Winter Recreation
Warm weather ends cross-country ski season at Stake Lake; snow reported at Harper Mountain, Sun Peaks
KAMLOOPS - Another season of cross-country skiing at the Stake Lake ski trails has come to a close, following a spell of warmer weather in the Kamloops-area.The Overlander Ski Club announced in a Facebook post on March 12 that its 2024-25 season had ended."With some recent warm temperatures our ski season has come...
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Toxic Drug Crisis
Kamloops loses four lives to suspected unregulated drugs to start 2025
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops lost four lives due to the toxic drug crisis to start 2025. New figures through January released Friday (March 14) by the BC Coroners Service show 152 suspected unregulated drug deaths were recorded across the province, with four of them taking place in Kamloops. Twenty-one deaths due to unregulated...
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PETERS: Economic uncertainty bears unsettling resemblance to COVID-19 pandemic for Canadians
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Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - A Pitcher Plant for Christmas
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SOUND OFF: For a stronger BC, it's time for a change
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Kamloops and Area
Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipse will deliver blood-red moon over Kamloops, North America Thursday night
KAMLOOPS - North America will see a lunar eclipse around 11:30 p.m. Thursday (March 13). The eclipse will create a dim, red moon that should appear fully eclipsed in Kamloops and the rest of the B.C. Interior.Lunar eclipses are astronomical events that happen two to three times a year."The sun is over here and as ...
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Power Outage
Nearly 3,000 North Shuswap residents lose power Thursday
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - Power was knocked out to thousands of North Shuswap residents Thursday afternoon (March 13).On its website, BC Hydro says the outage, affecting 2,973 customers, began at about 4:20 p.m.Communities without power include Scotch Creek, Celista, Magna Bay and Anglemont.It's believed a tree fell across ...
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PUBLIC SAFETY
KCBIA in favour of security-related supplemental budget plan to use CCTV cameras in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The executive director of the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association (KCBIA) says downtown Kamloops shops were glad to hear of new security measures approved by city council this week. Howie Reimer says other jurisdictions have successfully used the cameras in public areas. He feels using the tech...
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RENTAL UNITS
City of Kamloops begins process of changing short-term rental bylaws
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has begun the process of rewriting the community's bylaws governing the use of short-term rentals, looking to fall in line with recent provincial legislative changes.Council's Committee of the Whole voted to approve a motion to permit short-term rentals for less than 30 days within the p...
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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
Eby announces ending of provincial carbon tax in line with the federal government
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's Premier David Eby says his government will repeal the province's carbon tax this legislative session, after new Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to eliminate the federal version of the tax. Eby says they made a commitment last year to get rid of the consumer carbon tax at the first opp...
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Advocates and family of man shot by RCMP launch 'people's tribunal' to probe police
VANCOUVER - Legal advocates and relatives of an Indigenous man shot dead by RCMP officers in Campbell River, B.C., in 2021 have launched what they call a "people's tribunal" to investigate crimes committed by police. Laura Holland, the mother of Jared Lowndes, says she's "tired of waiting" for justi...
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RCMP arrest suspects in shooting in Penticton, B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - Mounties in Penticton, B.C., say they've arrested the final two suspects in a shooting in the city earlier this month. No one was hurt in the shooting and police say one suspect was taken into custody immediately after the incident on March 6, but two other people escaped. The Emergency Response Team ...
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Local Sports
KIJHL PLAYOFFS
Storm primed for Wranglers in Doug Birks Division Final
KAMLOOPS - No Kamloops Storm team has reached the third round of the playoffs since 2015. The 10-year hiatus can end with a victory over the Wranglers in the Doug Birks Division Final, which gets underway on Friday (March 13) in 100 Mile House. "That was a long time ago," Storm Head Coach Andrew Fisher said. ...
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Kamloops Athletic Awards
Nominees unveiled for 2025 Kamloops Sports Council Athletic Awards
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Sports Council has announced its finalists for the 2025 athletic awards that honour the best local athletes. The awards will be handed out on Saturday, April 5, during the 35th Annual Induction Ceremony at the Colombo Lodge. That's the same event where the latest Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame ind...
Mar 13, 2025
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Wild 5 Blazers 2
Blazers' playoff chances slimmer following 5-2 home loss to Wild
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers' playoff hopes took a serious blow Wednesday (March 12) night following a 5-2 loss at home to the Wenatchee Wild. Things started well and early for the Blazers. Oren Shtrom put a rebound through and gave Kamloops a 1-0 lead 21 seconds in. However, the Blazers proceeded to surrender three...
Mar 13, 2025
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Canada
Disability, gender equality advocates slam Carney's elimination of cabinet positions
TORONTO - Advocacy groups are panning Prime Minister Mark Carney for eliminating the cabinet positions dedicated to people with disabilities and women and gender equality issues. Carney was sworn in as prime minister today, along with a slimmed-down cabinet of 23 ministers, down from 36 under former prime minister Just...
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Five things to know about Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet
OTTAWA - Mark Carney was sworn in Friday as Canada's 24th prime minister in a ceremony in Rideau Hall, alongside his new cabinet. Here are five things to know about the new prime minister's plans and his new cabinet. Fewer ministers The most noticeable difference between Justin Trudeau's cabinet and Carney's is its siz...
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CP NewsAlert: Eby announces ending of provincial carbon tax
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's Premier David Eby says his government will repeal the province's carbon tax this legislative session, after new Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to eliminate the federal version of the tax. More coming. The Canadian Press
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World
Rubio says South Africa's ambassador to the US 'is no longer welcome' in the country
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that South Africa's ambassador to the United States "is no longer welcome" in the country. Rubio, in a post on X, accused Ebrahim Rasool of being a "race-baiting politician" who hates President Donald Trump and declared him "persona n...
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Bill to avert government shutdown clears key hurdle with help from Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) - A spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate, paving the way for passage as a midnight Friday deadline loomed. Ten Democrats joined with Republicans to clear the 60-vote threshold needed to advance the measure. The vote was 62-38. Democr...
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Trump pledges to 'expel rogue actors' in political speech at Justice Department
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump used a triumphant visit to the Justice Department on Friday to air a litany of grievances about the criminal investigations that threatened to torpedo his political career, decrying in often profane terms his adversaries and casting himself as a victim of unfair and biased prose...
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