MINI-KLYNYK
Raptors' star Olynyk to take part in TRU WolfPack Basketball Skills Academy
KAMLOOPS -- Toronto Raptors' forward Kelly Olynyk will take part in the TRU WolfPack Men's Basketball Skills Academy later this month at the Tournament Capital Centre. Olynyk will help with instruction during a two-hour skills session for boys and girls in Grade 8 to Grade 12 that is scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to no...
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Agreement terminated
City cuts ties with Saltair Childcare Society, expects further delay to opening of Lorne Street Childcare Facility
KAMLOOPS -- The City of Kamloops issued a press release on Friday (Sept. 6) to note it has terminated its agreement with Saltair Childcare Society, which was scheduled this fall to open and operate the Lorne Street Childcare Facility. The city notes in the press release that due to recent events it has lost confidence ...
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Sound Off
SOUND OFF: Davies off base on Build Kamloops alternative approval process
Sep 06, 2024
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Great Plants for Hard-To-Grow Areas
Two and Out
PETERS: With the collapse of BC United, there will be a lot of nose-holding at the ballot box this fall
Sep 06, 2024
SOUND OFF
SOUND OFF: The AAP is fine by me
Sep 05, 2024
Kamloops and Area
SENIORS PICNIC
Kamloops residents enjoy entertainment, food and shade during annual Seniors' Picnic
KAMLOOPS - Hundreds of Kamloops seniors made their way to Riverside Park Friday afternoon (Sept. 6) for the city's annual Seniors' Picnic. The free event is for adults aged 55 and older, with lunch dished up by the Kamloops Paddlewheelers Lions Club and a performance on the main stage from the Kamloops Rube Band. The h...
Sep 07, 2024
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Lotto Jackpot
Kamloops man 'still in shock' after $500k lotto win
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man was in disbelief after netting a half-million-dollar lotto jackpot last week.In a news release, BC Lottery Corporation says Noel Park won $500,000 by matching four of four numbers in the August 28 Lotto 6/49 draw."I did not believe it," Park said, recalling he learned of his win when...
Sep 06, 2024
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Sunny and Hot
Don't look now - near-record heat in Kamloops has fire danger ratings on the rise
KAMLOOPS - With the B.C. Interior flirting with record temperatures to end the week, the B.C. Wildfire Service is warning residents that the fire danger rating is on its way up again."Our fire danger rating (in the Kamloops Fire Centre) is currently moderate with some pockets of high," Fire Information Office...
Sep 06, 2024
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NO DOCTOR'S NOTE NEEDED
Self-referral option added to Interior Health's Virtual Addiction Medicine Clinic
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health recently rolled out another option that allows people living with an addiction to access care. IH has expanded its virtual addiction medicine clinic to offer people with alcohol or substance use disorders the option to self-refer for an appointment, rather than requiring a referral from a doc...
Sep 06, 2024
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Featured Content
First Steps
First Steps provides a vital pillar of support
Since the grand opening on September 18, the First Steps Early Pregnancy Triage Clinic has been a vital pillar of support for expectant individuals in Kamloops and the surrounding rural areas. In just over six months, the clinic has delivered care to more than 400 pregnant patients. Conceived by Joanna Norman, the Head...
Apr 09, 2024
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Echinacea...Bright, Beautiful and Beneficial
Maury Hik from Art Knapp's finds himself on one of the many garden paths in the nursery where he takes time to talk about one of his favourite perennials...the Coneflower and why they're great for Kamloops!
Aug 08, 2024
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Beautiful Hibiscus
The hot, intense heat of summer gives cause for worry about some of our plants. But Ivy Hik from Art Knapp's in Kamloops takes time to talk about one particular plant that simply gorges on all that summer sunshine and heat!
Aug 08, 2024
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British Columbia
Repair work will keep 60-year-old ferry out of service for half a year: BC Ferries
VICTORIA - The company operating British Columbia's ferries says divers have recovered a propeller that fell off one of its vessels and triggered an oil spill earlier this week, but notes it will take six months to complete the needed repairs. A statement from BC Ferries says the propeller from the 60 year-old Queen of...
