Canada Post union files labour practices complaint
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against Canada Post related to ongoing contract bargaining. The union alleges in the complaint that the Crown corporation is bargaining directly with members, interfering with the union's exclusive bargaining rights and ...
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R.W. Bruhn Bridge
Rockslide closes R.W. Bruhn Bridge in Sicamous
SICAMOUS, B.C. - The Trans Canada Highway at the R.W. Bruhn Bridge in Sicamous will be closed for most of the day due to a rockslide. DriveBC first reported of rocks on the stretch of Highway 1 in Sicamous at around 2:30 a.m. Thursday (June 5). A geotechnical investigation is underway, and another update is due at 2:00...
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Kamloops and Area
CHILD CARE COSTS
$10-a-day childcare spots stagnant in Kamloops after latest disbursement of provincial funding
KAMLOOPS - After the latest round of $10-a-day provincial funding subsidies were announced, no new childcare centres in the City of Kamloops secured $10-a-day status. Meanwhile regionally, three childcare centres in Vernon, Sorrento and Williams Lake were able to secure the subsidized rate. As of this spring, the Minis...
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Disaster Preparedness
Cache Creek secures nearly $400k from province for infrastructure protection
KAMLOOPS - Disaster-proofing infrastructure in Cache Creek got a shot in the arm this week, with the village securing nearly $400,000 in provincial grant money.In a news release, the Village of Cache Creek says it has been approved for $394,000 from B.C.'s Disaster Resilience and Innovation Funding program. The money w...
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Real Estate Activity
Amid economic uncertainty, Kamloops real estate market nudged upward in May
KAMLOOPS - Real estate activity is on the upward trend in Kamloops, but remains below its level from one year ago. New numbers released by the Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) show 235 residential unit sales in the Kamloops area last month. The May total is up from 215 in April, but is pacing 13 per cent below Ma...
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Crash Statistics
Pacific Way between Hillside and Hugh Allan three-peats as most crash-prone spot in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - For the third consecutive year, a stretch of Pacific Way earned the disreputable accomplishment of having the most vehicle crashes in Kamloops. According to data on vehicle-related crashed and injuries from 2024, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) says a total of 60 collisions were recorded...
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Featured Content
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Colourful Plants For Shade
Who says you can't brighten up that shady corner of your yard with vibrant plant life? Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops says otherwise - and has a number of fantastic suggestions to prove his point!
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Weeping Cascade Hydrangeas
Looking for something a little different to adorn your patio posts and garden arbours? Maury Hik from Art Knapp Home & Garden in Kamloops has just the thing - the Weeping Cascade Hydrangea!
May 28, 2025
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Ravishing Roses In May
The month of May means a lot of things to many people. Two that come to mind are Mother's Day and, for gardeners, it's roses! Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a few great tips on growing roses and a few types to consider that are sure to make you and your mom quite happy!
May 22, 2025
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British Columbia
B.C. fire crews set up sprinklers to defend buildings as blaze grows near Kelly Lake
The BC Wildfire Service says an out-of-control blaze that has triggered evacuation orders near Kelly Lake in the province's northeast is not currently threatening the community but is growing in its direction. The service says in an update Thursday morning that firefighters from several fire departments across the prov...
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Memorial masses to be held throughout the city 40 days after Lapu Lapu tragedy
VANCOUVER - Members of Vancouver's Filipino community and others will honour and pray for victims of the Lapu Lapu festival attack at a memorial mass today, 40 days after the tragedy that left 11 people dead. The date is significant in Filipino Catholic tradition as the end of a mourning period, and Rev. Francis Galvan...
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B.C. First Nation builds small island, fisheries officials check for habitat damage
VICTORIA - A British Columbia First Nation has built up a small artificial island in the tidal shallows of Coles Bay off Vancouver Island, triggering an investigation by fisheries officials into whether it involved habitat destruction and if authorization should have been required. Two yellow excavators could be seen a...
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Local Sports
NATIONAL TEAM
'This is what I've been missing'; Brinnen inspired by inclusion to Canadian sitting volleyball team
KAMLOOPS - Riley Brinnen felt lost and uninspired. He was appreciative of the opportunity to coach the TRU WolfPack men's volleyball team last season, but it was not always easy to watch from the sidelines. Boredom was setting in. The coaching and rehab routine was becoming banal. He lacked confidence. He could sense c...
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ON THE COURSE
Rivershore playing host to Golf Canada University and College Championships
KAMLOOPS - Braydon Bouliane of the University of Alberta Golden Bears was scheduled to tee off in 15 minutes and the gravity of the national championship moment was sinking in on Tuesday (June 3) at Rivershore Golf Links. "I'm nervous," Bouliane said. "I'm nervous, but everyone is nervous. You want to do...
Jun 03, 2025
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Brinnen Representing Canada
Former TRU volleyball player injured in 2023 McGill Road crash earns spot on Canada's sitting volleyball team
KAMLOOPS - A former Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's volleyball player who suffered life-altering injuries in a car crash in 2023 will compete for Team Canada. The TRU WolfPack announced that Riley Brinnen earned a spot on Canada's sitting volleyball team after impressing at a training camp in Calgary in...
Jun 03, 2025
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Canada
'Lost Canadians' bill tabled after judge sets November deadline for passage
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab tabled legislation today to restore citizenship to "Lost Canadians" after a court found the existing law unconstitutional. "Lost Canadians" refers to people who were born outside of the country to Canadian parents who were also born in another country. In 2009...
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McGuinty says Ottawa reviewing defence spending 'top to bottom' ahead of NATO summit
OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty says Ottawa is reviewing its defence spending plans "from top to bottom" as Canada comes under pressure from allies to ramp up spending to levels not seen since the height of the Cold War. Speaking with European news media outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, McGuint...
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Canada Post union files labour practices complaint
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against Canada Post related to ongoing contract bargaining. The union alleges in the complaint that the Crown corporation is bargaining directly with members, interfering with the union's exclusive bargaining rights and ...
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World
Israel says it has recovered the bodies of 2 Israeli-American hostages from the Gaza Strip
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli strikes overnight and into Thursday meanwhile killed at least 13 people, including three local journalists, according to health officials in the t...
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David Jolly, a Trump critic and former GOP congressman, to run for Florida governor as a Democrat
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A former Republican congressman and vocal critic of Donald Trump says he wants to become governor in the president's adopted home state of Florida, and that he's running as a Democrat. David Jolly formally announced his bid Thursday, becoming the latest party convert hoping to wrest back contro...
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South Korean lawmakers approve special investigations into martial law and Yoon's wife
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's liberal-led legislature overwhelmingly passed bills Thursday to launch special investigations into former President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law in December and criminal allegations against his wife, targeting the ousted conservative a day after his liber...
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