UP THE HILL
Sun Peaks Resort reports record for most skier visits in single winter season
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - The skiing season at Sun Peaks Resort will come to a close on Sunday (April 13). The resort does not release visitation data but its director of communications, Christina Antoniak, is reporting a record-setting winter.Those records include most skier visits in a season, surpassing the previous mark se...
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TAX RATE 2025
Hamer-Jackson says he has plan to reduce 2025 taxation by 5 per cent; details remain vague
KAMLOOPS - Earlier this week, Kamloops city council approved the first three readings of the financial plan and taxation bylaws as the city works to finalize the 2025 budget. As it stands, Kamloops homeowners are expected to see a 7.42 per cent tax increase this year, but Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson has stated he has a pl...
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Trans Canada Highway
Slope stability-related Highway 1 closure at Sicamous could last through the weekend: province
SICAMOUS, B.C. - The province's Ministry of Transportation says the Trans Canada Highway will remain closed at Sicamous Friday (April 11) and maybe throughout the weekend. The closure near the Bruhn Bridge began on Thursday when engineers studied a section of bluff above the highway. Some rock had fallen toward the roa...
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TAX SAVINGS
Consumer carbon tax removal expected to save thousands on fueling SD73 bus fleet, building heat sources
KAMLOOPS - The federal and provincial cut of the consumer carbon tax is anticipated to save thousands of dollars on fuel and heating costs within the Kamloops-Thompson School District, which has the largest fleet of school buses in the province. SD73's bus routes cover more than 9,000 kilometres every school day. Betwe...
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HEAVY METAL ROCKS
Heavy Metal Rocks gives students experience and opportunities for a lifetime
KAMLOOPS - Heavy Metal Rocks is an 18-year-old tradition for the Kamloops Thompson School District, providing students with opportunities to learn about operating heavy machinery. The event lasts three days and allows students to run 12 different machines, depending on their industry of interest. After the three days, ...
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SD73 Budget Woes
SD73 trustee proposes freezing board pay in wake of budget shortfall
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops-Thompson School Board trustee is proposing to suspend all trustee remuneration until the end of the 2025-26 school year, in the wake of a nearly $6-million budget shortfall.Trustee Jo Kang confirmed that he will be putting forward a motion at the April 28 meeting "to immediately suspend all m...
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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
Watchdog called in after man carrying firearm injured by B.C. police
PRINCE GEORGE - British Columbia's police watchdog has been called in over a man injured during an arrest after he was reportedly intoxicated and walking around a housing complex in Prince George with a firearm. A statement from the RCMP says officers responded to a complaint about the man with a gun around 11:45 p.m. ...
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B.C. Court of Appeal upholds murder conviction for Vancouver Island prison escapee
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a man who lived near the institution. Busch and fellow inmate Zachary Armitage escaped from William Head Institution, a minim...
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Two B.C. police officers hurt in collision set off by robbery chase
SURREY - A series of events that started with a robbery in Surrey, B.C., ended with two officers being sent to hospital because of a crash. The Surrey Police Service says they were called Wednesday to a south Surrey business after a staff member confronted a man and woman who wheeled out a shopping cart full of tools w...
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Local Sports
BC Lions Training Camp
BC Lions release 2025 training camp schedule
KAMLOOPS - The BC Lions have released a schedule for 2025 training camp, which will get underway at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops in exactly one month. The Leos will hold their first full practice at camp on Sunday, May 11. First-year players and all quarterbacks will report to Kamloops on May 7 for a three day mini-cam...
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WHL Drafts
Blazers set to pick 11th, 14th overall in 2025 WHL Prospects Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are scheduled to pick twice in the first round of the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft next month.Barring any trades, they will pick 11th and 14th overall in the 23 team draft. The Blazers acquired the 11th overall pick from the Vancouver Giants in the Connor Levis trade and the 14th overall pic...
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ON THE PITCH
Kamloops United remains hopeful in BC Soccer Premier League application process
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops United Football Club general manager Lyle Dos Santos has been influential in restructuring the development pathway for soccer in the River City.Dos Santos said one of the most important components of that pathway is securing a franchise in the BC Soccer Premier League - the highest level available i...
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Canada
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds murder conviction for Vancouver Island prison escapee
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a man who lived near the institution. Busch and fellow inmate Zachary Armitage escaped from William Head Institution, a minim...
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Sex assault civil trial of Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon to resume next week
MONTREAL - The sexual assault civil trial of Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon will resume next week after the Court of Appeal rejected his appeal of the scope of questions his lawyers could ask in his defence. In a brief hearing today, the province's highest court dismissed Rozon's appeal filed in the midst of his...
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Carney warns of signs that global economies are slowing amid Trump's tariffs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said there are signs the global and Canadian economies are slowing as U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war escalated again Friday, with China announcing it will push up retaliatory tariffs to 125 per cent. "In the last week there have been a lot of developments in terms of U....
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World
Trump proclaims himself 'in good shape,' but the results of his physical aren't immediately released
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump had an annual physical on Friday and concluded, "I did well," praising his own heart, soul and cognitive ability while noting medical reports from White House doctors may not be ready until the weekend. The 78-year-old, who in January became the oldest in U.S. history ...
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Judge rules Menendez brothers' bid for freedom through resentencing can continue
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Erik and Lyle Menendez's resentencing hearings can continue despite opposition from the Los Angeles County district attorney, a judge ruled Friday. Former Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón asked a judge last year to change the brothers' sentence from life without the possibility of p...
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South Carolina kills executes second man by firing squad in 5 weeks
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks. Mikal Mahdi cried out as the shots hit him, and his arms flexed. He groaned two more times about 45 seconds aft...
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