Dozens of Cats
SPCA brings in 80+ cats after owner dies; 20 sent to Kamloops shelter
KAMLOOPS - Nearly two dozen cats were brought to the BC SPCA shelter in Kamloops after their owner passed away. The SPCA says 83 Persian-mix cats were brought in after they were contacted by the family of the deceased. Of the animals surrendered, 20 were brought to Kamloops while 63 were sent to Surrey. According to La...
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Water Meter Pilot
Ashcroft, Clearwater receive millions to install and replace water meters
CLEARWATER and ASHCROFT, B.C. - The Village of Ashcroft and District of Clearwater have received millions of dollars to purchase and install water meters. The B.C. government announced nearly $50 million in provincial funding will go to 19 rural and First Nations communities to install almost 15,000 new automated water...
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SOUND OFF: School District 73 - please reverse your decision to cut the after-school Strings program
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Things You Need To Get Done In Spring
Question of the Week
Is the price of groceries motivating you to grow your own vegetables this year?
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1000 Ways to Heal
1000 Ways to Heal: Red Dress Day
May 05, 2025
Kamloops and Area
Kamloops Real Estate
Inventory continues to build up in Kamloops real estate market in April
KAMLOOPS - The number of new and active listings in the Kamloops real estate market continue to increase in 2025, as do the prices. New numbers provided by the Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) show 525 new listings were recorded in the Kamloops and District region during April, the highest monthly amount in 2025....
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CANADIAN HOME BUILDING
Federal government pledge to bolster housing stock met with cautious optimism by local homebuilders
KAMLOOPS - Ambitious housing promises made by Prime Minister Mark Carney while on the campaign trail pledged to see the nation's housing stock grow by 500,000 homes in the next ten years. Without delving into the politics of the plan, Matt McCurrach, the president of the Canadian Home Builders Association says the dema...
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Shelter Leases
Merit Place, Stuart Wood shelter leases extended by one year
KAMLOOPS - BC Housing has quietly extended a pair of shelter leases in Kamloops by one year. The Crown agency says it notified the Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and Out of the Cold on March 26 and April 25 that leases for the Merit Place and the Stuart Wood shelters were being extende...
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MMIWG2S
Tk'emlups te Secwépemc commemorates Red Dress Day
TK'EMLUPS - An emotional crowd gathered in Moccasin Square Gardens at Tk'emlups te Secwépemc (TteS) Monday (May 5), commemorating Red Dress Day. The first Red Dress Day was held 15 years ago in response to the disproportionate number of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people who experience violence, go mi...
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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. ombudsperson finds request for repayment of provincial COVID-19 aid unjust
VICTORIA - British Columbia's ombudsperson says the provincial government unfairly required some workers to repay $1,000 they received after losing their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The BC Emergency Benefit for Workers was introduced in 2020 and, in an effort to work quickly, the B.C. government initially requir...
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Washington State's Lt.-Gov is in B.C., seeking deeper ties amid trade, Trump turmoil
VICTORIA - A political delegation from Washington state is visiting Victoria to try to deepen ties with British Columbia, amid cross-border turmoil triggered by a trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump's annexation talk. Washington's Lt.-Gov. Denny Heck is heading the delegation and is meeting with members of all B....
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Debut novels about war, urban underground among finalists for Amazon award
Writer, poet and past soldier Benjamin Hertwig is among six finalists for the $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award. Edmonton's Hertwig made the list for "Juiceboxers," about four young soldiers serving in Afghanistan, while Quebec's Valérie Bah is in the running for the speculative comedy "Subt...
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Local Sports
B.C. CHAMPIONS
Rugby redemption for Kamloops Raiders: 'It was perfect'
KAMLOOPS -- Dillon Alexandre held his baby daughter in his left hand and gripped the B.C. Rugby Union Men's Division 2 Championship Trophy with his right mitt, laughing while the moment was captured on camera. "It's exactly what I've been hoping for forever," Alexandre said. "It was perfect." Alexan...
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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...
May 04, 2025
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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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Canada
Danielle Smith dismisses Doug Ford's warning against separatist threats from Alberta
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging her Ontario counterpart Doug Ford to mind his own business when it comes to talk of separating from Canada. Smith announced this week that she doesn't want Alberta to leave Canada but, if enough residents sign a petition asking for a referendum on it, she'll make sure...
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Fact-checking Carney's first face-to-face meeting with Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday in their first face-to-face meeting since Carney's Liberal party won the most seats in the April 28 election. Since returning to office in January, Trump has threatened and imposed broad-based tariffs and talked about wanting to ma...
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Quick quotes: Reaction to Carney meeting Trump to talk trade, security
OTTAWA - The world was watching when Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday. Here's a sample of what politicians and other prominent figures are saying: --- "It sounds like the prime minister and the president had a very productive meeting ... Hopefully, through th...
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World
India fires missiles across the frontier with Pakistan, killing at least 1 child, officials say
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early Wednesday, killing at a child and wounding two other people, Pakistani security officials said. India said it was striking infrastructure used by militants. The strikes came amid soari...
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Civil rights lawsuit filed in Florida deputy's killing of US Airman Roger Fortson
The family of a U.S. airman who was fatally shot by a Florida sheriff's deputy inside his own home in 2024 filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday over his killing. The complaint filed in a Pensacola courthouse alleges that Deputy Eddie Duran used excessive and unconstitutional deadly force when he shot Senior Air...
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Conservative leader Merz overcomes historic defeat to become Germany's chancellor
BERLIN (AP) - Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany's next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable sense of relief in the parliament chamber after a historic loss in the first round of voting threatened the new government's promises of stability. No other postwar candidate for Ger...
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