IN THE WHL
Blazers' GM Clouston recaps draft days; first-round pick Ferreira shares thoughts
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have completed the WHL Prospects Draft and U.S. Priority Draft. All told, the Blazers picked 12 players - six forwards, four defencemen and two goaltenders - across the two drafts Wednesday and Thursday, May 7 and 8. There were four players each from Alberta and Saskatchewan and two each...
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CANCER SUPPORTS
Council backs Kamloops Cancer Support Society in attempt to receive provincial funding
KAMLOOPS - As politicians and doctors grapple with the proposed Kamloops Cancer Centre, a group of Kamloops residents is working to improve patient outcomes and help them through the process. The Kamloops Supportive Care Society is hoping to open a brick-and-mortar location in the community to help cancer patients and ...
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LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: May 8, 2025
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Art of Gardening - Unique Specimen Trees
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SOUND OFF: School District 73 - please reverse your decision to cut the after-school Strings program
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Kamloops and Area
IN THE CFL
B.C. Lions' head coach Pierce preaching physicality, toughness at training camp in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS -- B.C. Lions' mini-camp kicked off on Wednesday (May 8) in Kamloops.After a first-round exit from the playoffs last season, the CFL club shook things up, dispatching head coach Rick Campbell and bringing in a familiar face as his replacement. Former Lions' quarterback Buck Pierce took over as head coach in De...
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MCHAPPY DAY
Extra energy for local McHappy Day fundraising with upcoming family room addition to Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - McDonald's locations around Kamloops and Merritt have been 'all hands on deck' for Thursday's (May 8) McHappy Day fundraiser, with an extra focus on where the money raised will be helping this year. The Ronald McDonald Family Room is expected to open next month at Royal Inland Hospital, which will serve hund...
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Family Room
Ronald McDonald House Family Room in Kamloops to open on June 13
KAMLOOPS - The long-awaited Ronald McDonald House Family Room at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops will officially open its doors on June 13. Brandy Gozda-Sekhon, the owner/operator of McDonald's restaurants in Kamloops and Merritt, says the Kamloops Family Room will allow families to be close to their children w...
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New TRU President
New TRU president, Dr. Airini, to be formally installed on June 25
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will formally install Dr. Airini as its fifth president and vice-chancellor on Wednesday, June 25.The public ceremony - which will also be livestreamed - will take place between 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the BC Centre (HL 190) on the TRU Kamloops campus. It will be followed...
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Featured Content
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Unique Specimen Trees
Looking for that special something to make your yard stand out in the neighbourhood? Shawn Ulmer from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a number of unique and attractive trees of the weeping variety to provide that very element!
Apr 30, 2025
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - New Tropicals
They come in to the store every spring and this year is no exception! Ivy Hik from Art Knapp's in Kamloops takes time to showcase some of the new tropicals that are now in stock for you to check out!
Apr 23, 2025
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Magnolias in Kamloops
Magnolias are only meant to be grown in the lower mainland...right? Wrong says Maury HIk from Art Knapp's in Kamloops! There are lots of locations in town you can find success with this fantastic flowering tree!
Apr 23, 2025
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British Columbia
City of Surrey, B.C., says it lost $2.5 million in 'irregular transactions'
The City of Surrey says it filed a civil lawsuit against a former employee, looking to recover $2.5 million worth of "irregular transactions." A statement from city manager Rob Costanzo Thursday says the lawsuit was filed last year after staff identified problems dating back to 2017 involving dormant developm...
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Three MLAs are supporting a B.C. farming family whose 400 ostriches are to be culled
VICTORIA - A member of an ostrich farming family held back tears as she called on the provincial government to help stop the cull of their 400 birds. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull in late 2024 after an avian flu outbreak, but family spokesperson Katie Pasitney says the animals living on her paren...
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Grey whale washes ashore near Tofino, B.C. Cause of death unknown
TOFINO - A grey whale among a population that is listed as a special concern in Canada has washed ashore on a Vancouver Island beach. Parks Canada says the whale was spotted floating offshore on May 6, then it landed the next day on Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve near Tofino. The federal agency is warn...
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Local Sports
IN THE WHL
Blazers' GM Clouston recaps draft days; first-round pick Ferreira shares thoughts
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have completed the WHL Prospects Draft and U.S. Priority Draft. All told, the Blazers picked 12 players - six forwards, four defencemen and two goaltenders - across the two drafts Wednesday and Thursday, May 7 and 8. There were four players each from Alberta and Saskatchewan and two each...
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IN THE CFL
B.C. Lions' head coach Pierce preaching physicality, toughness at training camp in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS -- B.C. Lions' mini-camp kicked off on Wednesday (May 8) in Kamloops.After a first-round exit from the playoffs last season, the CFL club shook things up, dispatching head coach Rick Campbell and bringing in a familiar face as his replacement. Former Lions' quarterback Buck Pierce took over as head coach in De...
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Blazers US Draft
'They know each other': Blazers select two California players in U.S. Priority Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers went to the Golden State twice in the 2025 Western Hockey League (WHL) U.S. Priority Draft and picked a forward and a defenceman with their two picks.They took forward Collin Kim with the 15th overall pick and defenceman Chase Gill with the 33rd overall pick in the sixth iteration of the...
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Canada
B.C. Appeals Court finds agency's decision to remove kids 'tainted by stereotype'
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal says an Indigenous mother who had her four kids temporarily removed from her care by a child welfare agency was discriminated against because the agency's view of the woman was "tainted by stereotype." The Appeals Court ruled Thursday that a $150,000 human-rights award sho...
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Expert in B.C. says India-Pakistan tension at highest point since 1999
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia researcher in South Asian affairs says concerns about the current India and Pakistan tensions are justified, given that the region has not seen a conflict this intense in more than 25 years. M.V. Ramana, professor at the University of B.C.'s school of public policy and global affairs, say...
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Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops pleased to hear new pope appointed
EDMONTON - The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says he is looking forward to working with the new pope. William McGrattan told reporters at an Edmonton church that he has met Robert Prevost, who has chosen the name Leo XIV, a few times. He says the new pontiff is a sensitive, quiet and humble p...
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World
President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and its agenda. The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separ...
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Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital after abandoning his first pick for the job. Pirro, who joined Fox News in 2006, co-hosts the network's show "...
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Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify, under a new directive issued Thursday. Buoyed by Tuesday's Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban ...
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