'We will do business differently'
BC Cattlemen's Association bracing for potential U.S. tariffs on livestock exports
KAMLOOPS - Talk of the new U.S. administration bringing in tariffs on Canadian goods has ramped up this week. And if those tariffs are implemented, agriculture in this country would be heavily impacted. Canada's beef sector exports and imports a significant amount of live cattle to and from the U.S., and a sudden disru...
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Airport Traffic
Kamloops Airport passenger traffic steady in 2024
KAMLOOPS - It was level flight for Kamloops Airport in 2024, with its year-end passenger totals showing almost no change from the previous year.Statistics distributed to media on Tuesday (Jan. 28) show 310,507 passengers flew through Fulton Field last year. That is down about 1,000 passengers from 2023, representing a ...
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The Tattle of Hastings
The Tattle of Hastings: Tippie Time
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Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - Protecting Seasonal Greenery
Question of the Week
Have you stuck with your New Year's resolutions to this point in 2025?
Jan 27, 2025
One Man's Opinion
COLLINS: Words that used to guide us are no longer relevant
Jan 26, 2025
Kamloops and Area
Invasive Species
Response plans being formulated after 11 invasive Japanese beetles found in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Work to come up with a plan to eradicate the Japanese beetle, an invasive species of insect, that has made its way to Kamloops is underway. However, details about what that plan looks like remain unclear at this time. Gail Wallin, the executive director of the Invasive Species Council of B.C., is asking peop...
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training house
TRU trades program celebrates completion of 35th training house
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) trades and technology students marked a milestone on Monday (Jan. 27), celebrating the completion of the program's 35th training house with a campus lunch-in. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Westsyde represents the largest collaborative effort in the program's histo...
Jan 28, 2025
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unplug and play
Kamloops families encouraged to Unplug and Play for Literacy Week
KAMLOOPS - Literacy in Kamloops is challenging families to put down their devices and engage in free activities during the annual Unplug and Play Week, coinciding with Family Literacy Day on Monday (Jan. 27).The initiative, which runs from Jan. 25 to Feb. 1, aims to promote a healthy balance between screen time and act...
Jan 28, 2025
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NEW PRESIDENT
Macpherson retakes the helm of KTTA after departure of Martin
KAMLOOPS - There has been a change at the top of the Kamloops Thompson Teachers' Association (KTTA). Darcy Martin stepped down as president on Friday (Jan. 24) to take a new job with the Gold Trail School District. Thankfully for Laurel Macpherson, president of the KTTA is a job she knows well, serving in that role fro...
Jan 28, 2025
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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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Our Community
The Tattle of Hastings
The Tattle of Hastings: Tippie Time
6h ago
CFJC TV Special
Art of Christmas 2024 with Art Knapp Kamloops
Question of the Week
Have you stuck with your New Year's resolutions to this point in 2025?
Jan 27, 2025
One Man's Opinion
COLLINS: Words that used to guide us are no longer relevant
Jan 26, 2025
Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - A Pitcher Plant for Christmas
Two and Out
PETERS: Taxpayers should not have to pay a nickel for mayor's axe-grinding lawsuit against councillor
Jan 24, 2025
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: January 23, 2025
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British Columbia
Donald Trump's press secretary says Feb. 1 deadline for tariffs 'still on the books'
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's press secretary says the plan to slap Canada with tariffs on Saturday is still in play, as NDP leader Jagmeet Singh leaves the door open to supporting the Liberal government if devastating duties are implemented. Karoline Leavitt told reporters at the White House that she spok...
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Who's in and who's out of the Liberal leadership race
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau. The deadline for registering to vote in the leadership contest passed on Jan. 27 and candidates have until Feb. 17 to submit their full entry fee of $350,000. The winner will be named on ...
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Eby vows pandemic-style tariff relief in B.C., may include loans and unemployment aid
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says protecting British Columbians from the potential impact of U.S. tariffs will be taken as seriously as the relief response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He says every decision being taken by his ministers, including plans for next month's budget, will be made through the lens of a "po...
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Local Sports
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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WolfPack Volleyball Recap
WolfPack volleyball teams fall to nationally ranked Alberta
EDMONTON - The TRU volleyball teams dropped their Saturday (Jan. 25) games in Edmonton against the nationally ranked University of Alberta.The WolfPack women, who are ranked fifth in the nation, lost a five-set thriller 3-2 (25-22, 21-25, 19-25, 25-18, 15-13) loss to the Alberta Pandas, who are ranked fourth. Maria Dan...
Jan 26, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Joly in Washington, mosque attack anniversary, Ontario election
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Joly to meet with U.S. counterpart Rubio Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is back in Washington, D.C., today to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Canada faces the threat of devastating tariffs landing as...
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BoC expected to lower interest rates today, as forecasts predict quarter-point cut
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to make its first interest rate announcement of the year this morning. Forecasters are widely expecting a quarter-percentage-point cut. That would bring the Bank of Canada's key rate down to three per cent and mark its sixth straight decrease. The latest employment figures in Statisti...
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'Duty to remember:' Events to mark eighth anniversary of Quebec City mosque attack
MONTREAL - Only one bullet hole remains in the wall of the Centre culturel islamique de Québec, eight years after a gunman stormed into the mosque and killed six Muslim men who had come to pray. While a major renovation erased most traces of the attack, the mosque's president, Mohamed Labidi, says the one hole w...
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World
US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
WASHINGTON (AP) - America's children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest results of an exam known as the nation's report card. The findings are yet another setback for U.S. schools and reflect the myriad c...
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US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
WASHINGTON (AP) - America's children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest results of an exam known as the nation's report card. The findings are yet another setback for U.S. schools and reflect the myriad c...
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Dozens are injured in a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India
NEW DELHI (AP) - A stampede injured dozens of people early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in northern India, local media reported. It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic at the festival where devotees from across India h...
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