Liberal Leader Mark Carney is in Victoria...
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In the news today: Week 3 of the federal campaign kicks off
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal leaders enter week 3 of the election campaign With just three weeks to go until election day, Canada's federal party leaders are back on the road today. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to make an announcement in Toron...
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World
Rescue efforts from Myanmar's deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600
BANGKOK (AP) - Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar's devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue efforts were supplanted by increasing relief and recovery activity. The death toll surpassed 3,600 and was still climbing. A situation report issued late Monday by the U.N. Office for th...
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US bishops halt partnerships with federal government on aid programs, citing funding cuts
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops says it is ending a half-century of partnerships with the federal government to serve refugees and children, saying the "heartbreaking" decision follows the Trump administration's abrupt halt to funding for refugee resettlement. The break will inevitably result in fewer...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block order to return Maryland man from El Salvador
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a court order requiring it to return a Maryland man who was sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The Justice Department argued in an emergency appeal to the justices that U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis overstepped her authority...
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