Party leaders focus policy pitches on rent control, addictions treatment
The NDP promised to protect tenants through national rent control while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment Sunday.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in Halifax in the morning that his party would tie federal housing funding for provinces and municipalities to tenant protection pol...
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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...
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Kamloops and Area
Clearwater ER Closure
Second closure of Clearwater emergency room in 2025 to last for 22-hours
CLEARWATER, B.C. - Residents in the Clearwater area will not have access to emergency room services until 8:00 a.m. Sunday (April 6). In a news release issued just after 11:00 a.m. Saturday (April 5), Interior Health announced the last-minute 'service interruption' at the facility, which they note took effect at 10:00 ...
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Lillooet ER Woes
Lillooet and area residents without emergency room coverage for another 49 hours this weekend
LILLOOET, B.C. - The latest 49-hour of the emergency room in Lillooet took effect at 7:00 a.m. Saturday (April 5) morning. Interior Health says the emergency room at the Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre is not expected to reopen until 8:00 a.m. Monday (April 7). It has once again not provided a reason for this ER cl...
Apr 05, 2025
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Sun Peaks By-Election
Voting underway in Sun Peaks by-election
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - It's by-election day in Sun Peaks as residents head to the polls to elect a new councillor Saturday (April 5).The by-election is being held to fill the vacant seat left after former councillor Rob O'Toole resigned to launch his bid for mayor. O'Toole will succeed Al Raine - who died last December afte...
Apr 05, 2025
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CHECK FOR TICKS
With tick season in full swing, TRU expert Higgins talks prevention, Lyme disease, tick paralysis
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is a hot spot for the Rocky Mountain Wood Tick.Dr. Rob Higgins, co-chair of Thompson Rivers University department of biological sciences, said peak season for ticks has arrived. He spoke to CFJC Today on Friday (April 4).
Apr 05, 2025
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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
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...
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Top leaders finish second week of election campaign
Federal party leaders are prepared to finish the second week of the federal election campaign with events in Nova Scotia and British Columbia. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is scheduled to make an announcement in Halifax, joined by the local candidate Lisa Roberts. He will later attend the Elbows Up, Canada! rally in Dartmo...
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B.C. Premier to meet with Mark Carney over the soaring lumber duties imposed by U.S.
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday to discuss launching a Team Canada approach to support workers in the forestry sector in response to the latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties. The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Friday that it has de...
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Local Sports
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...
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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...
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BEST OF KAMLOOPS
Athletics in Kamloops to be celebrated at annual awards and hall of fame banquet
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Sports Council will present its annual athletic awards on Saturday during a banquet at the Colombo Lodge.Adding to the allure of the event - four inductions to the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame.Kamloops Sports Council executive director Duncan Olthuis spoke to CFJC Today on Friday (April 4).
Apr 05, 2025
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Canada
Party leaders focus policy pitches on rent control, addictions treatment
The NDP promised to protect tenants through national rent control while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment Sunday.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in Halifax in the morning that his party would tie federal housing funding for provinces and municipalities to tenant protection pol...
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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...
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'Special to the world': Supporters hope to save beloved Drumheller dinosaur
DRUMHELLER - A plan to send Tyra the tyrannosaurus, the popular tourist attraction that towers over the skyline in Drumheller, Alta., into proverbial extinction has sparked demands that she be spared. The town of 8,400 northeast of Calgary bills itself as the Dinosaur Capital of the World. Home to the famed Royal Tyrre...
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World
Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500
A second school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesman confirmed Sunday, as the outbreak continues to swell. Aaron Davis, a spokesperson for UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, said that the child was "receiving treatment for complications of measles while hospitali...
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Pope appears before crowd in St. Peter's Square, 2 weeks after his release from hospital
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis was rolled into St. Peter's Square in a wheelchair during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican on Sunday since his release from the hospital two weeks ago. The pontiff lifted his hands to wave at the crowd, who stood and applauded, as h...
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Anthony, Howard, Redeem Team, Bird, Arison, Fowles, Crawford, Donovan, Moore in Hall of Fame class
Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, not once but twice. And LeBron James and Chris Paul are part of the group that's headed to the Hall as well, even before their playing careers end. Anthony and Howard were announced Saturday as members of the Class of 2025, as...
Apr 05, 2025
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