BC Wildfire Recruitment
BC Wildfire Service reports 'record' number of applicants ahead of 2025 fire season
VICTORIA - The BC Government says there has been a record number of applicants who have come forward to join the BC Wildfire Service, which is preparing for the upcoming wildfire season which gets underway on April 1.In a news release Thursday (March 20), the BC Wildfire Service said it received more than 1,700 applica...
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Clearwater Fire
District of Clearwater establishes new wildfire initial attack crew; expands FireSmart mitigation work
CLEARWATER, B.C. - The District of Clearwater has established a pair of wildfire response and mitigation initiatives to help it better respond to a growing threat facing the community.In a news release, the District says Clearwater council approved the creation of the Clearwater Fire Department Initial Attack (FDIA) Cr...
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COLLINS: Sometimes we realize we've made a huge blunder when it's too late to change it
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Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - Protecting Seasonal Greenery
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SOUND OFF: Time to stop hanging on Trump's every word
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SOUND OFF: Attracting Doctors and Nurses to B.C.
Mar 19, 2025
Kamloops and Area
Special Weather Statement
Spring hasn't sprung: Highway 5 from Hope to Merritt could see significant snow accumulation Thursday night
MERRITT, B.C. - A taste of winter is expected to linger on the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt during the first night of spring. A special weather statement is in effect for the stretch of Highway 5 from Thursday (March 20) night to Friday morning as Environment Canada says a significant amount of snow accumula...
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INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT
City of Kamloops issues call for help to deal with invasive Japanese Beetle
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is ramping up its efforts to get rid of the Japanese beetle, an invasive species that was found in the Kamloops last year.Last year, 11 Japanese beetles were found in Kamloops and to keep the plant-eating pests from damaging the area, the City of Kamloops has been tasked with finding som...
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OUTDOOR SKATING RINK
Construction of new outdoor rink to have minimal impact on Riverside Park playground, water park: City of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Construction is well underway for a new outdoor skating rink in one of the city's most popular parks. Work in Riverside Park is contained to a fenced-in area and isn't expected to significantly impact the nearby water park or playground this summer. The outdoor rink was approved by Kamloops city council last...
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'There are going to be cuts'
Kamloops DPAC calling for provincial funding revamp as districts face budgetary challenges
KAMLOOPS - School boards across the province are currently working their way through the annual budget process. Unlike city council's, the school board has no mechanism to increase funding through measures like taxation, with its dollars coming directly from the provincial government and much of the funding in presubsc...
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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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Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - Protecting Seasonal Greenery
You put a lot of time and money into creating your outdoor seasonal displays so you'll probably want to protect them from damaging winds and temperatures. Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a few good tips on how to do just that!
Nov 21, 2024
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British Columbia
One of 126 urban deer tests positive for wasting disease in B.C.
VICTORIA - One of 126 urban deer culled in southeastern British Columbia to determine if they were sick has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The government culled the animals in Cranbrook and Kimberley last month to determine if the disease was spreading in the urban deer population. Five other cases of chr...
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Trade war windfall for B.C. food bank - hundreds of kilograms of unsold U.S. produce
The trend toward buying Canadian has created a silver lining for a food bank in Nanaimo, B.C., which has been flooded with hundreds of kilograms of American produce. Peter Sinclair, executive director of Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank, says a food recovery program allows them to accept surplus or unsold items ...
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B.C. Greens want answers about New Democrats' emergency powers legislation
British Columbia's Green Party says the NDP government needs to "explain why" its proposal for broad-reaching emergency cabinet powers is needed before its two members support the legislation. Interim Leader Jeremy Valeriote said in a statement that while he understands the "urgency of the situation"...
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Local Sports
IN THE KIJHL
Chase Heat president Adamson shares thoughts on KIJHL tiering
CHASE -- The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is a 21-team circuit that has Junior A Tier 2 status in the BC Hockey and Hockey Canada ranks.After an assessment completed in partnership with a third-party consulting agency (Blackfin Sports Group), the KIJHL has selected 11 of its teams to join a new J...
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Q&A WITH KOLLE
Storm owner Kolle talks jump to Junior A Tier 1, friction among owners, increased costs, revenue
KAMLOOPS - The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is a 21-team circuit that has Junior A Tier 2 status in the BC Hockey and Hockey Canada ranks. After an assessment completed in partnership with a third-party consulting agency (Blackfin Sports Group), the KIJHL has selected 11 of its teams to join a ne...
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Storm 3 Wranglers 0
Storm shut out Wranglers 3-0, tie playoff series 2-2
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Storm have tied their second round Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) series at two games apiece. Goaltender Brenner Fyfe stopped all 24 shots he faced as the Storm shut out the 100 Mile House Wranglers 3-0 in Game Four of the Doug Birks Division Final at McArthur Island Wednesd...
Mar 19, 2025
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Canada
Ex-PM Stephen Harper says he's perplexed, heartbroken by Canada-India tensions
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper told a conference in India last month that he doesn't "entirely understand" why Canada has such a poor relationship with India, and suggested the Liberal party has become infiltrated by Sikh activists who want to carve a separate state out of India. "Frankly,...
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Trade war windfall for B.C. food bank - hundreds of kilograms of unsold U.S. produce
The trend toward buying Canadian has created a silver lining for a food bank in Nanaimo, B.C., which has been flooded with hundreds of kilograms of American produce. Peter Sinclair, executive director of Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank, says a food recovery program allows them to accept surplus or unsold items ...
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Ex-student activist Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, with Québec solidaire, to leave politics
MONTREAL - Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, co-spokesperson of the left-wing Québec solidaire party who rose to prominence during the 2012 student strike, says he is stepping down from the party's leadership team. He resigned today as co-spokesperson and House leader, and says he will stay on as a member of the legislatur...
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World
Jury convicts 2 men of plotting to assassinate an Iranian American journalist in New York
NEW YORK (AP) - A jury has convicted two men of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors said was financed by the Iranian government. The verdict was returned at a federal court in New York on Thursday, ending a two-week...
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Georgetown scholar detained over American wife's Palestinian ties, lawyer says
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown scholar that the government detained until the court has had a chance to rule. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles in Alexandria, Virginia, ordered that Badar Khan Suri "shall not be removed from the...
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Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that's been a longtime target of conservatives. Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal id...
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