Weed Capital?
Councillor laments Kamloops' weed problem
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops councillor says it's time the city does something about its weed problem.At Tuesday's (Oct. 7) meeting, Councillor Margot Middleton brought forward a notice of motion calling on staff to report on how weeds can be better managed.Middleton says the rogue vegetation is noticeably out of control this...
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Memorandum of Understanding
High Bar First Nation signs agreement with the province to review mining activity within its territory
CLINTON, B.C. - A First Nation north of the Village of Clinton and the B.C. government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to review mining activity in the area. On Sept. 10, Llenllenéy'ten (High Bar) First Nation says its Kúkpi7 and council met with senior leadership at B.C.'s Ministry of Mining a...
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SOUND OFF: Getting set for a busy fall session
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Shaping Ornamental Maples
Bill O'Donovan
CFJC-TV anchor O'Donovan announces retirement
Oct 07, 2025
Question of the Week
Have you been personally impacted by the BCGEU and/or CUPW job action?
Oct 06, 2025
Kamloops and Area
Access to Compactors
TNRD launches agricultural recycling pilot program that provides compactors to farms and ranches
KAMLOOPS - Farms and ranches within the Thompson-Nicola Regional (TNRD) have easier access to recycling their bale wrap and silage bags and covers. The TNRD and Clearnfarms - an organization that recycles agricultural and related industry packaging, plastics and products - launched a pilot program that will run until D...
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Council Borrowing
CUPW strike prompts council to put off AAP borrowing decisions
KAMLOOPS - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) strike has Kamloops council pushing back its consideration of a series of borrowing measures.Council was slated to vote on four new alternative approval processes (AAP) at its regular meeting Tuesday (Oct. 7).The AAPs are meant to gain public assent to borrow $190 ...
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MURDER TRIAL
Crown closing claims Kamloops lawyer planned client's murder to avoid financial, legal fraud consequences
VANCOUVER - BC Supreme Court has heard the Crown's theory that former Kamloops lawyer Butch Bagabuyo's act of killing his client was not a spur of the moment killing, but a calculated decision to avoid the consequences of the financial and legal fraud Bagabuyo had committed. Closing arguments began this week in the jud...
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FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
Kamloops Fire Rescue warns of dangers posed by lithium batteries
KAMLOOPS - It's Fire Prevention Week and this year, Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) is focusing on lithium batteries. They can be found everywhere in daily life, including in phones, e-bikes, electric vehicles and e-cigarettes."You want to buy the right listed products with a UL, ETL or CSA stamp," noted KFR Life ...
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Hot Nite in the City
Hot Nite Overdrive
Check out the glitz of Hot Nite in the City, showing you not just the coolest cars, but the people that drive them. With driving interviews of the most interesting folks at Kamloops' premier automotive show, this is a program for the biggest petrol heads, and the cursory car curious.
Sep 26, 2025
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Trouble with plants left in original containers
With so many people living in apartments and condos these days, container planting is the choice for many urban gardeners. But as Maury Hik from Art Knapp Home and Garden explains, you need to be aware of problems arising from plants left in their original containers!
Sep 11, 2025
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Guide Dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
It's a rewarding experience filled with unconditional love and the opportunity to change the life of someone who is blind. Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Guide Dogs is urgently looking for volunteers to raise future guide dogs for people who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision."There's a hug...
Jul 23, 2025
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British Columbia
British Columbia has tabled historic legislation to smoke out vaping advertising
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has tabled what it says is the first law in Canada to recover health care costs from companies that use "deceptive practices" to sell vaping products. Attorney General Niki Sharma says the legislation is mode...
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Murder was 'unexpected' by accused, trial of former B.C. lawyer hears
VANCOUVER - A former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer admits to killing his client, but his defence counsel says it wasn't planned and that evidence at the trial doesn't support a first-degree murder conviction for Rogelio 'Butch' Bagabuyo. The B.C. Supreme Cour...
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Thieves rip ATM from West Kelowna, B.C., bank wall via machinery in attempted theft
WEST KELOWNA - Police in West Kelowna, B.C., are investigating after unknown suspects tried to steal an automated teller machine from a bank by ripping it out of the wall at a bank. RCMP say the theft happened at about 4:26 a.m. after someone called po...
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Local Sports
Q&A WITH STANKOVEN
Stankoven talks position change to centre, statistical goals, Hurricanes' off-season acquisitions
RALEIGH, N.C. - Logan Stankoven and his Carolina Hurricanes are scheduled to open their NHL season on Thursday (Oct. 9) against the visiting New Jersey Devils. Stankoven had 14 goals and 38 points in 78 games last season, playing 59 of those games with the Dallas Stars before he was traded to Carolina in March. He adde...
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MAKING THE TEAM
Finnie cracks Red Wings' roster, talks potential for NHL debut
Former Kamloops Blazers' captain Emmitt Finnie learned on Monday [Oct. 6] he has cracked the Detroit Red Wings' 23-man roster to start the NHL season. Finnie had 37 goals and 84 points in 55 games for the Blazers in the 2024-2025 season. The 20-year-old forward had an impressive training camp and pre-season with the Re...
Oct 07, 2025
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MAKE THE FINAL
Dunstone, Pincott reflect on championship finals at PointsBet Invitational
KAMLOOPS -- Kamloops curlers featured prominently in nationally televised championship finals at the PointsBet Invitational on Sunday [Oct. 5] in Calgary. Matt Dunstone and his Winnipeg-based team won gold, earning a 6-3 win over Brad Jacobs of Calgary in a rematch of the 2025 Brier final in Kelowna. Team Brown of the ...
Oct 07, 2025
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Canada
British Columbia has tabled historic legislation to smoke out vaping advertising
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has tabled what it says is the first law in Canada to recover health care costs from companies that use "deceptive practices" to sell vaping products. Attorney General Niki Sharma says the legislation is mode...
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Police use 'spoof masks' in help for search for of Canada's most wanted
VANCOUVER - Police agencies from across Canada have found a novel way to encourage the public to be on the lookout for the country's 25 most wanted criminals. Dozens of people wearing hoodies and balaclava-style masks printed with the suspects' faces ...
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Here's a list of the U.S. tariffs still hammering Canadian industries
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington this week to advance negotiations on lifting or easing a growing list of tariffs. Trump's ever-shifting tariff agenda is hammering Canadian industries. Here's a ...
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World
Soccer match between Argentina, Puerto Rico moved from Chicago to Florida amid immigration crackdown
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated to Florida amid the immigration crackdown in the city, a person familiar with the decision...
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Last of 10 New Orleans jail escapees from May is captured under a house in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) - A monthslong search for the only Louisiana inmate still on the run after an audacious May jailbreak ended Wednesday when authorities say they found him hiding in a crawl space beneath an Atlanta home, bringing the last of ...
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Authorities charge man with sparking deadly January wildfire that leveled LA neighborhoods
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 29-year-old man has been charged with sparking California's deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in its history, authorities said Wednesday. Federal officials said Jonathan Rinde...
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