Highway 1 Incident
Vehicle incident snarls traffic on Highway 1 east of Cache Creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The Trans Canada Highway is closed in both directions east of Cache Creek. DriveBC first reported a vehicle incident on Highway 1 between Cache Creek and Walhachin at around 10:05 a.m. Thursday (May 8). Drivers are told to expect delays and watch for crews en route. This is a developing story, and m...
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Fred “Gus” Collins Media Award
CFJC's Marty Hastings receives second Canada West media award for TRU WolfPack coverage
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops sports reporter has been recognized for his work covering student athletics. Canada West announced CFJC's Marty Hastings received the conference's Fred "Gus" Collins Media Award. The award is presented to a member of the media who tirelessly covers Canada West and its student athletes. I...
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Art of Gardening - Magnolias in Kamloops
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May 05, 2025
Kamloops and Area
Assault Investigation
Woman reportedly stabbed in downtown Kamloops over the weekend
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating an alleged stabbing in the city's downtown over the weekend. Just before 11:00 p.m. Friday, May 2, RCMP say officers were told of an injured person who has reportedly been assaulted with a weapon in an alley near the 500-block of Victoria Street. Police were called to the 200-...
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United Way BC's Period Promise campaign looks to address increased period poverty in Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS - United Way BC's annual Period Promise campaign kicked off earlier this month, running until May 31. This year's campaign is working to combat the growing rate of people in the local area who are experiencing period poverty.The campaign provides period products to agencies whose clients may be living in pover...
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KAMLOOPS CANCER CENTRE
Already a challenge, worry grows that design may further hinder recruitment at promised Kamloops cancer centre
KAMLOOPS - Construction is expected to begin on the Kamloops cancer centre this summer, as the procurement phase of the project wraps up, with patients set to begin receiving treatment in the city by 2028. Despite shovels expected to hit the dirt in the months ahead, politicians, doctors and others have been raising co...
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FAMILY DOCTORS
'It's a solution'; City-run medical clinic a potential game-changer for Kamloops residents looking for doctors
KAMLOOPS - The city of Colwood, just outside of Victoria on Vancouver Island, may help provide a solution to the doctor crisis in Kamloops. That city recently opened a municipally owned and operated medical clinic, with eight doctors now employed. Councillor Kelly Hall wants to see Kamloops replicate and expand that mo...
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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
B.C. farmers asked to register animal locations ahead of fire season
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Agriculture Ministry is urging ranchers and farmers to register the location of their livestock ahead of wildfire season. It says registering with Premises ID will ensure emergency responders have access to accurate information on livestock locations in the event of an emergency. That woul...
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NDP faces 'Parliament from hell' without official party status, says former MP
OTTAWA - The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election - a time one former New Democrat MP remembers as "the Parliament from hell." Svend Robinson represented Burnaby, B.C., in the House of Commons from 1979...
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Court can weather suggestion accused spends 'rest of his goddamned life in jail': Eby
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is confident the independence of the court won't be influenced by his feelings that the man accused of killing 11 people at a Filipino festival should "spend the rest of his goddamned life in jail." The B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association has criticized Eby f...
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Local Sports
Fred “Gus” Collins Media Award
CFJC's Marty Hastings receives second Canada West media award for TRU WolfPack coverage
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops sports reporter has been recognized for his work covering student athletics. Canada West announced CFJC's Marty Hastings received the conference's Fred "Gus" Collins Media Award. The award is presented to a member of the media who tirelessly covers Canada West and its student athletes. I...
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WHL Prospects Draft
Blazers take defenceman and forward with two first round WHL Prospects Draft picks
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers took a defenceman and a forward with their two picks in the first round of the Western Hockey League (WHL) Prospects Draft. The Blazers selected Winnipeg defenceman Mateo Ferreira with the 11th overall pick and took Falher, AB, forward Teagen Bouchard three slots later at 14. Ferreira sc...
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ON THE ICE
B.C., Eastern Door and the North clash at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
KAMLOOPS -- Team B.C. was chasing its first win in the male division on Wednesday (May 7) morning at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Kamloops. Eastern Door and the North entered the game as an underdog, having lost its first three contests by a combined score of 24-5. But, as CFJC Today reports, B.C.. r...
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Canada
Ontario reports almost 200 new measles cases as virus spreads across Canada
TORONTO - Health officials say measles infected 197 more people in Ontario over the last week as the highly contagious disease emerged in new parts of the country. That brings the province's tally of probable and confirmed cases to 1,440 since an outbreak began in October. Public Health Ontario's measles report says th...
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Volunteer in missing children search urges caution against speculation on their fate
HALIFAX - A police investigation is continuing into the disappearance of two young children reported missing last week from their home in northeastern Nova Scotia. On Wednesday, RCMP Staff Sgt. Robert McCamon, a senior major crime investigator, confirmed detectives have been involved in the case since last Saturday, a ...
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Victory in Europe Day commemorations underway in Toronto, Ottawa
OTTAWA - Veterans, members of the Armed Forces and political leaders are gathering at events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. Veterans Affairs Canada says Canadians and Allied soldiers accepted the surrender of the German forces in the Netherlands on May 5, 1945. Remainin...
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World
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from four countries. The Associated Press
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Police arrest father of 15-year-old who killed 2 at Wisconsin religious school
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The father of a Wisconsin teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student in a school shooting was arrested Thursday in connection with the case, an official told The Associated Press. The shooting occurred at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison last December, and police planned a press ...
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India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations as fears of a wider military confrontation rise
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - India fired attack drones into Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least two civilians, the Pakistani military said. India, meanwhile, accused its neighbor of attempting its own attack, as tensions soared between the nuclear-armed rivals. India acknowledged that it targeted Pakistan's air defense s...
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