

Blazers US Draft
'They know each other': Blazers select two California players in U.S. Priority Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers went to the Golden State twice in the 2025 Western Hockey League (WHL) U.S. Priority Draft and picked a forward and a defenceman with their two picks.They took forward Collin Kim with the 15th overall pick and defenceman Chase Gill with the 33rd overall pick in the sixth iteration of the...
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Fred “Gus” Collins Media Award
CFJC's Marty Hastings receives second Canada West media award for TRU WolfPack coverage
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops sports reporter has been recognized for his work covering student athletics. Canada West announced CFJC's Marty Hastings received the conference's Fred "Gus" Collins Media Award. The award is presented to a member of the media who tirelessly covers Canada West and its student athletes. I...
1h ago
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Our Community
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: Delivering on infrastructure projects in your community
May 07, 2025

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - One Potato, Two Potato!
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: School District 73 - please reverse your decision to cut the after-school Strings program
May 06, 2025
Question of the Week
Is the price of groceries motivating you to grow your own vegetables this year?
May 05, 2025

Kamloops and Area

Highway 1 Incident
Vehicle incident snarls traffic on Highway 1 east of Cache Creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The Trans Canada Highway is closed in both directions east of Cache Creek. DriveBC first reported a vehicle incident on Highway 1 between Cache Creek and Walhachin at around 10:05 a.m. Thursday (May 8). Drivers are told to expect delays and watch for crews en route. This is a developing story, and m...
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Assault Investigation
Woman reportedly stabbed in downtown Kamloops over the weekend
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating an alleged stabbing in the city's downtown over the weekend. Just before 11:00 p.m. Friday, May 2, RCMP say officers were told of an injured person who has reportedly been assaulted with a weapon in an alley near the 500-block of Victoria Street. Police were called to the 200-...
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United Way BC's Period Promise campaign looks to address increased period poverty in Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS - United Way BC's annual Period Promise campaign kicked off earlier this month, running until May 31. This year's campaign is working to combat the growing rate of people in the local area who are experiencing period poverty.The campaign provides period products to agencies whose clients may be living in pover...
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KAMLOOPS CANCER CENTRE
Already a challenge, worry grows that design may further hinder recruitment at promised Kamloops cancer centre
KAMLOOPS - Construction is expected to begin on the Kamloops cancer centre this summer, as the procurement phase of the project wraps up, with patients set to begin receiving treatment in the city by 2028. Despite shovels expected to hit the dirt in the months ahead, politicians, doctors and others have been raising co...
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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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Our Community
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: Delivering on infrastructure projects in your community
May 07, 2025

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Unique Specimen Trees
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: School District 73 - please reverse your decision to cut the after-school Strings program
May 06, 2025
Question of the Week
Is the price of groceries motivating you to grow your own vegetables this year?
May 05, 2025

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - One Potato, Two Potato!
1000 Ways to Heal
1000 Ways to Heal: Red Dress Day
May 05, 2025
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: May 5, 2025
May 05, 2025

British Columbia

Gang member wanted Canada-wide arrested in Vancouver, returned to Ontario
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver have arrested a man who they say is a member of the Zone 43 gang and was wanted nationwide for drugs and firearms offences. They say the 31-year-old was convicted of 10 different charges after an investigation by the Ottawa Police Service, but fled and has been operating in Vancouver's D...
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B.C. farmers asked to register animal locations ahead of fire season
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Agriculture Ministry is urging ranchers and farmers to register the location of their livestock ahead of wildfire season. It says registering with Premises ID will ensure emergency responders have access to accurate information on livestock locations in the event of an emergency. That woul...
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NDP faces 'Parliament from hell' without official party status, says former MP
OTTAWA - The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election - a time one former New Democrat MP remembers as "the Parliament from hell." Svend Robinson represented Burnaby, B.C., in the House of Commons from 1979...
10h ago
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Local Sports

Blazers US Draft
'They know each other': Blazers select two California players in U.S. Priority Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers went to the Golden State twice in the 2025 Western Hockey League (WHL) U.S. Priority Draft and picked a forward and a defenceman with their two picks.They took forward Collin Kim with the 15th overall pick and defenceman Chase Gill with the 33rd overall pick in the sixth iteration of the...
10m ago
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Fred “Gus” Collins Media Award
CFJC's Marty Hastings receives second Canada West media award for TRU WolfPack coverage
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops sports reporter has been recognized for his work covering student athletics. Canada West announced CFJC's Marty Hastings received the conference's Fred "Gus" Collins Media Award. The award is presented to a member of the media who tirelessly covers Canada West and its student athletes. I...
1h ago
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WHL Prospects Draft
Blazers take defenceman and forward with two first round WHL Prospects Draft picks
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers took a defenceman and a forward with their two picks in the first round of the Western Hockey League (WHL) Prospects Draft. The Blazers selected Winnipeg defenceman Mateo Ferreira with the 11th overall pick and took Falher, AB, forward Teagen Bouchard three slots later at 14. Ferreira sc...
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Canada

Ottawa, Indigenous capital group sign first-of-its-kind 10-year agreement
OTTAWA - Ottawa and the National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association have signed a first-of-its-kind, $514 million agreement to help boost entrepreneurship. Indigenous Services Canada says it's the first time it has approved a 10-year agreement under an economic development program meant to advance economic reco...
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What Trump's agreement with the U.K. suggests about trade talks with Canada
WASHINGTON - Experts say U.S. President Donald Trump's preliminary trade agreement with the United Kingdom could offer hints about how his administration might negotiate with Canada. The agreement announced today is not finalized and many details remain unclear, but it sent a signal to nations around the world rattled ...
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Ontario reports almost 200 new measles cases as virus spreads across Canada
TORONTO - Health officials say measles infected 197 more people in Ontario over the last week as the highly contagious disease emerged in new parts of the country. That brings the province's tally of probable and confirmed cases to 1,440 since an outbreak began in October. Public Health Ontario's measles report says th...
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World

Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the...
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from four countries. The Associated Press
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Police arrest father of 15-year-old who killed 2 at Wisconsin religious school
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The father of a Wisconsin teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student in a school shooting was arrested Thursday in connection with the case, an official told The Associated Press. The shooting occurred at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison last December, and police planned a press ...
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