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Legal fight over Build Kamloops AAP ends as Wunderlich drops appeal
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says the legal battle over the alternative approval process (AAP) that resulted in funding for the first phase of its Build Kamloops plan is over.Last fall's AAP gauged public opinion on borrowing $275 million to build a performing arts centre and arena multiplex. Opposition to borrowing...
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WHL awards expansion franchise to Penticton Vees
CALGARY - The Western Hockey League has awarded an expansion franchise to Penticton, B.C. for the 2025-26 season. The WHL made the announcement Monday, in addition to initiating a franchise application process for Chilliwack, B.C., to begin play in the 2026-27 campaign. The expansion increases the number of teams in th...
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1000 Ways to Heal
1000 Ways to Heal: Cedar Baskets of the Secwépemc People
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Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - Flowering Seasonal Plants
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Will the U.S. economic threats influence how you vote in this federal election?
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COLLINS: Who's Your Choice?
Mar 23, 2025
Kamloops and Area
CANADA VOTES 2025
Three-term Shuswap-area MP Arnold adjusting to new riding boundaries
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is now split into two federal ridings, both ostensibly held by the opposition Conservatives. Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola, where incumbent Frank Caputo will run and Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies (KSCR), with incumbent Mel Arnold.Arnold was originally sworn in back in 2015, serving three terms as a me...
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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 ...
Mar 23, 2025
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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...
Mar 23, 2025
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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
BC Ferries says it had no involvement in 6 sick passengers on Saturday
VICTORIA - BC Ferries says it has nothing to do with a medical incident that left six passengers sickened, including two who had to be taken to hospital. The incident occurred Saturday on an afternoon sailing preparing to leave from Swartz Bay for Tsawwassen when six people were ill in a stairwell and required medical ...
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Police in B.C. say girl, 5, revived with naloxone after fentanyl overdose
MISSION, B.C. - Police in Mission, B.C., say a five-year-old girl was sent to hospital last week after she apparently overdosed on fentanyl, requiring multiple doses of naloxone to revive her. Mission RCMP say emergency responders were called to a home on Nottman Street on Thursday, where they found the child unconscio...
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U.S. ferry company 'unintentionally' flew Canadian flag upside down entering Victoria
SEATTLE - The operator of a ferry service between Vancouver Island and Washington state says it's sorry for "unintentionally" raising the Canadian flag upside down as it entered Victoria harbour on Sunday. The Black Ball Ferry Line, which runs a ferry between Victoria and Port Angeles, Wash., says raising the...
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Local Sports
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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...
Mar 23, 2025
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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 ...
Mar 23, 2025
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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
Police in B.C. say girl, 5, revived with naloxone after fentanyl overdose
MISSION, B.C. - Police in Mission, B.C., say a five-year-old girl was sent to hospital last week after she apparently overdosed on fentanyl, requiring multiple doses of naloxone to revive her. Mission RCMP say emergency responders were called to a home on Nottman Street on Thursday, where they found the child unconscio...
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U.S. ferry company 'unintentionally' flew Canadian flag upside down entering Victoria
SEATTLE - The operator of a ferry service between Vancouver Island and Washington state says it's sorry for "unintentionally" raising the Canadian flag upside down as it entered Victoria harbour on Sunday. The Black Ball Ferry Line, which runs a ferry between Victoria and Port Angeles, Wash., says raising the...
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Vancouver car show sets attendance records after Tesla ban, defying boycott calls
VANCOUVER - Organizers of the Vancouver International Auto Show say the event broke attendance records after it attracted international headlines for banning Tesla on safety grounds. Supporters of the electric car company and CEO Elon Musk had called for a boycott of the show, but organizers say it instead set a new fi...
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World
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns after 5 years in the position
The head of the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, Louis DeJoy, resigned Monday after nearly five years in the position and following protests last weekend by postal workers concerned about the direction of the agency. DeJoy had said last month he planned to step down but hadn't set a date. Deputy Postmaster General Doug...
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Venezuela-hired lawyers file petition in El Salvador in effort to free Venezuelans deported by US
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government filed legal action Monday in El Salvador aimed at freeing the 238 Venezuelans deported by the United States who are being held in a Salvadoran maximum-security prison. Jaime Ortega, who says he represents 30 of the imprisoned Venezuelans, said ...
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Trump's portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was `distorted'
DENVER (AP) - A portrait of President Donald hanging at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed it was "purposefully distorted," state officials said Monday. House Democrats said in a statement that the oil painting would be taken down at the request of Republican leaders in the Legi...
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