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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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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SOUND OFF: Delivering on infrastructure projects in your community
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Things You Need To Get Done In Spring
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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
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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KAMLOOPS COUNCIL
Public input to return to Kamloops council meetings with new restrictions
KAMLOOPS - Public input is back on the agenda at regular Kamloops council meetings, beginning at the upcoming May 27 meeting.There has, however, been a number of changes implemented, including limiting the space to five speakers per meeting, each receiving two minutes to ask a question related to that day's agenda.&quo...
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Rising Policing Costs
SILGA delegates unanimously support Kamloops resolution calling for changes to RCMP funding model
KAMLOOPS - A resolution from the City of Kamloops calling for a new funding model for the RCMP was unanimously supported by delegates at last week's Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) conference. It was presented by Kamloops Councillor Katie Neustaeter, who says municipalities have been forced to re...
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HOUSING MARKET
Kamloops real estate market could see activity boost from federal first-time homebuyers' GST exemption
KAMLOOPS - The federal government's plan to remove the GST on a home at or under a $1 million price tag could save buyers around $50,000 - but only if you're a first-time homebuyer. The pledge was made by Prime Minister Mark Carney in March of this year, heading into the federal election campaign. A similar GST exempti...
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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
Planned burn could have killed trapped firefighters, says B.C. safety report
British Columbia's worker protection agency says a planned burn by the province's wildfire service during the devastating 2023 fire season could have killed or injured multiple firefighters who became "trapped by extreme fire behaviour" that cut off their escape. Inspection reports by WorkSafeBC say the BC Wi...
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B.C. coroner reopens investigation of Indigenous woman's death
British Columbia's chief coroner says he is reopening the investigation into the death of an Indigenous woman the day after her family went public with concerns about how her case was handled. Dr. Jatinder Baidwan says he's directing a coroner's inquest to publicly review the circumstances that led to the death of Taty...
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Mother visiting from Philippines was among Vancouver festival victims
Family members and friends of those killed in a vehicle attack at a Vancouver festival are coming forward to tell the stories of their loved ones. A 30-year-old man faces second-degree murder charges over the attack that killed 11 people at the Lapu Lapu Day festival. Here is what we know about some of the victims: Mar...
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Local Sports
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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League 1BC
Kamloops United women lose, men win first away games of the season in Nanaimo
NANAIMO, B.C. - There was more heartbreak for the Kamloops United (KUFC) women's team as another stoppage time goal prevented them from picking up their first points of the League1 BC season Sunday (May 4) morning.Goals from Cara Freeman and Norah Bell had KUFC up 2-0 just past the hour mark, but they conceded three en...
May 04, 2025
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Canada
Toronto school board says it got a ransom demand over stolen student data
TORONTO - Canada's largest school board says it has received a ransom demand over student data that was stolen last December, even though the company behind the affected software paid ransom in hopes of securing that information. The Toronto District School Board says in a letter to parents and caregivers that it recen...
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'Every day is fun because I'm still alive,' says 110-year-old Canadian veteran
One of Canada's oldest veterans, Burdett Sisler, says it's not that hard to make it to 110 years old - all you have to do is stay alive. "Anybody can do it," the supercentenarian said in a recent interview. "I don't feel any different as any other day really, except I can't move as fast or think as fast....
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CEOs call on Carney to 'take action' to support domestic energy sector
OTTAWA - Canada's energy CEOs are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to claw back some regulations to bolster the oil and gas sector. In a letter signed by 38 CEOs of Canadian energy companies the day after the election, the industry pitched five suggestions to support investment. They include overhauling the govern...
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World
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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Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. The cardinals participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith'...
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Syria's leader says his country is holding indirect talks with Israel to avert an escalation
PARIS (AP) - Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa said Wednesday that his country is holding indirect talks with Israel to prevent recent hostilities from getting out of control. He spoke on his first visit to Europe since taking office in January, and as he seeks to broaden ties to Western countries. Israel carried out a ...
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