Garbage Fires
Kamloops RCMP investigating series of early Monday garbage can fires
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking people to be on the lookout for people starting fires in garbage cans and dumpsters after a series of small blazes this weekend.Police say around 12:45 a.m. Monday (May 5), they were told about multiple garbage can fires on the 300-block of Seymour Street and 500-block of Victoria St...
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91 West Seymour Demolition
City of Kamloops looking to accelerate demolition of fire-damaged home on Seymour Street West
KAMLOOPS - It's been more than a year since a demolition permit was issued for a downtown Kamloops rooming house that was significantly damaged by fire. Now the City of Kamloops is looking at avenues it can take to speed up the demolition of the apartment building at 91 Seymour St. West. Despite minimal progress since ...
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Kamloops and Area
Concert Announcement
Country music icons Terri Clark and Paul Brandt to play at Sandman Centre this November
KAMLOOPS - A pair of Canadian country music icons will be making a stop in Kamloops this November as part of their Homecoming Tour 2.0. Terri Clark and Paul Brandt are reuniting for an encore run of their co-headlining acoustic tour following an "overwhelming response" to their 2023 "Homecoming Tour"...
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Tourism Report
Tourism Kamloops reports dip in overall visitors but record high in direct spending in 2024
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops is reporting more quality and less quantity when it came to the value of visits in 2024. According to Tourism Kamloops' Economic Impact Report on Tourism, which was produced by Larose Research & Strategy and Pacific Analytics, nearly 1.87 million travelers made their way to the Tournamen...
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E-Transfer Scam
Fraud suspect targeting e-bikes and e-scooters in e-Transfer scam near Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Salmon Arm RCMP are warning the public to be cautious when buying and selling items on online marketplaces after several reports of a fraudster scamming local sellers. In a news release issued Sunday (May 4), RCMP say the fraud suspect, a 40-year-old white man, has been targeting e-bikes and e-scoote...
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Lytton Rebuilding
Rebuilt Lytton Chinese History Museum officially reopens nearly four years after fire
LYTTON, B.C. - The Lytton Chinese History Museum has officially reopened its doors, nearly four years after the previous museum was destroyed by a wildfire. Museum Executive Director Lorna Fandrich says there were about 140 people who gathered Saturday (May 3) for a grand opening ceremony on Main Street."It was a ...
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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
B.C. seeks more clean power projects, hoping to reduce U.S. reliance
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it's seeking new clean energy projects to provide enough electricity to power 500,000 homes, helping protect the province and reduce reliance on the United States amid threats from President Donald Trump. The province is launching a second "call for power" to ac...
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Premier Eby tells B.C. industry not to panic after Trump threatens film tariffs
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby says the provincial film industry should not "panic" over a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump to put a 100 per cent tariff on foreign films, adding that the implementation challenges would be "profound." Eby says his government will continue to stand with the film...
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'More chaos and uncertainty' from Trump over film industry tariff, B.C.'s minister says
B.C.'s Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport said he is concerned about the 70,000 people working in the province's film and television industry.This comes after U.S. President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Sunday night saying he is authorizing officials to begin the process of implementing a 100 per cent...
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Local Sports
League 1BC
Kamloops United women lose, men win first away games of the season in Nanaimo
NANAIMO, B.C. - There was more heartbreak for the Kamloops United (KUFC) women's team as another stoppage time goal prevented them from picking up their first points of the League1 BC season Sunday (May 4) morning.Goals from Cara Freeman and Norah Bell had KUFC up 2-0 just past the hour mark, but they conceded three en...
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U18 Worlds
Blazers' De Palma wins consecutive U18 gold medals with Team Canada
FRISCO, TX - Dan De Palma will be coming back to Kamloops with another Under-18 world men's hockey championship gold medal. The Kamloops Blazers goaltending coach was part of Canada's coaching staff at the U-18 World Hockey Championships in Texas. Canada won back-to-back gold medals at the tournament for the first time...
May 04, 2025
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ON THE TRACK
Kamloops BMX Club opens new track for younger riders
Kamloops BMX Club members often feel like their haven is hidden, the facility tucked away behind Ord Road and shielded by the hills of Bachelor Heights. They don't want to conceal news of an addition to the club - a track for younger riders - and they want riders to know the 2025 season is underway. "The quality o...
May 03, 2025
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Canada
Longest ballot group takes aim at byelection where Poilievre plans to run
OTTAWA - The group that added dozens of candidates to the ballot in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's riding in the recent federal election is planning to do the same in the upcoming byelection. Poilievre is expected to seek a seat in the House of Commons for the Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot, after losi...
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Canada's resolve against U.S. threats should extend to human rights: Amnesty chief
OTTAWA - The global head of Amnesty International is calling on Ottawa to bring the same intensity it has used to call out U.S. tariffs and annexation threats to also call out breaches in human rights by Washington and other countries. Amnesty Secretary-General Agnès Callamard is making a rare visit to Canada, a...
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Carney wheels up to Washington for Trump meeting on Tuesday
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Carney left Ottawa Monday afternoon at a tumultuous time in the bilateral relationship amid Trump's tariffs and claims that Canada should become a U.S. state. Carney has said he expects "difficult,...
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World
Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close calls
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army is pausing flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon. The commander of the 12th Aviation Battalion directed the unit to pause flight operations around Ronald Reagan Was...
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Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won't run for US Senate seat in 2026 against Democrat Jon Ossoff
ATLANTA (AP) - Brian Kemp, Georgia's Republican governor, announced Monday that he's not running for U.S. Senate in 2026 against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff. Kemp, who will leave the governor's chair in 2027 after eight years due to term limits, has long been at the top of the GOP's wish list to challenge Ossoff, w...
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Israel launches airstrikes on Yemen a day after Houthi rebels strike Israeli airport
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military said Monday that it carried out airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen's Red Sea city of Hodeida, a day after the Iranian-backed rebels launched a missile that hit Israel's main airport. The rebels' media office said the United States and Israel launched at least six strikes Monday...
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