Lytton Wildfire
Incident Management Team assigned to Cantilever Bar fire near Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says an Incident Management Team has been assigned to the Cantilever Bar wildfire near Lytton, which is now estimated to be 1,262 hectares in size.Its up from the previous estimate of 1,040 hectares and the BC Wildfire Service says the growth in recent days has largely been upslop...
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Break In
RCMP looking for information after break-in at Kamloops Mayor's West Victoria businesses
KAMLOOPS - Police are asking people who may have information about a recent break-in at the West Victoria Street auto dealership owned by Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to step forward.In a news release, RCMP say they were alerted to an "insecure premise" at 260 West Victoria Street around 2:00 p.m. last T...
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Sound Off
SOUND OFF: New BC cancer centre coming to Kamloops is the largest-ever investment in cancer services in the area
Jul 30, 2025
Kamloops and Area
Missing Woman
Kamloops looking for missing 46-year-old woman
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for help in locating a 46-year-old woman who has been missing for a week.Mounties say Aimee Boyko was reported missing on Friday (July 25) last week, and they believe she may be somewhere in the city's downtown core.Aimee is described as an Indigenous woman, standing five-foot-f...
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ROADKILL
Hitting the brakes on animal-vehicle collisions near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - According to the BC Conservation Foundation, highways can be detrimental to local wildlife populations and ecology. On average, ICBC tallies more than 12,000 animal-vehicle incidents every year, with more than 900 injuries reported. The region with the highest total is the Southern Interior, which includes K...
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SUN PEAKS HEALTH CARE
Sun Peaks hits reset button on community health care
KAMLOOPS - The Supporting Team Excellence with Patients Society (STEPS) will no longer be operating the Sun Peaks Community Health Centre as of this October as the society and resort municipality have decided to go their separate ways. STEPS began operating the health centre back in 2023. Sun Peaks is now searching for...
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MATERNITY WARD
Interior Health says RIH maternity patients have all been treated in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's been one week since Interior Health announced possible staffing challenges in the maternity ward of Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops.Last Thursday (July 24), Interior Health stated expectant parents without a regular family or maternal care doctor will still be assessed at RIH but they may be sen...
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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
Number of active wildfires in B.C. jumps to 120, with half started in last 24 hours
The number of active wildfires in British Columbia continues to spike after high temperatures and lightning strikes this week, with about 120 blazes burning in the province. The BC Wildfire Service says half of the active fires were started in the last 24 hours, with 16 declared out during that same time period. The wi...
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Transport committee meets to study BC Ferries' $1B loan for Chinese ships
OTTAWA - The House of Commons transport committee is meeting today to look into the $1 billion loan BC Ferries received from the Canada Infrastructure Bank to finance the purchase of four new electric-diesel ships from a Chinese shipbuilder. The committee agreed to launch a study after BC Ferries announced in June that...
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Heat, lightning spark dozens of new fires in B.C., prompting evacuations and alerts
Dozens of new wildfires have been sparked in British Columbia, in a surge associated with this week's high temperatures and thousands of lightning strikes. Multiple evacuation orders were in place across the province on Thursday, covering lakefront properties on Vancouver Island, homes in the Okanagan Valley and two Fi...
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Local Sports
Swim Worlds
Angove of Kamloops, Team Canada finish sixth in women's 4x200m freestyle relay at swimming world championships
SINGAPORE - Kamloops swimmer Sienna Angove and the rest of Team Canada finished in sixth place in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay at the world swimming championships in Singapore. The team of Angove, Brooklyn Douthwright, Ella Cosgrove and Ella Jansen finished with a time of 7:52.52, about 13 seconds behind the Aust...
Jul 31, 2025
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NATIONAL DUTY
De Palma of Blazers talks second crack at world juniors, role at summer showcase, NHL aspirations
KAMLOOPS - Dan De Palma's first experience at the World Junior Hockey Championship did not end on the podium, with Canada placing fifth at the 2025 tournament in Ottawa. Hockey Canada announced on Saturday (July 26) the Kamloops Blazers' director of goaltending development is part of the team that will aim to do better...
Jul 29, 2025
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Vernon's Vasek Pospisil bounced in final professional appearance in three sets
TORONTO - The Toronto Farewell Tour was short-lived. Veteran tennis player Vasek Pospisil, who confirmed last week that the National Bank Open in Toronto would be his final hurrah on the pro circuit, was eliminated Sunday in the first round of men's singles by qualifier Facundo Bagnis of Argentina at Sobeys Stadium. Ba...
Jul 28, 2025
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Canada
Glencore accused of discharging copper concentrate dust at Horne smelter
ROUYN-NORANDA - Glencore's Horne smelter is facing a charge under the province's environmental laws for allegedly releasing copper concentrate dust in March 2023 at the Quebec facility. Quebec's Environment Department says in a statement the charge stems from an investigation it carried out after officials were called ...
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Days after its release, Ottawa calls report on lethal exports to Israel 'flawed'
OTTAWA - Ottawa is insisting it hasn't sent lethal weapons to Israel, days after the release of a report stating Israeli customs data indicates Canadian arms are still being exported there regularly. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says items that the Israel Tax Authority identified as "bullets" were act...
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In the news today: Canada hit with 35 per cent tariffs
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada hit with 35 per cent tariffs Canada was hit with 35 per cent tariffs on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to increase the duties if Ottawa didn't make a trade deal. The White House has ...
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World
Appeals court in Bosnia confirms sentence for Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - An appeals court in Bosnia confirmed Friday an earlier court ruling that sentenced the pro-Russia Bosnian Serb president, Milorad Dodik, to one year in prison and banned him from politics for six years over his separatist actions as tensions mount in the fragile Balkan state. The lan...
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Top EU court rules that soccer governing body FIFA's decisions can be challenged outside Switzerland
BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union's top court ruled on Friday that the decisions of world soccer's governing body FIFA can be challenged outside Switzerland, opening up a system that currently binds athletes, officials and clubs to accept verdicts there. A statement from the European Court of Justice said that tribuna...
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El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection and extends presidential terms to 6 years
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country's National Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential reelection and extend presidential terms to six years. Lawmaker Ana Figueroa from the New Ideas party had proposed the c...
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