B.C. fires Victoria School Board over ban on police in schools
VICTORIA - British Columbia's education minister has fired the entire Victoria School Board in a dispute over a safety plan where the board barred police from schools except in emergencies. Minister Lisa Beare says student safety is at risk in the district and she has appointed a lone trustee to oversee the district un...
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$5-million climate program to help B.C.'s tree fruit growers in extreme weather
VICTORIA - Tree fruit growers in British Columbia are now able to access a $5-million climate resiliency program to help their crops weather extreme heat and cold. The funding comes after many B.C. crops, including cherries, plums, peaches and nectarines, were nearly wiped out by an extreme cold spell in January 2024. ...
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Kamloops and Area
Coronation Medals
Merritt's Sherry Peterson awarded King Charles III Coronation medal for unwavering community service
MERRITT, B.C. -Throughout Canada, the backbones of their communities have been getting honoured with the King Charles III Coronation Medal. In Kamloops, people such as 104-year-old WWII veteran John Kuharski, Centre for Seniors Information's Brenda Prevost, local lawyer Bill Sundhu and many others have been recognized ...
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Vehicle Theft
North Shore resident helps Kamloops Mounties track down his stolen truck
KAMLOOPS - Local Mounties are crediting a North Shore man with helping recover his own stolen truck.According to Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn, the man heard his truck being stolen from the 100-block of Angus Street on the North Shore Tuesday evening (Jan. 28) at about 9:15.Because of his prompt and fu...
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Drug Seizure
RCMP seize drugs from vehicle in Valleyview bearing paper license plates
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say paper plates are for barbecues, not vehicle tags.In a news release issued Wednesday (Jan. 29), Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says officers were working in the 2100-block of East Trans Canada Highway in Valleyview at about 11:50 a.m. Tuesday when they noticed a suspicious license plate on a car.Furthe...
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Security Cameras To Come?
KCBIA supports addition of security cameras to combat crime and social disorder
KAMLOOPS - The head of the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association (KCBIA) says he supports a plan to add a system of security cameras as a way to try and respond to increasing crime and social disorder in the city. Saying it's not a new concept, Howie Reimer told CFJC Today there have been very preliminary d...
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Featured Content
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
B.C. court finds Criminal Code first-degree murder parole provision unconstitutional
Luciano Mariani broke into the Vancouver Island home of his former girlfriend Caroline Bernard in August 2021 and bludgeoned her with a baseball bat while she slept, leaving the "ghastly scene" for the woman's young daughter to find, a B.C. court heard. He had planned the murder over months, evidently intent ...
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B.C. woman pleads guilty to multiple charges of human trafficking after 2023 arrest
A British Columbia woman has pleaded guilty to charges of human trafficking, assault, unlawful confinement and sexual exploitation of minors. Jennifer Stephens was arrested by Langley RCMP officers in December 2023 after an investigation that began in March of that year. The Mounties issued a statement at the time sayi...
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B.C. fires Victoria School Board over ban on police in schools
VICTORIA - British Columbia's education minister has fired the entire Victoria School Board in a dispute over a safety plan where the board barred police from schools except in emergencies. Minister Lisa Beare says student safety is at risk in the district and she has appointed a lone trustee to oversee the district un...
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Local Sports
Americans 6 Blazers 2
Blazers fall to Americans at home 6-2
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers could not keep their weekend momentum during Wednesday's (Jan. 29) matchup against the Tri-City Americans on Indigenous Night from Sandman Centre. The Americans opened the scoring early in the first, but Blazers captain Emmitt Finnie picked his spot from the left circle on the power play...
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WOLFPACK BASKETBALL
TRU women's basketball team looks to keep foot on gas pedal after clinching first victory on Saturday
KAMLOOPS - It was business as usual Monday morning (Jan. 27) for the TRU women's basketball team - although there were some smiles and perhaps some relief after the players clinched their first victory of the season, a 73-61 victory over the UNBC Timberwolves."It was honestly amazing - especially to do it on home ...
Jan 28, 2025
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Brown to Scotties
Kamloops-based Brown rink to represent B.C. at 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
LANGLEY B.C. - Kamloops native Corryn Brown is off to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ontario next month.The 29-year-old Kamloops skip beat Kayla MacMillan 10-7 in nine ends to win the 2025 BC Women's Curling championships Sunday (Jan. 26) morning, in what was their third meeting in three days at the ...
Jan 26, 2025
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Canada
Trump says 25 per cent tariffs coming for Canada on Saturday
WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump says he will slap Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent tariffs on Saturday.The president says he will decide whether the duties will include oil Thursday night.Trump, who was asked about the tariffs while signing executive orders in the Oval Office, says he is moving on the l...
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Calls for major changes to landmark tobacco settlement too late: Imperial Tobacco
TORONTO - Imperial Tobacco is rejecting what it says are major changes to a landmark $32.5-billion settlement that would see it and two other tobacco companies compensate provinces, territories and ex-smokers in Canada. A lawyer for Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. told an Ontario Superior Court hearing today that changes ...
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RCMP deploys helicopters to patrol Canada-U.S. border amid tariff threats
MONTREAL - RCMP in Quebec today showed off a Black Hawk helicopter added to their fleet to beef up security at the United States border. The display in St-Antoine-Abbé, Que., comes as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on Canadian exports for what he has called Canada's failure to curb the i...
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World
Teens from a Boston skating club, their mothers, and coaches among passengers killed in air crash
WASHINGTON (AP) - A crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter has killed teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches, as well as a group of union steamfitters from the Washington, D.C. area. They were among 60 travelers and four crew members on board the flight ...
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Plane crashes in sports have devastated pro teams and college programs
The crash of an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter was the latest to strike the sports world in the U.S. and globally. Among the passengers were several members of the Skating Club of Boston who were returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas. They included teenage ...
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Serbia's striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest movement widens
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer (50-mile) march toward the northern city of Novi Sad, the latest endeavor in their widening protest movement over a deadly overhang collapse in November that kill...
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