Lillooet ER
Temporary closure of Lillooet emergency department extended by 24 hours
LILLOOET, B.C. - A temporary closure of the emergency department at Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre has been extended by another 24 hours. Interior Health says emergency services in Lillooet will be unavailable until 8:00 a.m. Tuesday. The Lillooet emergency department was originally scheduled to reopen at 8:00 a.m...
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Lillooet By-Election
District of Lillooet holding by-election on May 10
LILLOOET, B.C. - Residents in the District of Lillooet are expected to head to the polls in about seven weeks to elect a new councillor.The May 10 by-election is being held to fill the seat vacated by Councillor Rolf de Bruin, who resigned on Jan. 10. de Bruin was in his first term on Lillooet council after he got the ...
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COLLINS: Who's Your Choice?
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Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce
38th Annual Business Excellence Awards
Two and Out
PETERS: Eby's Bill 7 fights Trump with more Trump
Mar 21, 2025
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COLLINS: Sometimes we realize we've made a huge blunder when it's too late to change it
Mar 20, 2025
Kamloops and Area
Kamloops Election Candidates
Slate of Kamloops-area candidates slowly taking shape
KAMLOOPS - The start of the Federal election campaign means the City of Kamloops has officially been split into two federal ridings - Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola and Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies. Gone is Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, after the new electoral boundaries were proposed by the Electoral Boundary Commission in...
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Lillooet ER Woes
Four new physicians expected to arrive in Lillooet by the fall: Interior Health
LILLOOET - Interior Health says the series of emergency room closures in Lillooet is expected to stabilize in the near future with four new physicians expected to arrive in the community before the end of this year.In a March 14 news release shared to the District of Lillooet's Facebook page, Interior Health said a new...
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Brush Fire
Kamloops firefighters make quick work of brush fire along Tranquille Road riverbank
KAMLOOPS - Emergency crews appear to have made quick work of a small brush fire along the riverbank on Tranquille Road Saturday (March 22) afternoon, though details remain limited at this time. It appears that the fire behind the former Sandbar Grill was sparked by a cigarette butt, though Kamloops Fire Rescue has not ...
Mar 22, 2025
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Bill 7
Kamloops MLAs speaking out against BC NDP's proposed emergency powers legislation
KAMLOOPS - The Opposition B.C. Conservatives are continuing to sound the alarm over the NDP's Bill 7, saying it will give the government of David Eby broad-reaching emergency cabinet powers. The bill, which was tabled in the legislature last Thursday (March 13), aims to gives cabinet the power to implement charges on v...
Mar 22, 2025
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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
Southern B.C. faces messy roads, localized flooding with heavy rain, melting snow
VANCOUVER - Part of southern British Columbia is facing a two-day weather system that's expected to bring heavy rain and snowmelt due to rising freezing levels, resulting in potentially messy driving conditions and localized flooding. Environment Canada says the latest advisory is for the West Kootenay region including...
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Anti-overdose naloxone kits at transit stops could help save lives, study suggests
VANCOUVER - Researcher Benjamin Leung carries a naloxone kit in his backpack in case of encountering an opioid overdose - but he admits that's about as practical as carrying a fire extinguisher in case of fire. Instead Leung is now advocating a new tactic of placing the overdose-reversing kits at transit locations near...
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Rainfall warning issued for Metro Vancouver, parts of B.C.'s south coast
VANCOUVER - Heavy rain in the forecast is slated to pummel parts of British Columbia's south coast, with some areas possibly getting as much as 130 millimetres. Environment Canada says the rainfall warning covers much of western Vancouver Island including Tofino, Port Renfrew and Sooke, as well as parts of the Sunshine...
Mar 22, 2025
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Local Sports
Wranglers 3 Storm 2
Kamloops Storm bow out of KIJHL playoffs with defeat to 100 Mile House Wranglers
KAMLOOPS - Braycen Dube scored a pair but it wasn't enough as the Kamloops Storm fell 3-2 to the 100 Mile House Wranglers Saturday (March 22) night in game six of their second round KIJHL playoff series.Digeo Cazac scored the series winner into the empty-net with a little over a minute to play, as the Wranglers clinche...
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Rockets 4 Blazers 3
Blazers fall to Rockets in WHL season finale
KELOWNA - The Kamloops Blazers wrapped up the 2024-25 WHL regular season with a 4-3 defeat in Kelowna Saturday (March 22) night.Gabriel Guilbault's first WHL goal, which stood after a lengthy video review, helped the Rockets snap a ten-game losing streak. It was the Rockets second win in their last 27 games, and their ...
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NCAA Swimming
Sienna Angove of Kamloops named First-Team All American in freshman year at Ohio State
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Kamloops swimmer Sienna Angove has been named a First Team All-American in her freshman year with the Ohio State Buckeyes.The 18-year-old Angove earned the honour after she placed eighth in the 400 yard individual medley at the 2025 NCAA Division One (DI) women's swimming and diving championships i...
Mar 22, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Federal leaders enter first full campaign day
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal party leaders enter first full day on campaign trail in five-week election Liberal Leader Mark Carney will try to inject some Canadian symbolism and pride to his election campaign today with a stop in Gander, Nfld. Carney'...
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Federal party leaders enter first full day on campaign trail in five-week election
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney will try to inject some Canadian symbolism and pride to his election campaign today with a stop in Gander, Nfld. The town in northeastern Newfoundland famously fed and housed thousands of passengers - most of them Americans - when flights were grounded after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror...
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Federal government commit $56M to new Yukon convention centre
WHITEHORSE - The federal government says it has committed more than $56 million toward the construction of a new convention centre in the Yukon capital of Whitehorse. The announcement secures the funding needed for the Yukon Gathering Place project, estimated to cost about $75 million in total. Yukon's government will ...
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World
Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel has struck the largest hospital in the territory's south
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel's military struck the largest hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday night, killing two people, wounding others and causing a large fire, the territory's Health Ministry said. The strike hit the surgical building of Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis, the ministry said, days...
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South Korean court overturns impeachment of Prime Minister Han, reinstating him as acting president
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's Constitutional Court overturned parliament's impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating him as acting president. Han, South Korea's No. 2 official, had become acting leader after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached by the opposition-controlled National Assembly ove...
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Pope appears on hospital balcony to bless crowd in 1st public appearance in battle with pneumonia
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis has appeared on a hospital balcony to bless the crowd in his first public outing in five weeks and ahead of his release after surviving a life-threatening bout of pneumonia. The 88-year-old pope gave a thumbs up and acknowledged the crowd after he was wheeled out onto the balcony overlooking th...
Mar 23, 2025
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