New Library App
First-ever Thompson-Nicola library app to officially launch Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) will officially be launching a new mobile app on Tuesday (May 20) where people will be able to access library services and manage their accounts. Chief Librarian Judy Moore told the TNRD Board on Thursday (May 15) that the new app, which has been tested by staff fo...
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Dangerous Dogs
TNRD expands dangerous dog bylaw to include all 10 electoral areas
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District's (TNRD) Dangerous Dog Control Bylaw is now in effect across all 10 electoral areas, thanks to the efforts of one local area director. Area "E" Director Jim Smith was behind the push to expand the bylaw, saying he had to act after a postal worker was attacked b...
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Kamloops and Area
CCBC Championships
WolfPack settle for silver at 2025 Canadian College Baseball Conference championships
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack had to settle for a silver medal after they fell 10-9 to the Okanagan College Coyotes in Sunday's (May 18) Canadian College Baseball Conference (CCBC) championship game. Trailing by three runs going into the ninth inning, the WolfPack managed to load the...
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League1 BC
Kamloops United women record first win; men lose first game of League1 BC season
KAMLOOPS - There were several firsts for Kamloops United (KUFC) in League1 BC action Saturday (May 17) evening at McArthur Island as the two teams faced Burnaby as part of the Slurpee Cup weekend.The KUFC women scored two goals in the first 30 minutes and then held on for a 3-2 win to pick up their first points of the ...
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May Long Snow
Environment Canada calling for snow on B.C. mountain passes this May long weekend
KAMLOOPS - It may be the Victoria Day long weekend, but Environment Canada is calling for up to 5 cm of snow on some B.C. highway passes. The weather agency has issued a special weather statement for the entire Coquihalla Highway from Kamloops to Hope, as well as the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Kelowna and Highw...
May 17, 2025
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Evacuation Routes
Evacuation route tour for Juniper residents coming this summer; other neighbourhoods to follow
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is set to hold another evacuation route tour for residents in Juniper Ridge this summer, though it hasn't yet announced a date. Emergency Preparedness Manager Ty Helgason says these tours - which were last held in 2023 - will allow residents to familiarize themselves with the new evacuat...
May 17, 2025
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Featured Content
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
Protesters opposed to agency-ordered cull at ostrich farm prepare for long-term stay
NAKUSP - Protesters who have been camping this weekend at a British Columbia ostrich farm that's been ordered to kill its entire flock because of bird flu say they're preparing to stay longer. Universal Ostrich Farm, in Edgewood, B.C., has been battling with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency over the cull of 399 bird...
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'Sullivan's Crossing' is a 'life-preserver in tumultuous times': Canadian showrunner
TORONTO - For Roma Roth, setting her show "Sullivan's Crossing" in Nova Scotia is a way to showcase more of Canada on the small screen. The London, Ont.-born executive producer and showrunner - who also works on the soapy Netflix series "Virgin River" shot in British Columbia - says it was time to i...
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22-year-old woman dies in slackline fall north of Vancouver
A 22-year-old woman is dead after a fatal slack line incident at a recreation area north of Vancouver. Squamish RCMP say they received a report on Saturday afternoon of a female falling from a slack line at Chek Canyon Recreation Area. The area is a popular climbing spot 87 kilometres north of Vancouver. Mounties say f...
May 18, 2025
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Local Sports
CCBC Championships
WolfPack settle for silver at 2025 Canadian College Baseball Conference championships
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack had to settle for a silver medal after they fell 10-9 to the Okanagan College Coyotes in Sunday's (May 18) Canadian College Baseball Conference (CCBC) championship game. Trailing by three runs going into the ninth inning, the WolfPack managed to load the...
20h ago
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League1 BC
Kamloops United women record first win; men lose first game of League1 BC season
KAMLOOPS - There were several firsts for Kamloops United (KUFC) in League1 BC action Saturday (May 17) evening at McArthur Island as the two teams faced Burnaby as part of the Slurpee Cup weekend.The KUFC women scored two goals in the first 30 minutes and then held on for a 3-2 win to pick up their first points of the ...
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WHL Champions
Kamloops native Mathew Ward wins WHL title with Medicine Hat Tigers
SPOKANE, WASH. - Mathew Ward is a Western Hockey League champion.The Kamloops native and his Medicine Hat Tigers beat the Spokane Chiefs 4-2 in a game 5 Friday (May 16) night to win the Ed Chynoweth Cup for the first time since 2007. Ward picked up the primary assist on Hunter St. Martin's WHL-winning goal in the third...
May 17, 2025
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Canada
Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
BANFF - Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends. "The next fire in here is going to be incredible," says the former Parks Canada fire management co-ordinator, standing in the expans...
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Archeologists find prehistoric artifacts at future skating rink site near Montreal
MONTREAL - Last fall, as archeologist Yves Chrétien was supervising a team digging at the site of a future hockey rink northeast of Montreal, a mini excavator unearthed pieces of cut stone. Formed under an ancient sea, the stones bore marks made by Indigenous people somewhere between 6,150 and 8,200 years ago. T...
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Opposition slams Liberals for having no plans to table budget soon
OTTAWA - Opposition parties attacked Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday for being vague about his plans after his government said it would not table a federal budget before the House of Commons rises for the summer. Following the first Liberal cabinet meeting after the swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, Finance Ministe...
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World
Russia outlaws Amnesty International in latest crackdown on dissent and activists
The Russian authorities on Monday outlawed Amnesty International as an "undesirable organization," a label that under a 2015 law makes involvement with such organizations a criminal offense. The decision by the Russian Prosecutor General's office, announced in an online statement, is the latest in the unrelen...
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu acknowledges pressure from allies in decision to resume Gaza aid
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged on Monday that his decision to resume aid to Gaza came from pressure from allies. In a video statement posted to social media, Netanyahu said that Israel's allies had voiced concern about "images of hunger" and said they told the c...
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Great Scottie! Scheffler pulls away to win PGA Championship for 3rd major title
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Scottie Scheffler worked harder than he imagined and got the result everyone expected Sunday in the PGA Championship: A most pleasant walk to the 18th green with another major title secure in the hands of golf's No. 1 player. Scheffler was flawless when he had to be on the back nine of Quail Holl...
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