Bike Valet Returns
'Bigger and better' Kamloops bike valet returns for second summer
KAMLOOPS - A "bigger and better" Kamloops bike valet is back for its second year, though it will be set up in a new downtown location this summer. Climate and Sustainability Manager Glen Cheetham says the City has once again partnered with Tourism Kamloops to offer this free service, after a successful pilot ...
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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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Kamloops and Area
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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Union Contract
Valleyview A&W workers in Kamloops ratify inaugural contract in Canadian first
KAMLOOPS - Workers at the A&W restaurant in Valleyview have ratified their inaugural contract, making them the first in Canada to unionize, according to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). In a statement, IBEW says 20 employees at the restaurant located on the East Trans Canada Highway voted...
May 09, 2025
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SNOWPACK CONDITIONS
Lower Thompson snowpack at zero per cent of normal; other basins near Kamloops down in May report
VICTORIA - New data from the BC River Forecast Centre (BCRFC) shows that while the overall snowpack lowered across the Kamloops area over the last month, conditions have careened to the bottom in the Lower Thompson basin. According to the latest Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin, the Lower Thompson basin is sitting...
May 09, 2025
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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
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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Onex selling minority stakes in WestJet to Delta and Korean Air
Onex Corp. has sold a minority stake in WestJet to Delta Air Lines and Korean Air in a US$550-million deal that aims to position the Calgary-based airline for growth abroad amid intensifying domestic competition and plummeting demand for flights to the U.S. Under the deals announced Friday, Delta will acquire a 15 per ...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney to unveil his new cabinet on Tuesday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil his new cabinet at Rideau Hall on Tuesday - and it's expected to be a slimmed-down front bench meant to signal a more businesses-minded approach to government. Rideau Hall confirmed the timing of the swearing-in ceremony in a media release on Friday. Marci Surkes of ...
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Local Sports
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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IN THE WHL
Blazers' GM Clouston recaps draft days; first-round pick Ferreira shares thoughts
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have completed the WHL Prospects Draft and U.S. Priority Draft. All told, the Blazers picked 12 players - six forwards, four defencemen and two goaltenders - across the two drafts Wednesday and Thursday, May 7 and 8. There were four players each from Alberta and Saskatchewan and two each...
May 09, 2025
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Canada
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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Canadians could stay visa-free longer in U.S. under proposed bill
Canadian snowbirds could stay longer in the United States without a visa if a bill recently proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law. The bipartisan bill put forward by Reps. Elise Stefanik of New York, Laurel Lee of Florida and Greg Stanton of Arizona proposes to extend the time Canadian citizens can ...
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Ottawa looks to off-load costly, seldom-used mobile hospitals bought for the pandemic
OTTAWA - The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal year to store and maintain four custom-made, portable hospitals that cost taxpayers more than $200 million to buy - facilities meant to bolster overwhelmed hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic that were barely used. Early on in the pandemic...
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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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