WHL Expansion
Blazers lose D Anderlini to Penticton in WHL expansion draft
CALGARY - When the expansion Penticton Vees visit the Kamloops Blazers during the 2025-26 Western Hockey League (WHL) season, their roster will include a couple of familiar faces.The WHL expansion draft was held Wednesday (May 7). The Vees chose players from 13 WHL teams, while the league accepted seven trade proposals...
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Wet Snow
Wet snow possible for Coquihalla Highway and Okanagan Connector overnight
MERRITT, B.C. - April showers bring May wet flurries on some Interior highways. Environment Canada has a special weather statement in effect for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt and the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Kelowna from overnight Wednesday (May 7) until early Thursday (May 8) morning. The weath...
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SOUND OFF: School District 73 - please reverse your decision to cut the after-school Strings program
May 06, 2025
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May 05, 2025
Kamloops and Area
NO FLAMES SHOWING
Columbia Street traffic diverted as Kamloops Fire Rescue investigates downtown smoke report
KAMLOOPS - Traffic was momentarily snarled in front of Royal Inland Hospital along Columbia Street Wednesday morning (May 7), as Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were called out to a report of smoke at a strip mall. The report came in around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning for light smoke, and a burning smell in the Columbia Me...
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Voyent Alert! Test
City of Kamloops issuing test alert via Voyent Alert! app Thursday
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents who have signed up for Voyent Alert! notifications shouldn't panic if their phones go off Thursday (May 8). The City of Kamloops will issue a test alert on Thursday, meaning residents who have downloaded the Voyent Alert! app will receive either an email, phone call or text notification. I...
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SD73 Cuts
SD73 Parent Advisory Council plans weekend rally to bolster call for increased education funding
KAMLOOPS - The School District 73 (SD73) Parent Advisory Council will hold a rally as part of a call to the B.C. government to raise funding for public education in Kamloops and area ahead the upcoming academic year. On Saturday (May 10) from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., parents of SD73 students and other partners with th...
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Doctor Shortage
Kamloops looks to Colwood for municipally operated medical clinic model
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has asked staff to come up with a business case for a municipally owned and operated medical clinic. Spearheaded by Councillor Kelly Hall, the idea is modelled after one launched by the City of Colwood on Vancouver Island that aims to recruit eight new doctors in a year. Hall says Colwood's ...
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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
Court can weather suggestion accused spends 'rest of his goddamned life in jail': Eby
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is confident the independence of the court won't be influenced by his feelings that the man accused of killing 11 people at a Filipino festival should "spend the rest of his goddamned life in jail." The B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association has criticized Eby f...
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B.C. government appoints former chief justice review festival safety measures
The British Columbia government has appointed a former chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court to report on safety measures for event organizers and police after 11 people were killed in a vehicle attack in Vancouver. Premier David Eby says Christopher Hinkson has agreed to serve as commissioner to conduct the review &...
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B.C. premier says softwood lumber accord could build "momentum" for U.S. trade deals
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says resolving the softwood lumber dispute could create "momentum" for a larger trade agreement between Canada and the United States. Eby says he and several other premiers pressed that point when they met virtually with Prime Minister Mark Carney for the first ti...
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Local Sports
WHL Expansion
Blazers lose D Anderlini to Penticton in WHL expansion draft
CALGARY - When the expansion Penticton Vees visit the Kamloops Blazers during the 2025-26 Western Hockey League (WHL) season, their roster will include a couple of familiar faces.The WHL expansion draft was held Wednesday (May 7). The Vees chose players from 13 WHL teams, while the league accepted seven trade proposals...
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AT NATIONALS
Bottle, B.C. aiming to bounce back after loss at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
KAMLOOPS - Jaylah Bottle and Team B.C. suffered a setback in female play at the Under-18 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships on Tuesday (May 6) in Kamloops. Manitoba earned a 3-2 victory over B.C. at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre, taking a two-goal lead and staving off a comeback attempt to improve to one...
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B.C. CHAMPIONS
Rugby redemption for Kamloops Raiders: 'It was perfect'
KAMLOOPS -- Dillon Alexandre held his baby daughter in his left hand and gripped the B.C. Rugby Union Men's Division 2 Championship Trophy with his right mitt, laughing while the moment was captured on camera. "It's exactly what I've been hoping for forever," Alexandre said. "It was perfect." Alexan...
May 06, 2025
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Canada
CP NewsAlert: Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai stepping down, won't run in next election
WHITEHORSE - Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai says he is stepping down as the leader of the governing Liberal party and will not be running for re-election. Pillai says he's asked the party to immediately begin the process of holding a convention to select a new leader. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Canada's South Asian diaspora on edge in light of mounting India-Pakistan tensions
Canada's South Asian community is on edge after conflict erupted between India and Pakistan in the form of missile strikes that killed 31 people in Pakistani-administered areas. The Hindu Canadian Foundation says in a statement on its website that its members "may face heightened risks" in light of the tensio...
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B.C. government appoints former chief justice review festival safety measures
The British Columbia government has appointed a former chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court to report on safety measures for event organizers and police after 11 people were killed in a vehicle attack in Vancouver. Premier David Eby says Christopher Hinkson has agreed to serve as commissioner to conduct the review &...
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World
Judge says US must allow migrants a chance to challenge in court any deportations to Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday found the Trump administration can't deport migrants to Libya unless they have a meaningful chance to challenge their removal in court. The order from U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy in Massachusetts comes after attorneys said immigration authorities informed migrants ...
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President Donald Trump taps wellness influencer close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for surgeon general
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is tapping Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as his nominee for surgeon general after withdrawing his initial pick for the influential health post. Trump said in a social media post Thursday that Mea...
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3 former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he fled a traffic stop
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Three former Memphis were acquitted Wednesday of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran away from a traffic stop in 2023. A jury took about 8 1/2 hours over two days to find Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty on all...
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