ELECTORAL REFORM
Kamloops MLA Stamer named to committee reviewing electoral reform
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Legislature has struck a new all-party committee on democratic and electoral reform comprised of MLAs from the NDP, Conservatives, Green parties.Kamloops-North-Thompson MLA Ward Stamer has been named a Deputy Chair on the committee, and he told CFJC Today that he knows that with electoral reform con...
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STANKOVEN VIDEO INTERVIEW
Stankoven talks series against Capitals; good-luck Hurricanes super fan; reaching eastern and western conference finals in first two seasons
Logan Stankoven and his Carolina Hurricanes have reached the Eastern Conference Final in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Kamloospian spoke to CFJC Today on Friday morning about his post-season experience. Topics include his big goal in Game 1 of the series against Washington, his involvement in a post-game scuffle in Gam...
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Kamloops and Area
FOREST COUNCIL
MLA Stamer looking for more diversity on provincial forest advisory council
KAMLOOPS - The province of B.C. has launched what its calling the provincial forest advisory council which is tasked with providing recommendations to government on advancing forest stewardship and supporting forestry workers. Kamloops MLA and BC Conservative Forest Critic, Ward Stamer, is sounding the alarm around the...
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DROPING ENROLLMENT
Low enrolment, limited interest has SD58 in Merritt examining options on class structures
MERRITT - Amid budgetary pressure and the possibility of a school closure in Merritt, the Nicola-Similkameen School District (SD58) has been forced to get creative in an effort to support students.Decreasing enrollment over the past number of years has put some programs in jeopardy due to limited interest from students...
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Wildfire Safety
BC Wildfire, Kamloops Fire Rescue urging caution over May long weekend
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service wants people to take precautions with any fire use over the May long weekend, saying most wildfires are preventable. It is urging people to check for wildfire activity, weather conditions, road closures as well as evacuation orders and alerts, before lighting any fires."B.C. cont...
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Highway Safety
BC Highway Patrol warning of 'very visible' police presence this May long weekend
KAMLOOPS - The BC Highway Patrol says it will be out and about on provincial highways this Victoria Day long weekend. In a news release Friday (May 16), it said there will be highly-visible police patrols in the Kamloops area, as well as in places like Barriere, Sicamous, Chase, Nelson, Cranbrook, Golden, and Revelstok...
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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
Vancouver officer charged a year after pedestrian strike in Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - The BC Prosecution Service says a Vancouver police officer has been charged under the Motor Vehicle Act for driving without reasonable consideration for others, a year after a pedestrian was hit in the city's Downtown Eastside. The prosecution service says Const. Aaron Carter faces the charge after B.C.'s p...
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Search underway for B.C. woman missing after empty boat washes ashore
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say a search is underway both at sea and on land after a woman's sailboat was discovered washed ashore and empty. Mounties say 34-year-old Amber Nitchman is the registered owner of the 10-metre white sailboat that was found Thursday near Bayshore Drive and Hammond Bay Road off Nanaimo...
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City and police say Vancouver festival planning followed rules before attack
VANCOUVER - Sixteen 320-kilogram barriers arrived in Vancouver this week, specially designed to block vehicles trying to enter public spaces. The barriers were ordered in February, about two months before the Lapu Lapu Day festival attack that killed 11 people, when an SUV plowed through a crowded street. But police sa...
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Local Sports
STANKOVEN VIDEO INTERVIEW
Stankoven talks series against Capitals; good-luck Hurricanes super fan; reaching eastern and western conference finals in first two seasons
Logan Stankoven and his Carolina Hurricanes have reached the Eastern Conference Final in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Kamloospian spoke to CFJC Today on Friday morning about his post-season experience. Topics include his big goal in Game 1 of the series against Washington, his involvement in a post-game scuffle in Gam...
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Coach Of The Month
John Antulov named League1 BC coach of the month; three players also earn honours
KAMLOOPS - John Antulov has been named the League1 BC coach of the month for April.Antulov has led Kamloops United (formerly Rivers FC) to their best start this this League1 BC season. Kamloops United (KUFC) finished with two wins and a draw in April, and they've added two wins from two games so far this month.With fou...
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Clarke Is Back!
Scott Clark to stay on as TRU women's basketball coach; Kamloopsian Joe Davis named new associate head coach
KAMLOOPS - Scott Clark will continue on as head coach of the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack women's basketball team for the 2025-26 Canada West season. Clark took over from Todd Warnick in December after the latter went on a personal leave. Prior to that, Clark had been head coach of the TRU men's basketball...
May 16, 2025
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Canada
Patients in Quebec's Nunavik region evacuated over persistent water shortages
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is evacuating patients from a health facility in the province's Far North because of persistent water shortages in a community. The Health Department says two patients were flown 1,600 kilometres south to the Montreal area from the Inuit village of Puvirnituq late Thursday, with more ex...
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Bryde's whale washes ashore in only known sighting of the animal in B.C.
PORT MCNEILL - Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert says there's likely no connections to the deaths. The Namgis First Nation says in a statement that a resident reported finding the whale Wednesday on a beach near Port McNeill, B.C., a...
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Rural B.C. officials receive 'gratitude' over landfill resolution before ostrich cull
NAKUSP - A member of a British Columbia regional district says a decision not to allow the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to dispose of ostrich carcasses in its landfills pending further testing of the birds has been met with "gratitude." The Regional District of Central Kootenay board resolved "to with...
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World
Two dead and others injured in Las Vegas gym shooting, police say
LAS VEGAS (AP) - There was a shooting inside a gym, killing two people, with multiple other people injured, Las Vegas police said. One person died as gunfire erupted at the Las Vegas Athletic Club on the city's west side, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Undersheriff Andrew Walsh said Friday. "The suspect in this inc...
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1 person died, 2 others were pulled from wreckage after a storm crumbled part of a St. Louis church
One person died and two others were pulled from the wreckage of a partially collapsed church on Friday, after severe storms including a possible tornado swept through St. Louis. Several other people were reported injured after the Friday afternoon storms, which tore roofs off some buildings, ripped bricks off of siding...
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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th century law
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Trump administration's appeal to quickly resume deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th century wartime law. Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emergency appeal from lawyers for Venezuelan men who have been accused of being gang members, a de...
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