Consumer racial profiling a neglected human rights issue, report says
BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Heiltsuk Tribal Council Chief Marilyn Slett says no one in her community is immune to the small acts of racial profiling that can embed themselves in everyday life for an Indigenous person in Canada. "It's my parents going to a restaurant, and it's not a busy time in that restaurant...
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Vancouver Whitecaps enter new era with introduction of German star Thomas Muller
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are set to unveil their newest acquisition today with the introduction of German soccer star Thomas Muller. The Major League Soccer club signed the 35-year-old attacking midfielder last week, bringing him to Vancouver for the rest of the 2025 season. The deal also includes a Designat...
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Stay Ahead of the Curve with Kamloops' Trusted Property Manager - Rohit Kumar
May 20, 2025
Stay Ahead of the Curve with Kamloops' Trusted Property Manager - Rohit Kumar
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SOUND OFF: Increasing access to community adult literacy programs across B.C.
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Kamloops and Area
ONE YEAR LATER
One year after fire, Kamloops United Church aiming to fully reopen by Christmas Eve
KAMLOOPS - Hundreds gathered outside of Kamloops United Church on Aug. 13, 2024, while it burned and firefighters worked to quell the blaze that resulted from an electrical fire inside the edifice. The sanctuary and basement sustained significant damage, along with other areas of the church, including the kitchen used ...
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WORLD RECORD
Kamloops cooking marathon surpasses world record mark with no signs of stopping
KAMLOOPS - A world record was unofficially broken in Kamloops Wednesday morning (Aug. 13) at Afrofusion on Victoria Street downtown. Zainab Oladipo surpassed the current record of just over 140 hours on Wednesday, tentatively putting her cooking marathon into the record books. It was an energy boosting moment for the c...
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CARDIAC CARE
Interior Health working toward reopening the ICCHA-Wish Coronary Care Unit at RIH
KAMLOOPS - As CFJC Today reported Tuesday, the ICCHA-Wish Fund is calling on the NDP government and Interior Health for action on three priorities around cardiac care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops."Our district is almost 250,000 people within the TNRD," said ICCHA-Wish Founder Al Patel. "And to de...
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YKA to YVR Unaffected
Air Canada flight attendants' strike notice won't impact service from Kamloops to Vancouver: YKA
KAMLOOPS - Travelers flying between Kamloops and Vancouver will not have to worry about flight cancelations due to the Air Canada flight attendants labour dispute. The Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the union representing around 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, issued 72-hour strike...
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Stay Ahead of the Curve with Kamloops' Trusted Property Manager - Rohit Kumar
"I'm Rohit Kumar, born and raised in Kamloops, and I've witnessed our market's shifts firsthand. My mission is to keep investors ahead of the curve." As a property manager with RE/MAX Commercial Solutions, Rohit Kumar combines local insight with years of hands-on experience to ensure owners and investors maxi...
May 20, 2025
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Guide Dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
It's a rewarding experience filled with unconditional love and the opportunity to change the life of someone who is blind. Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Guide Dogs is urgently looking for volunteers to raise future guide dogs for people who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision."There's a hug...
Jul 23, 2025
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Shaping Ornamental Maples
Ornamental trees like the Japanese and Korean maples are indeed beautiful to have in your yard, but where's the best place to plant them and how do you make them look like the fancy ones you see in magazines? Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops takes time to show you some of the basics about ...
Jun 18, 2025
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British Columbia
Air quality warnings expand as wildfire burns on south-central Vancouver Island
PORT ALBERNI - The wildfire that has triggered evacuation orders and alerts on south-central Vancouver Island is billowing smoke that has prompted Environment Canada to expand an air quality advisory to the northern Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast. The bulletin says the smoke will be heaviest on eastern Vancouver Islan...
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Environment Canada warns of heavy rain, up to 80mm, for parts of B.C.'s south coast
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for parts of Metro Vancouver as well as the lower Sunshine Coast and Howe Sound regions. The weather agency says a frontal system that's "unseasonably" laden with moisture is expected to cross British Columbia's south coast on Friday. It says the sy...
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Consumer racial profiling a neglected human rights issue, report says
BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Heiltsuk Tribal Council Chief Marilyn Slett says no one in her community is immune to the small acts of racial profiling that can embed themselves in everyday life for an Indigenous person in Canada. "It's my parents going to a restaurant, and it's not a busy time in that restaurant...
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Local Sports
BOUNCING TO BRONZE
Dodd stomps difficult pass in big moment to snare bronze at World Games
CHENGDU, CHINA - Gavin Dodd of the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre was pitted against Troy Sitkowski of Australia in a one-pass-takes-all showdown for the double-mini-trampoline bronze medal this past weekend at the World Games in Chengdu, China. The multi-sport event is held every four years to showcase spor...
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NATIONAL CHAMPION
Matonovich of Kamloops wins gold, silver at Canadian championships
OTTAWA - Raiya Matonovich of the Kamloops Track and Field Club came within a nose of winning two gold medals at the Under-20 Canadian Track and Field Championships earlier this month in Ottawa.The 18-year-old middle distance runner claimed gold in the 1,500-metre, posting a time of 4:24:29 to edge silver medallist Maya...
Aug 13, 2025
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ON TOP OF EUROPE
Kienast of Kamloops Track and Field Club wins under-20 European hammer throw title
KAMLOOPS - Rising international star Nova Kienast saved her best for last at the European Athletics Under-20 Championships this past weekend in Tampere, Finland. Kienast, the 18-year-old German who trains at the Kamloops Track and Field Club, threw 67.93 metres on her sixth and final throw in the final to claim the gol...
Aug 13, 2025
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Canada
Judge reduces suspension for two Montreal officers sanctioned for lying to watchdog
MONTREAL - A Quebec court judge has overturned the majority of the sanctions against two Montreal police officers who were suspended for lying about their interactions with an inmate who died in custody in 2017. Judge Alexandre Henri ruled that police watchdog investigators had not informed the officers of their right ...
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Payments start for first claimants in First Nations child welfare case
OTTAWA - Some claimants are now receiving compensation payments through a $23-billion settlement for more than 300,000 First Nations children and their families. The settlement is meant to compensate children and their families for Canada's chronic underfunding of on-reserve child welfare services. Assembly of First Na...
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Fact File: No truth to online claims of dramatic drop in potato exports to U.S.
While Canadians wait for news of an improved trade situation with the United States, false reports about quiet deals with other countries have begun to fill the void. Recently, unfounded claims have spread online that Canada has slashed potato exports to the United States in response to tariffs, and struck a $1.6 billi...
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World
A car accident in small-town Tennessee leads to US charges against a major Mexican drug operation
WASHINGTON (AP) - The investigation began years ago after two drug dealers got into a car accident in a small Tennessee town. What followed was a series of secret wiretaps, a shootout with police and the discovery of drugs hidden in a tractor trailer that would eventually lead federal investigators back to cartel leade...
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DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility in north Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state's holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades dubbed "A...
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Death toll in Kashmir flash floods rises to at least 32, Indian officials say
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - At least 32 people are dead in flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote, mountainous village in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a top disaster management official said Thursday. Mohammed Irshad said rescue teams scouring the devastated Himalayan village of Chositi brought at least 100 peopl...
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