Street Crime
B.C. launches $5M public safety program to crack down on street crime
The B.C. government has unveiled $5 million in new funding for an initiative to crack down on property crime and street disorder.The province says the new Community Safety and Targeted Enforcement (C-STEP) program will give police more tools to respond to street crimes, including shoplifting, theft and property damage....
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Shooting Death Victim
Identity of Valleyview motel shooting victim revealed one year after his murder
KAMLOOPS - The identity of a man who was shot dead in Valleyview last year has been revealed. In a news release issued Friday (May 30), Kamloops RCMP say the body of Keenan James Robertson was found in one of the rooms of the Trans Canada Motel shortly after midnight on May 31, 2024. "As the Kamloops RCMP Serious ...
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Kamloops and Area
50th Anniversary Season
WCT releases 50th anniversary schedule; new artistic director introduced
KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre (WCT) has released its schedule for its 50th anniversary season which will feature an all-Canadian lineup of shows starting in October.The theme of this year's season is "Breaking Ground," which WCT says is a nod to the roots planted by the artists, community members, staff a...
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KAMLOOPS TRANSIT
Nearly 10,000 hours of transit service coming to Kamloops; not all requests were approved
KAMLOOPS - There will be another increase to transit service in Kamloops that will begin to take effect later this year, though its not everything that the City was hoping for. Transportation Engineer Nii Noi Akeutteh says the City of Kamloops will be getting three new buses to help it restore service levels by adding ...
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Bell AI
New partnership between Bell, Groq and TRU set to ensure Kamloops is on the cutting edge of AI expansion in Canada
KAMLOOPS - Bell Canada is rolling out 'Bell AI Fabric', what the company is calling a major investment to create Canada's largest artificial intelligence project. The first fabric facility will open next month in Kamloops, in a partnership between Bell, Groq and Thompson Rivers University. Additional facilities are set...
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Uride vs. Uber
As Uber launches across B.C., Uride confident of its standing in Kamloops following 2022 debut
KAMLOOPS - With Uber now available in Kamloops and across B.C as of Wednesday (May 28), the founder and CEO of Uride says his company is confident it will be able to remain competitive in the Tournament Capital of Canada.Cody Ruberto told CFJC Today that Uride is staying focused on its goals to ensure that drivers and ...
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Featured Content
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Weeping Cascade Hydrangeas
Looking for something a little different to adorn your patio posts and garden arbours? Maury Hik from Art Knapp Home & Garden in Kamloops has just the thing - the Weeping Cascade Hydrangea!
May 28, 2025
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Ravishing Roses In May
The month of May means a lot of things to many people. Two that come to mind are Mother's Day and, for gardeners, it's roses! Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a few great tips on growing roses and a few types to consider that are sure to make you and your mom quite happy!
May 22, 2025
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Early Spring Bloomers
With the arrival of spring, most gardeners are looking for plants with lots of colour to show off in their yards. Shawn Ulmer from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a number of great choices for you to consider, including trees, shrubs and plants!
May 20, 2025
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British Columbia
B.C. man who got $8M says he'll be penniless if made to pay sex assault damages
VANCOUVER - A B.C. man who was awarded $8 million after being wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and spending 27 years in prison says he'll be left "homeless and penniless" if forced to pay civil damages to victims who won a lawsuit against him. The B.C. Court of Appeal ruled this week that five victims w...
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Street Crime
B.C. launches $5M public safety program to crack down on street crime
The B.C. government has unveiled $5 million in new funding for an initiative to crack down on property crime and street disorder.The province says the new Community Safety and Targeted Enforcement (C-STEP) program will give police more tools to respond to street crimes, including shoplifting, theft and property damage....
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New law forces MLA Misty van Popta to resign from the Township of Langley council
VICTORIA - A B.C. Conservative legislator has lost her job as a councillor in the Fraser Valley as a new law banning MLAs from also serving as municipal representatives comes into effect. Misty Van Popta represents Langley-Walnut Grove in the provincial legislature, but lost her job as a municipal councillor in the Tow...
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Local Sports
NORTHPAWS PREVIEW
Kamloops NorthPaws hopeful to return to playoffs under new coach Riley Jepson
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws open their 2025 West Coast League (WCL) baseball season on Friday (May 29) in Washington State against the Port Angeles Lefties. Riley Jepson of Kamloops, an assistant coach with the team last year, will be making his head coaching debut as the NorthPaws are hoping to return to the pla...
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BC Lions Camp
Meikle, Bond of Kamloops released by BC Lions
KAMLOOPS - A pair of football players from Kamloops will once again be playing in the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) after they were released by the BC Lions. While Colton Meikle and Jacob Bond made it to the end of this year's training camp which wrapped up Thursday (May 29), they couldn't crack the final rost...
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STARS SHINE
Kamloops School of the Arts sports team makes school history with first berth in provincial championships
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops School of the Arts students excel in drama, music, singing and the visual arts, among other areas.The school is not known for its achievements in athletics, but recently-established sports programs are starting to gain traction. And, as CFJC Today reports, the girls' soccer team set out this year to...
May 28, 2025
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Canada
B.C. man who got $8M says he'll be penniless if made to pay sex assault damages
VANCOUVER - A B.C. man who was awarded $8 million after being wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and spending 27 years in prison says he'll be left "homeless and penniless" if forced to pay civil damages to victims who won a lawsuit against him. The B.C. Court of Appeal ruled this week that five victims w...
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Search to resume for children almost a month after they disappeared from N.S. home
LANSDOWNE STATION - A search for two young children who went missing almost a month ago is set to resume Saturday in a remote corner of northeastern Nova Scotia. On May 2, four-year-old Jack Sullivan and his six-year-old sister Lilly Sullivan were reported missing from their home in rural Lansdowne Station, a heavily w...
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Ottawa's plan to 'fast-track' infrastructure doesn't go far enough: Poilievre
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the government's plan to circumvent the Impact Assessment Act to speed up key infrastructure projects doesn't go far enough. Taking questions from reporters in Ottawa today, Poilievre wouldn't say whether his party will support the bill without reading it first. The go...
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World
Floods kill at least 111 as northern Nigeria battles climate change, dry spells and heavy rainfall
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Torrents of predawn rain unleashed flooding that drowned at least 111 people in a market town where northern Nigerian farmers sell their wares to traders from the south, officials said Friday as they predicted that the death toll would grow. The Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency did not immedi...
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Supreme Court lets Trump end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday again cleared the way for the Trump administration to strip temporary legal protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants, pushing the total number of people who could be newly exposed to deportation to nearly 1 million. The justices lifted a lower-court order that k...
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Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins libel lawsuit against BBC
LONDON (AP) - Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams won his libel suit against the BBC on Friday over a claim he authorized the killing of an informant. A jury at the High Court in Dublin ruled in Adams' favor and he was awarded 100,000 euros ($113,000) in damages. Adams sued Britain's public broadcaster over a claim in ...
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