Kamloops Blazers
Blazers' Finnie named to WHL Western Conference Second All-Star Team
KAMLOOPS - It was a down season for the Kamloops Blazers, but the team's captain has garnered a prestigious individual award.The Western Hockey League announced Tuesday (April 1) that Emmitt Finnie has made the league's year-end Second All-Star Team in the Western Conference.Finnie drove the Blazers' offence in 2024-25...
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City Budget
'It will cost us more in the long run': non-profit asks Kamloops council not to cut Climate Action Levy again
KAMLOOPS - A local non-profit group is asking Kamloops Council to maintain funding for the city's Climate Action Levy. During Tuesday afternoon's (April 1) special Committee of the Whole meeting, City of Kamloops' staff are recommending council reduce the city's Community Carbon Action Plan Levy by 50 per cent for 2025...
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Our Community
Question of the Week
Will the removal of the consumer carbon tax make a noticeable difference in your monthly expenses?
Mar 31, 2025
Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - Protecting Seasonal Greenery
1000 Ways to Heal
1000 Ways to Heal: National Indigenous Languages Day
Mar 31, 2025
One Man's Opinion
COLLINS: Sometimes, we get it right
Mar 30, 2025
Kamloops and Area
CANCER CARE
Hospital District chair O'Reilly optimistic after 'productive' meeting with province on cancer centre
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Regional Hospital District board members met with B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne and Minister of Infrastructure Bowinn Ma last week in Victoria.Topics of discussion included the planned Kamloops cancer care centre and locations for its departments.Hospital district board chair Mike O'Reilly told...
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SHELTER SUCCESS
North Shore shelter impresses neighbouring businesses, changes minds
KAMLOOPS-The North Shore Pathways Shelter in the former Butler Auto and RV lot on Tranquille Road has been open for about three months. While not everything has gone according to plan for the shelter, it seems to be under less scrutiny than in previous months. "We participate with the shelter regularly. We have a ...
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GAS PRICES
Gas prices expected to drop about 15 cents due to repeal of carbon tax
KAMLOOPS - With the B.C. government announcing the repeal of the provincial consumer carbon tax by April 1, Canadians are expected to get a big break at the pump. "Canadians can expect gasoline prices to probably roll back close to 15 cents per litre or so," GasBuddy's head of petroleum analysis, Patrick de H...
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Tree Coupons
City of Kamloops releases details about 2025 tree coupon program
KAMLOOPS - The city of Kamloops has released details about its annual tree coupon program, which will get underway on Tuesday (April 1).It says a total of 1,000 coupons will be available to Kamloops residents on a first-come, first-served basis until June 11, with a limit of one per household. The coupons will have a $...
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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
Police investigate 'suspicious' fires in three Langley, B.C., homes
LANGLEY, B.C. - Mounties in Langley, B.C., say they are investigating three separate house fires that broke out early Tuesday. Police say fire crews were first called at 3:15 a.m. to a fire in a home in the 19900 block of 76 Ave. When they arrived, a second home was also reported to be ablaze in the same neighbourhood....
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B.C. ends its carbon tax on consumers after marathon debate in legislature
VICTORIA - British Columbians are facing a future without a consumer carbon tax for the first time in 17 years, after the early-morning approval of a bill to end the long-standing policy. The NDP government fast-tracked legislation in an effort to kill off the tax on Monday, in time to coincide with today's demise of t...
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CARBON TAX B.C.
B.C. ends its carbon tax on consumers after marathon debate in legislature
VICTORIA - British Columbians are waking to a future without a consumer carbon tax for the first time in 17 years, after the early-morning approval of a bill to end the long-standing policy.The NDP government fast-tracked legislation in an effort to kill off the tax on Monday, in time to coincide with today's demise of...
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Local Sports
Kamloops Blazers
Blazers' Finnie named to WHL Western Conference Second All-Star Team
KAMLOOPS - It was a down season for the Kamloops Blazers, but the team's captain has garnered a prestigious individual award.The Western Hockey League announced Tuesday (April 1) that Emmitt Finnie has made the league's year-end Second All-Star Team in the Western Conference.Finnie drove the Blazers' offence in 2024-25...
35m ago
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CANCER CARE
Hospital District chair O'Reilly optimistic after 'productive' meeting with province on cancer centre
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Regional Hospital District board members met with B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne and Minister of Infrastructure Bowinn Ma last week in Victoria.Topics of discussion included the planned Kamloops cancer care centre and locations for its departments.Hospital district board chair Mike O'Reilly told...
19h ago
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ON PEBBLED ICE
Team Hafeli of Kamloops Curling Club wins U20 national bronze
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. -- Team Hafeli won bronze at the New Holland Canadian Under-20 Curling Championships, which wrapped up on Sunday (March 31) in Summerside, P.E.I. The Kamloops Curling Club women's rink - which includes skip Holly Hafeli, third Jorja Kopytko, second Gabby Brissette, lead Natalie Hafeli and coach Monic...
22h ago
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Canada
Trump to unveil latest tariff plans at 'Make America Wealthy Again' event Wednesday
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is set to lay out his plans to realign global trade through "reciprocal" tariffs Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET in the White House Rose Garden. A news release from the White House calls it a "Make America Wealthy Again Event." Trump has called Wednesday "Liberat...
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U.S. lists Quebec's language law in annual report on 'foreign trade barriers'
MONTREAL - The United States government has listed Quebec's French-language reform as a barrier to trade, as President Donald Trump prepares to impose new tariffs on Canada. The office of the U.S. trade representative released a report on Monday listing "foreign trade barriers" and included Quebec's Bill 96. ...
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Quebec becomes last province with a price on carbon, but how long will it last?
MONTREAL - As Quebec becomes the last province in Canada that hasn't abandoned carbon pricing, the provincial government could start feeling pressure to align itself with the rest of the country. There has long been a broad consensus in Quebec on the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the province's cap-and-t...
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World
NFL postpones a decision on the tush push but passes other rule changes
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The future of the tush push has been pushed until next month. NFL team owners had been set to vote Tuesday on Green Bay's proposal to ban the play that's helped the Philadelphia Eagles win one Super Bowl and reach another, but the proposal was tabled until May. Team owners approved modifying the...
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Trump administration halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University
WASHIGNTON (AP) - The Trump administration has halted several dozen federal research grants at Princeton University, the Ivy League school said Tuesday. The university received notifications this week that grants were being suspended by agencies including the Department of Energy, NASA and the Defense Department, accor...
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Volcano begins erupting in southwestern Iceland after a nearby town and spa are evacuated
LONDON (AP) - A volcano began erupting in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and the Blue Lagoon spa. Flames and smoke shot through the air as the volcanic fissure opened near the town of Grindavik, where some 40 homes have been evacuated, national broadcaster RUV...
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