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Collision in Langley leaves one dead and closes some lanes of Highway 1 overnight
LANGLEY - One person is dead and another has been airlifted to hospital following a crash on Highway 1 in British Columbia. Sgt. Joe Leeson with Langley RCMP says officers were called around 9:40 p.m. Friday night after a tow truck hit the rear of a tractor-trailer unit in the eastbound lanes of Highway 1. Leeson says ...
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B.C. First Nation wants more say in forestry after Canfor mill closure announcement
FORT ST. JAMES, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nations leader says the province must rethink its approach to the forest industry in light of Canfor Corp.'s decision to shutter two sawmills and leave 500 workers without jobs. Nak'azdli Whut'en Chief Colleen Erickson says First Nations must play a bigger role in the ind...
Sep 06, 2024
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Local Sports
MINI-KLYNYK
Raptors' star Olynyk to take part in TRU WolfPack Basketball Skills Academy
KAMLOOPS -- Toronto Raptors' forward Kelly Olynyk will take part in the TRU WolfPack Men's Basketball Skills Academy later this month at the Tournament Capital Centre. Olynyk will help with instruction during a two-hour skills session for boys and girls in Grade 8 to Grade 12 that is scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to no...
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KIJHL ACTION
Centennials to host Storm in Merritt in pre-season KIJHL tilt
KAMLOOPS -- The Kamloops Storm are aiming for back-to-back victories over the Merritt Centennials in pre-season Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action. Merritt will play host to Kamloops on Saturday (Sept. 7), a 7 p.m. start at Nicola Valley Arena. Kamloops opened its pre-season slate on Thursday, with a 6-...
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Goalie signing
Blazers sign goaltender Kabrud of Saskatoon
KAMLOOPS -- Goaltender Madex Kabrud of Saskatoon on Friday (Sept. 6) signed a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement with the Kamloops Blazers. Kabrud, 16, posted a record of 20-2-1-0 with the Under-18 Saskatoon Blazers last season, along with a 2.08 goals-against average and .909 save percentage.The 5-foot-11, 195-...
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Canada
Montreal byelection candidates go door-to-door on early voting day
MONTREAL - Advanced voting kicked off on Friday in Montreal's LaSalle-Émard-Verdun riding, and party leaders are helping get out the vote as the federal byelection on Sept. 16. draws nearer. Polls show a three-way battle emerging between the Liberal Party of Canada, the Bloc Québécois and the New D...
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Quebec begins granting early requests for MAID without requested federal changes
MONTREAL - Quebecers who want to arrange a medically assisted death before their condition leaves them unable to grant consent can do so as of next month, the province announced Saturday as it unveiled details of a plan to grant such requests without waiting for Ottawa to update the country's criminal code. Quebec's go...
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Despite union protest, new hybrid work rules for federal employees kick in Monday
OTTAWA - On Monday, federal public servants will return to the office a minimum of three days a week- if grudgingly. Public service unions will start the week with an early-morning rally opposing the policy. But despite the unions' "summer of discontent" and an ongoing court challenge, the new rules will stil...
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World
Multiple people shot along I-75 south of Lexington, Kentucky, authorities say
LONDON, Ky. (AP) - Multiple people were shot Saturday along Interstate 75 in a rural area south of Lexington, authorities said. The Laurel County Sheriff's office said in a post on Facebook that it was an "active shooter situation" and "numerous persons" were shot near the highway. It added that the...
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Aryna Sabalenka beats Jessica Pegula in two sets to win the US Open for her second Grand Slam title
NEW YORK (AP) - Aryna Sabalenka got past Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in a rollicking U.S. Open women's final Saturday to win her first championship at Flushing Meadows and third Grand Slam title of her career. Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus, adds this trophy to the two she earned at the Australian Open Open each of ...
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Algeria's 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in Saturday's election
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Polls closed in Algeria on Saturday, where voters were deciding whether to grant army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune another term - five years after pro-democracy protests prompted the military to oust the previous president after two decades in power. Since Algeria announced the election...
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