HOCKEY
Team B.C. to play for women's gold at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Organizers of the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Kamloops are hoping for a good turnout at the medal games Saturday (May 10) as the week-long tournament comes to an end. It will be Team BC and Manitoba who square off in the women's gold medal game at 7:00 p.m., while Alberta will face Manitoba i...
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Merritt Flood Protection
Merritt gets another $3.4 million in provincial funding towards flood-protection work
MERRITT - The City of Merritt says it has received around $3.4 million from the Provincial Government to improve its flood-protection infrastructure.It says the money will go towards Phase 1 of the Middlesboro Diking Project, which will include the installation of 90 metres of dikes just east of the Middlesboro Bridge,...
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Kamloops and Area
Lillooet By-election
Voting underway in District of Lillooet by-election
LILLOOET, B.C. - It's by-election day in the District of Lillooet as voters head to the polls to elect a new councillor. People will be able to vote at the District of Lillooet Municipal Office on Main Street between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Saturday, May 10. They'll get to choose from one of three candidates - Kevin A...
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JURY ACQUITTAL
Shuswap man acquitted in deadly 2021 shooting at Scotch Creek car wash
KAMLOOPS - A North Shuswap man charged in a fatal shooting was acquitted by a B.C. Supreme Court jury Friday (May 9) in Kamloops Law Courts. Fifty-four-year-old Paul Binder was facing a second-degree murder charge after shooting 32-year-old John Vance in a Scotch Creek car wash in June of 2021. After less than a day of...
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murder trial
Bagabuyo trial shifts to Vancouver; bail conditions adjusted
KAMLOOPS - Now proceeding out of Vancouver, the first-degree murder trial for former Kamloops lawyer Rogelio 'Butch' Bagabuyo resumed Friday (May 9). The details are protected by a court-ordered publication ban, but Bagabuyo's bail conditions have been reset by Justice Kathleen Ker. Bagabuyo is accused in the homicide ...
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NEW POPE
Parishioners at Kamloops' Sacred Heart Cathedral talk first North American pope in history
KAMLOOPS - White smoke filled the air in the Vatican City on Thursday (May 8) evening, signaling the election of a new pope, Cardinal Robert Provost, taking the name of Leo XIV and ascending to the highest post in the Catholic church. Pope Leo XIV presiding over his first mass, a day after he was elected on the fourth ...
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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
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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
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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
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British Columbia
North Vancouver fire crews battle morning blaze at seniors centre in Lynn Valley
NORTH VANCOUVER - Crews from three fire departments on Vancouver's North Shore are battling a blaze at an apartment complex that began Saturday morning. District of North Vancouver spokesman Ryan Schaap says the blaze broke out at the Silverlynn Apartment complex in Lynn Valley and crews continue to battle the flames. ...
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BC Wildfire Service dealing with 11 'overwintering wildfires' near Fort Nelson
FORT NELSON - The BC Wildfire Service says 11 fires that have been smouldering underground near Fort Nelson, B.C., since last year are being whipped up by warm and dry weather conditions. The service says in a Facebook post that the fires have begun visibly smoking recently and officials are monitoring the blazes close...
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Five youth plead guilty in 2024 swarming of girl in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA - Prosecutors say five youth involved in a violent swarming of a girl in Kelowna, B.C., last year have entered guilty pleas. Damienne Darby, a spokeswoman for the BC Prosecution Service, says one young person pleaded guilty to one count of assault in January and was handed a sentence of two years' probation in ...
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Local Sports
HOCKEY
Team B.C. to play for women's gold at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Organizers of the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Kamloops are hoping for a good turnout at the medal games Saturday (May 10) as the week-long tournament comes to an end. It will be Team BC and Manitoba who square off in the women's gold medal game at 7:00 p.m., while Alberta will face Manitoba i...
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TRAINING CAMP
B.C. Lions Rourke, Pierce share thoughts on Kamloops hopefuls Meikle, Bond of B.C. Football Conference
KAMLOOPS - Colton Meikle and Jacob Bond of Kamloops are carrying the flag for the Canadian Junior Football League this week at B.C. Lions' training camp. The B.C. Football Conference (BCFC) all-stars - Meikle a receiver for the Kamloops Broncos and Bond a linebacker for the Okanagan Sun of Kelowna - are not satisfied w...
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PROSPECT INTERVIEW
Kamloops Blazers' first-rounder Bouchard talks big boy hockey, farm life, WHL goals
The Kamloops Blazers picked Teagen Bouchard with the 14th overall pick in the WHL Prospects Draft on Wednesday (May 7). He racked up 21 goals and 61 points in 30 games with Northern Alberta Xtreme last season in the under-15 Canadian Sport School Hockey League ranks. Bouchard, a five-foot-seven 155-pound right shot fro...
May 09, 2025
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Canada
Quebec Superior Court authorizes class-action over traffic stops without reason
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class action suit brought on behalf of racialized people who were stopped while behind the wheel by police without reason to suspect an offence. Justice Catherine Piché authorized the lawsuit in a ruling rendered last month, which targets police in eight ...
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Survivor holds cautious hope amid claims new Pope mishandled clergy abuse allegations
ST. JOHN'S - An advocate for victims of clergy abuse says they are cautiously optimistic about Pope Leo XIV, but they are keeping a close eye on recently surfaced allegations that he previously sheltered those accused of abuse. Newfoundlander Gemma Hickey is the board president of Ending Clergy Abuse, and they are in R...
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Quebec coroner calls for tougher controls over diphenhydramine sales after 2023 death
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is recommending that diphenhydramine - an antihistamine and sedative sometimes used to sleep better - should be better managed in pharmacies after the overdose death of an 18-year-old man south of Montreal in December 2023. The young man, whose identity is not revealed in the report made pub...
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World
Pope Leo XIV lays out his vision and identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit Saturday to a sanctuary south of Rome that is dedicated to the Madonna. Italy's TV2000 showed images of residents in the town of Genazzano gathered outside the church housing the Madre del Buon Consiglio sanctuary, where the pope arrived to pray some 20 minutes ear...
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An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude has been reported in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) - An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude was reported Saturday morning in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta, Georgia, and western North Carolina, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and local news reports. The website for USGS said the earthquake originated shortly after 9 a.m. EDT about 12 miles (...
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European leaders arrive in Kyiv amid push for 30-day cease-fire
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The leaders of four European countries arrived in Kyiv Saturday in a joint show of support as calls intensify for Russia to agree to a monthlong cease-fire in the war. The leaders of France, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom arrived together at the train station in Kyiv, where they are expecte...
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