Ashcroft By-Election
Village of Ashcroft to hold October 18 by-election to fill vacant council seat
ASHCROFT, B.C. - Residents in the Village of Ashcroft will head to the polls in about two months' time to elect a new councillor, who will be in office for just under one year.The Oct. 18 by-election has been called to fill the vacant seat following the resignation of Councillor Doreen Lambert, who has moved to Nanaimo...
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Seniors Picnic
Annual Kamloops seniors' picnic scheduled for August 29
KAMLOOPS - The annual Kamloops seniors' picnic will take place at the east end of Riverside Park in less than three weeks on Friday (Aug. 29). The City of Kamloops says the free event will give people over the age of 55 an afternoon of entertainment and camaraderie. According to the city, the Kamloops Rube Band and Gar...
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Two and Out
PETERS: With Hot Nite in the City, we celebrate our freedom and scorn more logical forms of transportation
Aug 08, 2025
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: August 7, 2025
Aug 07, 2025
Kamloops and Area
Traffic Woes
Numerous road closures in effect Saturday due to Hot Nite In the City, Kamloops Ribfest
KAMLOOPS - A reminder to drivers heading to downtown Kamloops this weekend that there will be a number of road closures in effect because of the annual Hot Nite in the City show and shine. Victoria Street will be closed to all traffic from First Avenue to Sixth Avenue as will Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth avenues be...
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MISSING PERSONS
Into Thin Air - Dean Morrison, Luke Neville, and Ben Tyner | missing men around BC's Interior
NICOLA VALLEY - BC's Interior region has been the location of interest for a handful of missing persons investigations, all within a few years of each other, though none have ever been officially linked. In this episode of Into Thin Air, we explore three incidents where middle-aged men have gone missing in the Nicola V...
Aug 09, 2025
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Dragon Boat Festival
Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival to celebrate 30th anniversary this weekend
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival will be returning to the South Thompson River for its 30th anniversary this Saturday (Aug. 9).While much of the attention will be on Ribfest and Hot Nite in the City, organizers promise a full day of races with events scheduled at Riverside Park from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m...
Aug 09, 2025
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Cooking Marathon
Kamloops woman restarts attempt to break Guinness World Record for longest cooking marathon
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman has restarted her attempt to break the world record for longest cooking marathon after an unexpected medical emergency. Zainab Oladipo, who owns Afrofusion on Victoria Street downtown, had to put her previous record attempt on hold around 86 hours into her marathon cooking session. "Dur...
Aug 09, 2025
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Featured Content
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...
May 20, 2025
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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
Man out on release for violent offence arrested after stabbing in Abbotsford, B.C.
VICTORIA - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a business owner sustained "life-threatening injuries" while at work during a stabbing first reported Saturday morning. Emergency crews discovered the injured man following what police say was an "altercation with an unknown individual attempting to steal from t...
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Officials say out-of-control wildfire on Vancouver Island will cause more smoke
VICTORIA - The B.C. Wildfire Service says rising temperatures will lead to more smoke from the Wesley Ridge wildfire burning on Vancouver Island. Madison Dahl, fire information officer, says the out-of-control fire north of Cameron Lake has grown "minimally" to 5.8 square kilometres from 5.71 square kilometre...
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Site C Dam
Sixth and final generating unit operational at Site C dam in northern B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - BC Hydro says it has reached an historic milestone as the sixth and final power-generating turbine at the Site C dam is now up and running. The Crown Corporation says it means the dam along the Peace River near Fort St John will be able to generate more than 1,100 megawatts of electricity, which i...
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Local Sports
NORTHPAWS BASEBALL
NorthPaws wrap up fourth WCL season with lopsided victory; miss playoffs for third straight season
KAMLOOPS - Season Number 4 of NorthPaws baseball in Kamloops concluded on Wednesday (Aug. 6) evening in a matchup versus the Port Angeles Lefties. The game meant nothing in the standings for either squad, with both teams on the outside of the playoff picture on the final day of the West Coast League (WCL) regular seaso...
Aug 07, 2025
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NorthPaws Win Final Series
NorthPaws blow out Lefties 21-8 to wrap up 2025 West Coast League season
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws ended the 2025 West Coast League (WCL) season on a high note. After splitting the first two games of their final series, a 2-1 win on Monday and a 15-11 loss on Tuesday, the NorthPaws blew out the Port Angeles Lefties at Norbrock Stadium Wednesday (Aug. 6) night 21-8. The NorthPaws put...
Aug 07, 2025
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Behm to ASU
Blazers forward Behm commits to Arizona State University for 2026-27 season
KAMLOOPS - One of the Kamloops Blazers' leading scorers will not play out his entire junior career in the Western Hockey League (WHL). In a post to social media Tuesday (Aug. 5) night, Blazers forward Nathan Behm announced he has committed to play National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I hockey with t...
Aug 06, 2025
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Canada
10th most wanted man in Canada arrested at Montreal airport: police
MONTREAL - A man who's been on the list of Canada's top 25 most wanted fugitives for murder and drug trafficking charges dating back to 2022 has been arrested after police say he returned to Canada. Quebec provincial police say officers from the Sûreté du Québec Airport Unit, the Mascouche Major Cri...
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Three men stabbed, one fatally, outside bars in Montreal, police say
MONTREAL - Montreal police were busy early Saturday dealing with three stabbings in two separate fights at opposite ends of the city, leaving one man dead. Police were called to a bar in the city's Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood at about 2 a.m. for two men stabbed. One of the men, a 48-year-old, was pronounced dea...
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Canada joins international partners to condemn Israel plan to take over Gaza City
Canada is joining international partners Saturday in panning Israel's plan to take control of Gaza City approved this week. In a joint statement, foreign ministers from several countries including Canada, Australia, France, Germany and the United Kingdom said they reject a decision taken by the Israeli security cabinet...
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World
Astronauts return to Earth with SpaceX after 5 months at the International Space Station
Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing's Starliner. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Pacific off the Southern California coast a day after departing the orbiting lab. "Welcome home," Spa...
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London police arrest 150 as pro-Palestinian protesters defy new law
LONDON (AP) - Police in London have arrested some 150 people after demonstrators intentionally violated a new law banning support for a pro-Palestinian group because they say the legislation improperly restricts freedom of expression. London's Metropolitan Police posted in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter th...
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Georgia authorities identify suspect in CDC shooting as a 30-year-old man from suburban Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the man who opened fire at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia. The GBI statement says White died and Officer David Rose with the DeKalb County Police Department was shot and killed...
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