Q&A WITH KOLLE
Storm owner Kolle talks jump to Junior A Tier 1, friction among owners, increased costs, revenue
KAMLOOPS - The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is a 21-team circuit that has Junior A Tier 2 status in the BC Hockey and Hockey Canada ranks. After an assessment completed in partnership with a third-party consulting agency (Blackfin Sports Group), the KIJHL has selected 11 of its teams to join a ne...
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'There are going to be cuts'
Kamloops DPAC calling for provincial funding revamp as districts face budgetary challenges
KAMLOOPS - School boards across the province are currently working their way through the annual budget process. Unlike city council's, the school board has no mechanism to increase funding through measures like taxation, with its dollars coming directly from the provincial government and much of the funding in presubsc...
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Art of Christmas - Protecting Seasonal Greenery
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Kamloops and Area
INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT
City of Kamloops issues call for help to deal with invasive Japanese Beetle
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is ramping up its efforts to get rid of an invasive species in the area. Last year, 11 Japanese Beetles were found in Kamloops and to keep the plant-eating pests from damaging the area, the City of Kamloops has been tasked with finding someone to eradicate them. Utility Services Manager ...
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OUTDOOR SKATING RINK
Construction of new outdoor rink to have minimal impact on Riverside Park playground, water park: City of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Construction is well underway for a new outdoor skating rink in one of the city's most popular parks. Work in Riverside Park is contained to a fenced-in area and isn't expected to significantly impact the nearby water park or playground this summer. The outdoor rink was approved by Kamloops city council last...
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Not Guilty
Accused killer acquitted in 2019 Cache Creek shooting death
KAMLOOPS - The man accused in a 2019 shooting death in Cache Creek has been acquitted.Corey Harkness was charged with second-degree murder in the January 14, 2019 shooting death of Brock Ledoux.RCMP officers responded to a home in the 1000-block of Collins Road in Cache Creek that day for the report of shots fired. Whe...
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Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band
Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band receives federal funds to stabilize floodplain land
KAMLOOPS - A First Nation in the North Thompson has received federal funding to increase its resilience and protect its local environment. The federal government announced $1.6 million will go toward three projects to improve natural infrastructure, which includes protecting reserve lands on the floodplain in Whisperin...
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Featured Content
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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Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - Protecting Seasonal Greenery
You put a lot of time and money into creating your outdoor seasonal displays so you'll probably want to protect them from damaging winds and temperatures. Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a few good tips on how to do just that!
Nov 21, 2024
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British Columbia
Feds give millions to B.C.'s STEMCELL Technologies and HTEC for facility construction
VANCOUVER - The federal government says it's pumping nearly $100 million into two B.C. firms to support the construction of a hydrogen fuel facility and two "cutting-edge biomanufacturing facilities" for vaccines and other treatments. The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Industry says North Vancouver-based...
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Body of missing Langley, B.C., senior found months after she went missing: RCMP
LANGLEY, B.C. - Mounties in Langley, B.C., say the body of an 82-year-old woman has been found several months after she went missing. Jane Whitehouse was reported missing on Oct. 25 last year. Police said she was last seen that day in the suburb of Aldergrove. Her empty grey Dodge Grand Caravan was found a few days lat...
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RCMP in Northwest Territories charge B.C. man in fatal shooting
YELLOWKNIFE - RCMP say charges have been laid in a shooting that killed one person and injured two others in the Northwest Territories. Officers responded to a home early Saturday morning in the hamlet of Fort Providence, where a 31-year-old man was found dead. Mounties say two others were found injured, with one perso...
7h ago
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Local Sports
Q&A WITH KOLLE
Storm owner Kolle talks jump to Junior A Tier 1, friction among owners, increased costs, revenue
KAMLOOPS - The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is a 21-team circuit that has Junior A Tier 2 status in the BC Hockey and Hockey Canada ranks. After an assessment completed in partnership with a third-party consulting agency (Blackfin Sports Group), the KIJHL has selected 11 of its teams to join a ne...
5h ago
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Storm shut out Wranglers 3-0, tie playoff series 2-2
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Storm have tied their second round Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) series at two games apiece. Goaltender Brenner Fyfe stopped all 24 shots he faced as the Storm shut out the 100 Mile House Wranglers 3-0 in Game Four of the Doug Birks Division Final at McArthur Island Wednesd...
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Blazers eliminated from playoff contention, fall to Royals 5-3
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers were officially eliminated from playoff contention Tuesday (March 19) night. In a do-or-die situation for their final three games of the 2024-25 Western Hockey League (WHL) season, the Blazers fell to the Victoria Royals at home 5-3. The loss means the Seattle Thunderbirds clinched the e...
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Canada
Confused about Mark Carney's blind trust? Here's how they work
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's critics have been asking pointed questions lately about the assets in the former central banker's blind trust - a tool meant to allow politicians to avoid conflicts of interest. How do blind trusts work? What is a blind trust? A trust is a legal arrangement that forms whenever a be...
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Trump annexation talk prompted defence talks with Europe, Joly says
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is in the "advanced" stages of negotiations with Europe on joining its new defence partnership - prompted in large part by growing concern about Russia's war in Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing talk of annexing Canada. In an in...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney's government terminates consumer carbon price
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first move after taking office on Friday was to eliminate the consumer carbon price, undoing Justin Trudeau's signature climate policy. Carney addressed members of the media after the Friday afternoon cabinet meeting, saying the government is "focused on action." "We...
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World
Pentagon reviews plans to cut troops handling migrants at Guantánamo by as much as half
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half, because there are no detainees there now and the program has stumbled during legal challenges, The Associated Press h...
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Minnesota jury convicts alleged ringleader of massive pandemic food fraud scheme on all counts
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A jury found the alleged ringleader of a massive pandemic fraud case in Minnesota guilty on all counts Wednesday for her role in a scheme that federal prosecutors say stole $250 million from a program meant to feed children in need. Aimee Bock - the founder of Feeding our Future, the group that prose...
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Arizona executes a man who murdered his girlfriend's ex-husband
FLORENCE, Arizona (AP) - An Arizona man who kidnapped and murdered his girlfriend's ex-husband was executed Wednesday, the second of four prisoners scheduled to be put to death this week in the U.S. Aaron Brian Gunches, 53, was lethally injected with pentobarbital at the Arizona State Prison Complex in the town of Flor...
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