B.C. wildfire season extending into fall until stormier weather arrives
VICTORIA - The BC Wildfire Service says fire season is expected to continue into the fall in British Columbia as risks for new blazes remain for much of the province. The service's seasonal outlook says the risk is especially high in the Cariboo region...
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Drought Ratings
Kamloops-area drought ratings on the rise again as September temperatures remain above seasonal
KAMLOOPS - The drought rating in the Kamloops area continues to tick up as the region remains under a prolonged period of hot and dry - and sometimes record-breaking - weather. According to new data from the B.C. River Forecast Centre, the South Thompson River basin is now at drought level 2, joining the North Thompson...
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Reggie Newman of Kamloops named new Victoria Royals captain
VICTORIA, B.C. - Kamloops hockey product Reggie Newman has been named the tenth captain of the Victoria Royals.The 20-year-old Newman is preparing for his fifth - and final - season in the Western Hockey League. He's been a mainstay of the Royals lineup ever since he was drafted in the fourth-round of the 2020 WHL draf...
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Intimate Partner Violence
Kamloops MP Caputo tables private member's bill aiming to crack down on intimate partner violence
KAMLOOPS - The member of parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola has tabled a private member's bill that he calls the most substantive change to intimate partner violence laws in Canadian history. Frank Caputo, the Conservative Party's critic for public safety, says his private member's bill includes: creating a new of...
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Identify a Truck and Driver
Kamloops RCMP looking to identify driver who reportedly approached young person near McArthur Island
KAMLOOPS - Police are looking into the report of a suspicious man in a pickup truck approaching a young person on the Kamloops North Shore last week. Just after 2:00 p.m. on Sept. 9, Kamloops RCMP say they were told that the young person was walking to McArthur Island when a man in a black truck asked them to get in hi...
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Heat Records
Kamloops smashes nearly 90-year-old daytime temperature record
KAMLOOPS - The daily high temperature in Kamloops Wednesday (Sept. 17) broke a record that stood for nearly a century. According to preliminary numbers from Environment Canada, a temperature of 34.1 C was recorded at Kamloops Airport Wednesday, making it the hottest Sept. 17 on record. It broke the previous record of ...
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Trouble with plants left in original containers
With so many people living in apartments and condos these days, container planting is the choice for many urban gardeners. But as Maury Hik from Art Knapp Home and Garden explains, you need to be aware of problems arising from plants left in their original containers!
Sep 11, 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
Seven-month Vancouver Island transit strike ends as union and employer accept deal
DUNCAN - The union representing transit workers in Vancouver Island's Cowichan Valley says their strike is over after more than seven months of job action. Unifor says in a statement that both its members and employer Transdev have agreed to abide by r...
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B.C. wildfire season extending into fall until stormier weather arrives
VICTORIA - The BC Wildfire Service says fire season is expected to continue into the fall in British Columbia as risks for new blazes remain for much of the province. The service's seasonal outlook says the risk is especially high in the Cariboo region...
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B.C. man who claims he stabbed 3 on 'God's will' isn't responsible, lawyer says
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the man accused of an attack at a Vancouver Chinatown festival says his client had no motivation other than a direction from God to stab three people and he should be found not criminally responsible. Glen Orris told a B.C. ...
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Reggie Newman of Kamloops named new Victoria Royals captain
VICTORIA, B.C. - Kamloops hockey product Reggie Newman has been named the tenth captain of the Victoria Royals.The 20-year-old Newman is preparing for his fifth - and final - season in the Western Hockey League. He's been a mainstay of the Royals lineup ever since he was drafted in the fourth-round of the 2020 WHL draf...
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HANGING THEM UP
Loewen explains retirement, talks of importance of Hay, Blazers
KAMLOOPS -- Former Kamloops Blazers' captain Jermaine Loewen has retired from professional hockey."I felt like it was in the best interest of my family," Loewen said. "You have to just know when it's your time to move on from something you love. And it's hard. It was difficult decision."Loewen becam...
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Blazer Hockey
Blazers release D Gugyelka, reassign G Kabrud
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are saying goodbye to another veteran prior to the start of the 2025-26 Western Hockey League regular season.The team announced Wednesday (Sept. 17) it has released 18-year-old defenceman Jager Gugyelka.From Coaldale, Alberta, Gugyelka was acquired from the Edmonton Oil Kings on December...
Sep 17, 2025
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Canada
CP NewsAlert: Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on three transgender laws
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause this fall on three laws affecting transgender people. An internal government memo sent last week from the justice department, obtained by The Canadian Press,...
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B.C. man who claims he stabbed 3 on 'God's will' isn't responsible, lawyer says
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the man accused of an attack at a Vancouver Chinatown festival says his client had no motivation other than a direction from God to stab three people and he should be found not criminally responsible. Glen Orris told a B.C. ...
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CAQ member booted from cabinet quits party, says she has lost faith in leader Legault
QUÉBEC - A member of the Coalition Avenir Québec recently booted from cabinet has resigned from the party and says she no longer has faith in Premier François Legault. Maïté Blanchette Vézina says she will sit as an Independent and says Legault should ...
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World
Powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake shakes Russia's far east Kamchatka region
MOSCOW (AP) - A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck near the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka region, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage. The quake's epicenter was 127 kilom...
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4 service members were aboard US Army helicopter that crashed in Washington state
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Four service members were aboard a U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that crashed near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, the Army said in a release Thursday. The Army did not release their conditions....
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Senate confirms 48 of Trump's nominees at once after changing the chamber's rules
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump's nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of executive branch positions that had been delayed by Democrats. ...
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