NETWORKING AND NOSHING
Campus abuzz for annual TRU Students' Union Back-To-School Barbecue
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University Students' Union held its annual back-to-school barbecue on Friday (Sept. 5) afternoon and the campus commons area was buzzing. Burgers and hot dogs were served at the outdoor resource fair, which featured more than 120 booths and live music. As CFJC Today reports, the barbecue ...
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KAMLOOPS BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION
Gur Singh Memorial Golf Tournament honours neurosurgeon's legacy, helps fund local supports
KAMLOOPS - Big Horn Golf and Country Club played host on Friday (Sept. 5) to the 22nd Annual Gur Singh Memorial Golf Tournament in support of the Kamloops Brain Injury Association. The tournament was started back in 2004 by neurosurgeon Dr. Gur Singh. Now more than 10 years after his passing, the tournament named in hi...
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Sep 04, 2025
Kamloops and Area
KAMLOOPS D-MAN
Canucks' prospect Mynio wants to make jump to pro hockey this season
KAMLOOPS - Sawyer Mynio was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the third round of the 2023 NHL Draft.The defenceman from Kamloops is eligible to return to the Calgary Hitmen for his 20-year-old WHL campaign, but intends to make the jump to professional hockey this season."Abbotsford [Canucks in the AHL] is the p...
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35TH ANNUAL PARKINSON SUPERWALK
Parkinson Superwalk set for Riverside Park Saturday
KAMLOOPS - This Saturday (Sept. 6), dozens of Kamloops residents will make their way to Riverside Park for the 35th annual Parkinson Superwalk. The annual event is the largest fundraiser for the Parkinson Society of BC, which offers programs and services for people affected by Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's is a dege...
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Drug Alert
Increase in non-fatal overdoses leads to Interior Health-wide drug alert
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued an overdose alert for its entire region as it warns of an increase in the number of non-fatal overdose events.In a statement issued Friday (Sept. 5), the health authority said while the alert is not linked to any one substance, carfentanil, which is up to 100 times more potent than...
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Labour Force
National unemployment rate climbs to 7.1 per cent in August; Kamloops rate dips slightly
The Canadian economy lost jobs for the second month in a row and the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level since May 2016, excluding the pandemic period, Statistics Canada reported on Friday.The weaker-than-expected reading of the labour market prompted financial markets to increase the odds the Bank of Canada...
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Featured Content
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Labour Day 2025
We've made it through the most intense heat of summer. The evenings are getting cooler and the nights are getting longer. Join Maury Hik and the team at Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist for some late summer and fall features!
Sep 01, 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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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Shaping Ornamental Maples
Ornamental trees like the Japanese and Korean maples are indeed beautiful to have in your yard, but where's the best place to plant them and how do you make them look like the fancy ones you see in magazines? Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops takes time to show you some of the basics about ...
Jun 18, 2025
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British Columbia
Expert 'taken aback' by Eby foreign worker claims, says axing program won't fix woes
VICTORIA - Ending the temporary foreign worker program won't solve "deep structural problems" with housing and other issues in British Columbia, while it would create "problematic consequences" for labour availability, an immigration expert says. Irene Bloemraad, co-director of the centre for migrat...
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ICBC reopens licensing service in Surrey, B.C., as public service strike continues
SURREY - The Insurance Corp. of British Columbia says it is reopening one of its driver licensing service centres in Surrey, B.C., after finding a way forward with the Labour Relations Board as a strike by unionized public service workers continues. A statement from ICBC says licensing services at the Guildford Corpora...
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Musqueam and City of Richmond file notices of appeal after Cowichan Tribes ruling
VANCOUVER - The Musqueam Indian Band and the City of Richmond each say they are appealing the recent B.C. Supreme Court decision that found another First Nation government holds Aboriginal title for land and fishing rights in an area of Metro Vancouver. The ruling last month granted the Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title...
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Local Sports
KAMLOOPS D-MAN
Canucks' prospect Mynio wants to make jump to pro hockey this season
KAMLOOPS - Sawyer Mynio was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the third round of the 2023 NHL Draft.The defenceman from Kamloops is eligible to return to the Calgary Hitmen for his 20-year-old WHL campaign, but intends to make the jump to professional hockey this season."Abbotsford [Canucks in the AHL] is the p...
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IN THE KIJHL
Storm GM Kolle says NCAA rule change having trickle-down impact on roster
KAMLOOPS - Waiting for clubs at higher levels to make decisions on players is nothing new for the Kamloops Storm at this time of year, but the Junior A Tier 2 team is reporting more roster uncertainty than usual. General Manager Matt Kolle said the rule change implemented in time for this season that allows Canadian Ho...
Sep 05, 2025
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IN THE WHL
Kamloops Blazers' camp standouts turn attention to WHL pre-season
KAMLOOPS - Josh Evaschesen intends to make the most of this opportunity to crack a Western Hockey League roster. The Kamloops Blazers listed the 19-year-old forward from Medicine Hat in April, their interest piqued by the 6-foot-2, 195-pound left shot who had five goals and 15 points in 34 games last season with the Tr...
Sep 03, 2025
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Canada
Residents of N.W.T. community being allowed home after weeklong wildfire evacuation
WHATÌ - Residents of a First Nation community in the Northwest Territories are set to return home just over a week after being forced to flee because of a wildfire. The Community Government of Whati says essential workers returned Friday and its roughly 600 residents will be allowed back Saturday starting at 10 ...
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Musqueam and City of Richmond file notices of appeal after Cowichan Tribes ruling
VANCOUVER - The Musqueam Indian Band and the City of Richmond each say they are appealing the recent B.C. Supreme Court decision that found another First Nation government holds Aboriginal title for land and fishing rights in an area of Metro Vancouver. The ruling last month granted the Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title...
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Carney delays electric vehicle sales mandate by one year, launches review
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO - The federal electric vehicle sales mandate will not be implemented in 2026 as planned, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday, pushing back by at least a year a policy that would have set minimum sales targets for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Introduced by the Liberals under former prime...
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World
Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic in 3 sets at the US Open to reach 3rd Grand Slam final in a row
NEW YORK (AP) - Carlos Alcaraz used his youth, athleticism and creativity to assert himself against the much more accomplished, but also much older, Novak Djokovic and beat the 24-time major champion 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2 at the U.S. Open on Friday for a berth in his third consecutive Grand Slam final. By the end, Djokovic...
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Trump says US will host next year's Group of 20 summit at his golf club in Florida
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. will host next year's Group of 20 summit at his golf club in southern Florida. In his first term, Trump tried to host a separate global summit at the club, located in Doral, but backed down after criticism from his own party about the propriety of doing...
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US set to ease travel restrictions on African leader accused of corruption
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is set to give an African leader accused of pilfering his impoverished country's resources to feed a lifestyle of luxury cars, mansions and superyachts a temporary pass on U.S. corruption sanctions to travel to a high-level U.N. gathering in New York and visit other American c...
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