Kamloops Film Industry
TNRD Film Commission looking ahead to 2025 after slower than anticipated 2024
KAMLOOPS - It turns out that it wasn't a very busy 2024 for the film and TV industry in the Kamloops area. According to the Thompson Nicola Film Commission (TNFC), the Kamloops and area film and TV industry saw about $9.75 million in economic spin-off in 2024. Film Commissioner Terri Hadwin says while it was an increas...
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Build Kamloops
City councillors set to give final approval for pair of Build Kamloops borrowing bylaws Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - A pair of Build Kamloops borrowing bylaws will be going before Kamloops city councillors for a final vote on Tuesday (April 8). Councillors have already adopted the two loan authorization bylaws that allow staff to borrow up to $140 million to construct a performing arts centre downtown, and up to $135 milli...
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Kamloops and Area
Federal Forestry Funding
Several Kamloops-area forestry projects and studies getting federal funding
KAMLOOPS - The federal government is contributing nearly $185,000 towards a Kamloops-area study that will aim to to determine whether rehabilitating an area damaged by wildfires can provide an economic opportunity through carbon credits. The money is part of $20 million that the federal government will be spending on 6...
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Bear-Resistant Carts
Optional bear-resistant garbage, organics carts now available in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Optional bear-resistant garbage and organics carts are now available in Kamloops for residents who want to opt-in to the program. The City says requests for these carts, which cost an extra $20 per year, can be made on a first-come, first-served basis. They note that these new carts may be "of particula...
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Sun Peaks By-Election
Brian Gillespie elected new Sun Peaks councillor; Rob O'Toole acclaimed as new mayor
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Voters in Sun Peaks have elected Brian Gillespie to municipal council by a narrow seven vote margin. Gillespie, the long-time manager of Bottom's Bar and Grill, earned 120 votes to Dave Burnham's 113. According to preliminary results released after Saturday's (April 5) by-election, Katherine Campbell ...
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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 ...
Apr 05, 2025
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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...
Apr 06, 2025
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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...
Apr 05, 2025
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Local Sports
Formers Blazers Update
Blazers' Finnie scores first pro goal; Minten makes Bruins debut against former teammate Stankoven
KAMLOOPS - It was a second milestone in as many nights for Kamloops Blazers captain Emmitt Finnie as he got to take home another puck Saturday (April 5) night. Finnie snapped a wrist shot past Drew Commesso in the third period of the Griffin's 7-5 win over the Rockford Ice Hogs. The 19-year-old was on the end of an aer...
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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...
Apr 05, 2025
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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...
Apr 05, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Week 3 of the federal campaign kicks off
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal leaders enter week 3 of the election campaign With just three weeks to go until election day, Canada's federal party leaders are back on the road today. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to make an announcement in Toron...
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Man accused of crashing bus into Quebec daycare, killing 2 children is back in court
LAVAL - The man accused of killing two children and injuring six others when the transit bus he was driving crashed into a Montreal-area daycare is back in Superior Court today. Both the Crown and defence are expected to argue at the Laval, Que., courthouse that he was not criminally responsible for his actions. Prosec...
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Federal leaders enter week 3 of the election campaign
OTTAWA - With just three weeks to go until election day, Canada's federal party leaders are back on the road today. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to make an announcement in Toronto today following weekend campaign stops on the East Coast, where he announced plans to impose national rent control and to get every ...
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World
UConn returns to top of women's basketball, dominates South Carolina 82-59 to capture its 12th title
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - UConn is back on top of women's basketball, winning its 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday behind Azzi Fudd's 24 points. Sarah Strong added 24 points and 15 rebounds while Paige Bueckers had 17 points in her final game at UConn (37-3). "Well, ...
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Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record by scoring his 895th
NEW YORK (AP) - Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky's record for the most goals in NHL history by scoring the 895th of his career. The Washington Capitals' captain made history Sunday against the New York Islanders by beating fellow Russian Ilya Sorokin on a power play in the second period. Ovechkin had never scored...
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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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