NEXTGEN 911
Kamloops on leading edge of switch to NextGen 911
KAMLOOPS - The city of Kamloops is set to apply for more than $2 million in grant funding from the Union of BC Municipalities for the Next Generation 911 program. Next Generation 911 refers to the modernization of 911 networks and infrastructure across Canada. It's a federally mandated transition of the emergency commu...
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school district budget 2025/2026
SD73 says staffing cuts not expected to be in-classroom positions, unrelated to previous accounting error
KAMLOOPS - According to the recently presented draft budget plan for the coming school year within the Kamloops-Thompson School District, 27.5 teaching positions and 49 support staff positions are on the line. "It just feels really devastating to see these kind of cuts that have to happen," Kamloops Thompson ...
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One Man's Opinion
COLLINS: Parking woes in the Lansdowne Street parkade
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Things You Need To Get Done In Spring
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: Supporting British Columbians by repealing the consumer carbon tax
Apr 09, 2025
The Tattle of Hastings
THE TATTLE OF HASTINGS: Pendrel reflects after Hall of Fame nod
Apr 09, 2025
Kamloops and Area
SEASON PREVIEW
Kamloops United to fly new colours in League1 BC home openers
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops United Football Club [KUFC] colours will fly at the semi-pro level for the first time this weekend at Hillside Stadium. The men and women will play host to Langley United in their League1 B.C. (L1BC) soccer home-and-season openers on Saturday (April 12) at Hillside Stadium. "I'm a very defensiv...
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Election 2025
PPC leader Bernier to visit Kamloops Friday
KAMLOOPS - People's Party of Canada (PPC) leader Maxime Bernier will become the first federal leader to visit Kamloops during the election campaign.According to his website, Bernier is scheduled to hold a meet-and-greet at the Riverside Park's Rotary Bandshell Friday (April 11), along with local candidates.The event is...
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City Hall
Second lawyer sues Kamloops mayor for unpaid fees
KAMLOOPS - A second lawyer is suing Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson in an effort to have the mayor pay his bills.Vancouver-based Owen Bird LC filed a B.C. Supreme Court action against the mayor on April 2.The court filing includes 16 invoices dating from April 29, 2024 to December 31, 2024. Together, they total to $5...
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YKA Leadership Change
Jim Moroz named new YKA Managing Director as Ed Ratuski takes new role in Hamilton
KAMLOOPS - Vantage Airport Group has announced a change in senior leadership at Kamloops Airport (YKA), effective immediately. Ed Ratuski, who has been Managing Director at YKA since 2019, is moving to another leadership role at Hamilton's John C. Munro International Airport, where he will serve as the Executive Managi...
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Things You Need To Get Done In Spring
Spring has sprung and the grass is rising - and Maury from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a whole list of things you need to get going on to get your yards and gardens ready for the growing season!
Apr 02, 2025
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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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British Columbia
Former B.C. MLA launches CentreBC party, wants to 'push back' against polarization
VICTORIA - A former member of the British Columbia legislature has launched a new political party called CentreBC, aiming to push back against what she describes as polarization in provincial politics. Karin Kirkpatrick, who represented West Vancouver-Capilano between 2020 and 2024, says she has heard from "countl...
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Two killed when house on small British Columbia island collapses
POWELL RIVER - Two people have been killed after being trapped under a house on a small island off British Columbia's coast. RCMP in Powell River say they received a call on April 6 about two people trapped under the house on Savary Island, just off the coast of the small city, about 150 kilometres northwest of Vancouv...
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Federal police in B.C. bust fentanyl labs, seize chemicals and equipment
SURREY - Federal police in British Columbia say three drug labs were dismantled last month in the Lower Mainland cities of Pitt Meadows, Mission and Aldergrove, as part of an investigation launched in 2023. RCMP say officers also arrested two suspects, including someone described as a "chemist," but no charge...
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Local Sports
SEASON PREVIEW
Kamloops United to fly new colours in League1 BC home openers
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops United Football Club [KUFC] colours will fly at the semi-pro level for the first time this weekend at Hillside Stadium. The men and women will play host to Langley United in their League1 B.C. (L1BC) soccer home-and-season openers on Saturday (April 12) at Hillside Stadium. "I'm a very defensiv...
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B.C. Rugby Union
Rugby Raiders to host playoff games, aiming to snap B.C. Championship droughts
KAMLOOPS -- Wins on Saturday (April 12) at Exhibition Park are necessary if the Kamloops Rugby Club Raiders want to snap provincial championship droughts. On the men's side, the Raiders - who haven't snared a provincial championship since 2018 - will play host to the Chilliwack Crusaders in a Division 2 quarter-final t...
Apr 09, 2025
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WHL Awards
Blazers' Edmonstone a finalist for Scholastic Player of the Year
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers goaltender Logan Edmonstone has been announced as a finalist for the Western Hockey League's (WHL) Darryl K. (Doc) Seaman Memorial Trophy for Scholastic Player of the Year.Edmonstone, 17, finished the season with seven wins and a .891 save percentage in 30 games for the Blazers.He has also m...
Apr 09, 2025
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Canada
Legal group that disinvited 'Peace by Chocolate' owner cancels upcoming event
A national legal group has cancelled a dinner after it disinvited a Syrian refugee who became a celebrated Nova Scotia entrepreneur. The Advocates' Society said Thursday evening it will not go ahead with an end-of-term dinner on June 5, after it faced criticism from within its own ranks and other groups for cancelling ...
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Federal police in B.C. bust fentanyl labs, seize chemicals and equipment
SURREY - Federal police in British Columbia say three drug labs were dismantled last month in the Lower Mainland cities of Pitt Meadows, Mission and Aldergrove, as part of an investigation launched in 2023. RCMP say officers also arrested two suspects, including someone described as a "chemist," but no charge...
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Legault cites capacity amid outcry from Haitian community over asylum seeker comments
MONTREAL - Premier François Legault says Quebec doesn't have the capacity to take in more immigrants amid a surge in the number of asylum seekers arriving at the province's border with the United States. Legault told reporters today in Sherrington, Que., that the sheer numbers are stretching Quebec's social secu...
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World
Supreme Court says Trump administration must facilitate return of deported Maryland man
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, rejecting the administration's emergency appeal. The court acted in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who had an immigration court o...
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Judge halts Trump administration from ending humanitarian parole for people from four countries
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday said she will halt the Trump administration from ending a program that allowed hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to temporarily live in the United States. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani that she will issue a stay on the program, which wa...
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Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government, in a move that could have far-reaching repercussions for immigrants across the country. In a ruling Thursday, Judge Trevor Neil McFadde...
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