ONE YEAR LATER
One year after fire, Kamloops United Church aiming to fully reopen by Christmas Eve
KAMLOOPS - Hundreds gathered outside of Kamloops United Church on Aug. 13, 2024, while it burned and firefighters worked to quell the blaze that resulted from an electrical fire inside the edifice. The sanctuary and basement sustained significant damage, along with other areas of the church, including the kitchen used ...
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NEW RCMP DETACHMENT
Provincial approval for series of Kamloops AAPs expected in 6-to-8 weeks
KAMLOOPS - On Tuesday (Aug. 12), Kamloops council voted to ask the province to okay a series of new alternative approval processes (AAP) as the city seeks to borrow nearly $190 million dollars for four projects. While all four motions were approved by council, the plan to build a new RCMP detachment along Battle Street...
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Stay Ahead of the Curve with Kamloops' Trusted Property Manager - Rohit Kumar
May 20, 2025
Stay Ahead of the Curve with Kamloops' Trusted Property Manager - Rohit Kumar
SOUND OFF
SOUND OFF: Increasing access to community adult literacy programs across B.C.
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Question of the Week
Have there been enough public warnings regarding drowning dangers in area rivers and lakes?
Aug 11, 2025
Kamloops and Area
WORLD RECORD
Kamloops cooking marathon surpasses world record mark with no signs of stopping
KAMLOOPS - A world record was unofficially broken in Kamloops Wednesday morning (Aug. 13) at Afrofusion on Victoria Street downtown. Zainab Oladipo surpassed the current record of just over 140 hours on Wednesday, tentatively putting her cooking marathon into the record books. It was an energy boosting moment for the c...
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CARDIAC CARE
Interior Health working toward reopening the ICCHA-Wish Coronary Care Unit at RIH
KAMLOOPS - As CFJC Today reported Tuesday, the ICCHA-Wish Fund is calling on the NDP government and Interior Health for action on three priorities around cardiac care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops."Our district is almost 250,000 people within the TNRD," said ICCHA-Wish Founder Al Patel. "And to de...
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YKA to YVR Unaffected
Air Canada flight attendants' strike notice won't impact service from Kamloops to Vancouver: YKA
KAMLOOPS - Travelers flying between Kamloops and Vancouver will not have to worry about flight cancelations due to the Air Canada flight attendants labour dispute. The Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the union representing around 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, issued 72-hour strike...
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Kamloops Building Sector
Kamloops building sector grows by $80M during busy July
KAMLOOPS - A busy month of July helped the Kamloops building sector get on track to matching its production in 2024. New numbers released by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division show nearly $80.3 million was recorded over 91 permits in July 2025, nearly triple the value of $30.9 million recorded over 84 pe...
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Stay Ahead of the Curve with Kamloops' Trusted Property Manager - Rohit Kumar
"I'm Rohit Kumar, born and raised in Kamloops, and I've witnessed our market's shifts firsthand. My mission is to keep investors ahead of the curve." As a property manager with RE/MAX Commercial Solutions, Rohit Kumar combines local insight with years of hands-on experience to ensure owners and investors maxi...
May 20, 2025
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Guide Dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
It's a rewarding experience filled with unconditional love and the opportunity to change the life of someone who is blind. Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Guide Dogs is urgently looking for volunteers to raise future guide dogs for people who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision."There's a hug...
Jul 23, 2025
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Shaping Ornamental Maples
Ornamental trees like the Japanese and Korean maples are indeed beautiful to have in your yard, but where's the best place to plant them and how do you make them look like the fancy ones you see in magazines? Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops takes time to show you some of the basics about ...
Jun 18, 2025
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British Columbia
Families whose ancestors gave up Indigenous status sue for rights return
VANCOUVER - A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Federal Court says the Canadian government wrongfully denies people status under the country's Indian Act if their ancestors "voluntarily" gave up Indigenous status under laws that predate Confederation. Plaintiffs Charles Wesley, Christopher Wesley, Sharon...
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Man facing second-degree murder charge in fatal assault in Coquitlam, B.C.
COQUITLAM - A 59-year-old man faces a second-degree murder charge after an alleged attack with a weapon resulted in the death of another man in Coquitlam, B.C. Homicide investigators say it happened on Aug. 1 in the 400 block of Midvale Street, where responding officers found a man with serious injuries. The accused wa...
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Homicide team investigates fatal shooting in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE - Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting overnight in Maple Ridge, B.C. Police say officers were called to reports of a shooting in the area of 246 Street and 124 Avenue early Tuesday, and found a man inside a vehicle not far away with an apparent gunshot wound. Emergency responders attempte...
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Local Sports
BOUNCING TO BRONZE
Dodd stomps difficult pass in big moment to snare bronze at World Games
CHENGDU, CHINA - Gavin Dodd of the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre was pitted against Troy Sitkowski of Australia in a one-pass-takes-all showdown for the double-mini-trampoline bronze medal this past weekend at the World Games in Chengdu, China. The multi-sport event is held every four years to showcase spor...
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NATIONAL CHAMPION
Matonovich of Kamloops wins gold, silver at Canadian championships
OTTAWA - Raiya Matonovich of the Kamloops Track and Field Club came within a nose of winning two gold medals at the Under-20 Canadian Track and Field Championships earlier this month in Ottawa.The 18-year-old middle distance runner claimed gold in the 1,500-metre, posting a time of 4:24:29 to edge silver medallist Maya...
Aug 13, 2025
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ON TOP OF EUROPE
Kienast of Kamloops Track and Field Club wins under-20 European hammer throw title
KAMLOOPS - Rising international star Nova Kienast saved her best for last at the European Athletics Under-20 Championships this past weekend in Tampere, Finland. Kienast, the 18-year-old German who trains at the Kamloops Track and Field Club, threw 67.93 metres on her sixth and final throw in the final to claim the gol...
Aug 13, 2025
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Canada
Preliminary search of Winnipeg landfill for victim of serial killer underway: Kinew
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says a preliminary search of a Winnipeg landfill for the remains of a victim of a serial killer has started. Kinew says the province is in the test phase of the search at the city-run Brady Road landfill for the remains of Ashlee Shingoose. Shingoose was one of the four First Natio...
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More than 14,000 people voted early in Alberta byelection
OTTAWA - More than 14,000 people cast their ballots early in the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection, Elections Canada says. Elections Canada says an estimated 14,452 voters made their way to the advance polls. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is running in Battle River-Crowfoot after losing his Ottawa-area seat in th...
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Families whose ancestors gave up Indigenous status sue for rights return
VANCOUVER - A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Federal Court says the Canadian government wrongfully denies people status under the country's Indian Act if their ancestors "voluntarily" gave up Indigenous status under laws that predate Confederation. Plaintiffs Charles Wesley, Christopher Wesley, Sharon...
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World
Man accused of faking his death to avoid rape charges is found guilty of sexual assault in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials. A jury in Salt Lake County found Nicholas Rossi guilty of a 2008 rape after a three-day trial in...
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DC residents protest as White House says federal agents will be on patrol 24/7
WASHINGTON (AP) - Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up Wednesday to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation's capital would ramp up and federal officers would be the streets around the clock. After law enforcement set up a ve...
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A boat carrying migrants capsizes off Italy, killing at least 26
ROME (AP) - A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized Wednesday in international waters off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people and leaving about a dozen missing, the Italian coast guard and U.N. agencies said. Sixty survivors were brought to a center in Lampedusa, said Filippo Ungaro, a UNHC...
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