Sun Peaks Summer
Sun Peaks Resort releases events lineup for 2025 summer season
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - It's shaping up to be a busy summer at Sun Peaks Resort, featuring a "dynamic range" of music, motorsports, arts, and lifestyle events.Tourism Sun Peaks has released its lineup for the Sun Peaks Centre Stage, which will be highlighted by some big-ticket concerts in July featuring the likes o...
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Merritt Grassfire
Grassfire near Merritt being held at 51 hectares
MERRITT - The BC Wildfire Service says a grassfire that is burning south of Douglas Lake is being held at 51 hectares in size.Fire Information Officer Cassidy Martin told CFJC Today that five BC Wildfire Service personnel were tasked with actioning this fire east of Merritt Sunday (April 27). This particular blaze was ...
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TRU Signing
Prince George native Jordan Fulljames transfers to TRU volleyball team
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers WolfPack men's volleyball team have announced signing of Prince George native Jordan Fulljames ahead of the 2025-26 Canada West season. Fulljames, a six-foot-three outside hitter, has three years of eligibility left as he played two seasons of Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCA...
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League1 BC
KUFC men play to scoreless draw Saturday; women still searching for first win
KAMLOOPS - A tough weekend of League1 BC games for Kamloops United FC (KUFC) as they hosted Altitude FC from North Vancouver Saturday (April 26) afternoon.The KUFC women conceded four goals in the first 30 minutes en route to a 5-1 loss at McArthur Island. Jayda Thompson and Vanessa Tome scored a pair each, while Holly...
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Arson in Merritt
Arson investigation underway after fire at flood-damaged houses in Merritt
MERRITT - Merritt RCMP are asking for help in identifying any suspects after a pair of houses on the 1300 block of Pine Street were intentionally set on fire Saturday (April 26) night.Police say there were called just before 9:00 p.m. to assist Merritt Fire Rescue crews, who were battling the blazes at a pair of flood-...
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ER Closure
100 Mile ER to close for 10 hours Saturday night
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The emergency room in 100 Mile House will be closed for 10 hours Saturday (April 26).Interior Health says the ER at the 100 Mile District General Hospital will be unavailable from 9:00 p.m. Saturday until 7:00 a.m. Sunday. This is the seventh ER closure in 100 Mile this year, with the most recent...
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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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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - One Potato, Two Potato!
Springtime means buds, but it also means spuds! Yes it's a great time to plant potatoes and Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a number of great suggestions for you to try out this season.
Apr 15, 2025
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British Columbia
Timeline of Vancouver vehicle attack that left 11 dead at Lapu Lapu Day festival
VANCOUVER - A Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver was meant to be a daylong celebration of Filipino culture. Less that 15 minutes after events were scheduled to wrap up, an SUV tore through the area behind a school filled with food trucks, killing at least 11 people. Here is a timeline of the tragedy (all times Pacific...
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Death toll increases to 11 in ramming attack on Vancouver Filipino festival
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's interim police chief says the death toll in the ramming attack on a Filipino community festival on Saturday has increased to 11. Steve Rai says dozens more are injured and the death toll could rise further after the attack in which an SUV sped through a South Vancouver street crowded with hundre...
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Nine dead after SUV plows through Vancouver Filipino festival, man arrested
VANCOUVER - (UPDATE April 27, 3:20 a.m.): Police in Vancouver say nine people are dead after an SUV plowed through a Vancouver street festival being staged by the city's Filipino community Saturday night, leaving a trail of debris and victims in its wake. Witness Nic Magtajas described an SUV roaring through the Lapu L...
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Local Sports
TRU Signing
Prince George native Jordan Fulljames transfers to TRU volleyball team
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers WolfPack men's volleyball team have announced signing of Prince George native Jordan Fulljames ahead of the 2025-26 Canada West season. Fulljames, a six-foot-three outside hitter, has three years of eligibility left as he played two seasons of Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCA...
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League1 BC
KUFC men play to scoreless draw Saturday; women still searching for first win
KAMLOOPS - A tough weekend of League1 BC games for Kamloops United FC (KUFC) as they hosted Altitude FC from North Vancouver Saturday (April 26) afternoon.The KUFC women conceded four goals in the first 30 minutes en route to a 5-1 loss at McArthur Island. Jayda Thompson and Vanessa Tome scored a pair each, while Holly...
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First Pro Goal
Blazers defenceman Harrison Brunicke scores first professional hockey goal
ALLENTOWN, PA - Another milestone for Kamloops Blazers defenceman Harrison Brunicke, who scored his first goal in professional hockey Friday (April 25) night.The 18-year-old Brunicke found the back of the net for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, in a 3-2 defeat to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in a Calder Cup playoff g...
Apr 26, 2025
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Canada
A look at some recent deadly attacks involving vehicle rammings
VANCOUVER - A car-ramming at a Vancouver street festival being staged by the city's Filipino community is the latest in a spate of horrific incidents where vehicles were used as weapons. Here is a look at some other recent attacks: NEW ORLEANS, Jan 1, 2025 - A driver plowed a pickup truck through a crowd of New Year's ...
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Shock, devastation among Filipino community after Vancouver SUV attack that killed 11
VANCOUVER - (UPDATE 3:15 p.m.): Shock and grief rippled through Canada's Filipino community on Sunday as members struggled to come to grips with an attack at a cultural street festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people and injuring dozens more. Filipino BC community organizer RJ Aquino told a news briefing Sunday he's...
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Vancouver festival ramming is latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons
MONTREAL - A car-ramming at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver that killed at least nine people marks Canada's fourth attack in seven years in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons. Around the world, people fuelled by motives ranging from terrorism and far-right extremism to misogyny and mental illnes...
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World
Israeli jets strike Beirut's southern suburbs for third time since ceasefire
BEIRUT (AP) - Israeli jets struck Beirut's southern suburbs Sunday after issuing a warning about an hour earlier, marking the third Israeli strike on the area since a ceasefire took effect in late November. A huge plume of smoke billowed over the area after the strike. There were no immediate reports of casualties. In ...
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Pakistani troops kill 54 militants attempting to sneak into Pakistan from Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani security forces overnight killed 54 militants who attempted to cross into the country from Afghanistan, the military said Sunday, marking one of the deadliest such killings in recent years. In a statement, the military said intelligence reports indicated the killed militants were "Khwari...
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South Korea's main opposition party taps former party chief as presidential candidate
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's main liberal opposition party tapped Sunday its former leader Lee Jae-myung as presidential candidate in the upcoming June 3 vote. The Democratic Party said Lee has won nearly 90% of the votes cast during the party's primary that ended Sunday, defeating two competitors. Lee, a li...
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