

Canadian Blood Services says it needs 1 million new blood donors over next 5 years
TORONTO - Marc Parravano has donated blood 146 times. He remembers regularly going to the blood collection centre with his mother when he was a kid and followed in her footsteps after he turned 17 and was able to donate himself. "I get a sense of accomplishment and reward because I'm helping others," Parravan...
3h ago
Read More

ON THE ICE
B.C., Eastern Door and the North clash at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
KAMLOOPS -- Team B.C. was chasing its first win in the male division on Wednesday (May 7) morning at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Kamloops. Eastern Door and the North entered the game as an underdog, having lost its first three contests by a combined score of 24-5. But, as CFJC Today reports, B.C.. r...
12h ago
Read More

Our Community
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: Delivering on infrastructure projects in your community
20h ago

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - One Potato, Two Potato!
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: School District 73 - please reverse your decision to cut the after-school Strings program
May 06, 2025
Question of the Week
Is the price of groceries motivating you to grow your own vegetables this year?
May 05, 2025

Kamloops and Area

donations needed
United Way BC's Period Promise campaign looks to address increased period poverty in Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS - United Way BC's annual Period Promise campaign kicked off earlier this month, running until May 31. This year's campaign is working to combat the growing rate of people in the local area who are experiencing period poverty.The campaign provides period products to agencies whose clients may be living in pover...
14h ago
Read More

KAMLOOPS CANCER CENTRE
Already a challenge, worry grows that design may further hinder recruitment at promised Kamloops cancer centre
KAMLOOPS - Construction is expected to begin on the Kamloops cancer centre this summer, as the procurement phase of the project wraps up, with patients set to begin receiving treatment in the city by 2028. Despite shovels expected to hit the dirt in the months ahead, politicians, doctors and others have been raising co...
14h ago
Read More

FAMILY DOCTORS
'It's a solution'; City-run medical clinic a potential game-changer for Kamloops residents looking for doctors
KAMLOOPS - The city of Colwood, just outside of Victoria on Vancouver Island, may help provide a solution to the doctor crisis in Kamloops. That city recently opened a municipally owned and operated medical clinic, with eight doctors now employed. Councillor Kelly Hall wants to see Kamloops replicate and expand that mo...
14h ago
Read More

LAPU LAPU VIGIL
Kamloops Filipino community sends powerful message of unity after vigil
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday evening (May 6), a vigil was held at McDonald Park for the victims of the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day tragedy. The deaths of 11 people and injuries to more than 20 have sparked a period of mourning for the Filipino community across the world and in Kamloops."To the Filipino community, we see that ev...
17h ago
Read More

Featured Content

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
Read More

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
Read More

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
Read More

Our Community
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: Delivering on infrastructure projects in your community
20h ago

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Things You Need To Get Done In Spring
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: School District 73 - please reverse your decision to cut the after-school Strings program
May 06, 2025
Question of the Week
Is the price of groceries motivating you to grow your own vegetables this year?
May 05, 2025

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - One Potato, Two Potato!
1000 Ways to Heal
1000 Ways to Heal: Red Dress Day
May 05, 2025
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: May 5, 2025
May 05, 2025

British Columbia

NDP faces 'Parliament from hell' without official party status, says former MP
OTTAWA - The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election - a time one former New Democrat MP remembers as "the Parliament from hell." Svend Robinson represented Burnaby, B.C., in the House of Commons from 1979...
6h ago
Read More

Court can weather suggestion accused spends 'rest of his goddamned life in jail': Eby
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is confident the independence of the court won't be influenced by his feelings that the man accused of killing 11 people at a Filipino festival should "spend the rest of his goddamned life in jail." The B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association has criticized Eby f...
16h ago
Read More

B.C. government appoints former chief justice review festival safety measures
The British Columbia government has appointed a former chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court to report on safety measures for event organizers and police after 11 people were killed in a vehicle attack in Vancouver. Premier David Eby says Christopher Hinkson has agreed to serve as commissioner to conduct the review &...
16h ago
Read More

Local Sports

WHL Prospects Draft
Blazers take defenceman and forward with two first round WHL Prospects Draft picks
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers took a defenceman and a forward with their two picks in the first round of the Western Hockey League (WHL) Prospects Draft. The Blazers selected Winnipeg defenceman Mateo Ferreira with the 11th overall pick and took Falher, AB, forward Teagen Bouchard three slots later at 14. Ferreira sc...
1h ago
Read More

ON THE ICE
B.C., Eastern Door and the North clash at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
KAMLOOPS -- Team B.C. was chasing its first win in the male division on Wednesday (May 7) morning at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Kamloops. Eastern Door and the North entered the game as an underdog, having lost its first three contests by a combined score of 24-5. But, as CFJC Today reports, B.C.. r...
12h ago
Read More

WHL Expansion
Blazers lose D Anderlini to Penticton in WHL expansion draft
CALGARY - When the expansion Penticton Vees visit the Kamloops Blazers during the 2025-26 Western Hockey League (WHL) season, their roster will include a couple of familiar faces.The WHL expansion draft was held Wednesday (May 7). The Vees chose players from 13 WHL teams, while the league accepted seven trade proposals...
16h ago
Read More

Canada

Homes destroyed, people fleeing as wildfires rage in eastern Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S - More people are fleeing their homes this morning as wildfires rage in Newfoundland along the western shore of Conception Bay, about about 45 kilometres northeast of St. John's. Local resident Gerry Roger says about a dozen homes have been destroyed since the fire broke out yesterday afternoon. Rogers was e...
1h ago
Read More

Canadian Blood Services says it needs 1 million new blood donors over next 5 years
TORONTO - Marc Parravano has donated blood 146 times. He remembers regularly going to the blood collection centre with his mother when he was a kid and followed in her footsteps after he turned 17 and was able to donate himself. "I get a sense of accomplishment and reward because I'm helping others," Parravan...
3h ago
Read More

In the news today: Former NDP MP warns: tough times ahead in parliament for the party
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... NDP faces 'Parliament from hell,' says ex-MP The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election - a time one former New Democrat MP ...
6h ago
Read More

World

Mistrial for Michigan police officer charged in fatal shooting of Congolese immigrant
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after the jury couldn't reached a unanimous verdict in the second-degree murder trial of a Michigan police officer who shot Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, following a traffic stop in 2022. The judge declared a mistrial and ended the proceedings, a partial vic...
6m ago
Read More

Ukraine's parliament ratifies a minerals deal with the US
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's Parliament unanimously voted in favor of ratifying of a landmark minerals deal with the U.S. on Thursday afternoon, a lawmaker said. The ratification is a key step in setting the deal in motion. It calls for the creation of a joint investment fund with the U.S. Parliament approved the agr...
2h ago
Read More

No new pope elected yet after black smoke pours out of Sistine Chapel's chimney
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Black smoke is again pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that no pope was elected on second or third ballots of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. The smoke billowed out at 11:50 a.m. on Thursday after the morning voting session to elect a successor to Pope...
4h ago
Read More