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Rap megastar Kendrick Lamar will headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kendrick Lamar will pop out on the NFL's biggest stage next year: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in New Orleans. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Lamar would lead the halftime festivities from the Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9. The rap ...
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OT LOSS
Rockets earn overtime victory over visiting Blazers in WHL pre-season contest
KELOWNA -- Layton Feist, Jordan Keller and Tommy Lafreniere scored for the Kamloops Blazers in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Kelowna Rockets in WHL pre-season play on Saturday (Sept. 7) in the Little Apple. Kanjyu Gojsic scored at 1:59 of the extra session to secure the victory for the Rockets, whose goaltender, Jake Pilo...
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COLLINS: Time for the government to really try to fix the healthcare system
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Colour and Fragrance for the Secret Garden
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SOUND OFF: Davies off base on Build Kamloops alternative approval process
Sep 06, 2024
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
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Kamloops and Area
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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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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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COLLINS: Time for the government to really try to fix the healthcare system
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Beautiful Hibiscus
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: Davies off base on Build Kamloops alternative approval process
Sep 06, 2024
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
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SOUND OFF: The AAP is fine by me
Sep 05, 2024
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COLLINS: Teachers and nurses are facing similar issues - and it's not a pretty sight
Sep 05, 2024
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Mediation aimed at resolving Metro Vancouver accessible transit strike set to begin
VANCOUVER - Mediated negotiations between the union representing striking HandyDART transit workers in Metro Vancouver and their employer are set to begin today, six days into the stoppage. About 600 employees of the door-to-door service for people unable to navigate the conventional transit system have been on strike ...
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Trudeau to face fretful caucus ahead of return to the House
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face a fretful and strained caucus in British Columbia Monday, with MPs looking for him to finally reveal his plan to address the political purgatory the party has endured for months. Several Liberal MPs privately and publicly demanded they meet as a team after the devastatin...
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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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OT LOSS
Rockets earn overtime victory over visiting Blazers in WHL pre-season contest
KELOWNA -- Layton Feist, Jordan Keller and Tommy Lafreniere scored for the Kamloops Blazers in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Kelowna Rockets in WHL pre-season play on Saturday (Sept. 7) in the Little Apple. Kanjyu Gojsic scored at 1:59 of the extra session to secure the victory for the Rockets, whose goaltender, Jake Pilo...
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Clean sheet
Rookie paces WolfPack to first win of Canada West campaign
KAMLOOPS -- Rookie Julia La Rotta scored twice for the TRU WolfPack in a 4-0 pulverizing of the Fraser Valley Cascades of Abbotsford in Canada West women's soccer action on Saturday (Sept. 7) at Hillside Stadium. Captain Ainsley Grether and Bridget Baird also bulged the old onion bag for the WolfPack, who have one win ...
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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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Canada
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Bloc Québécois ready to extract gains for Quebec in exchange for supporting Liberals
MONTEBELLO, Que. - The Bloc Québécois says its ready to wheel and deal with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's party for support during confidence votes now that the Liberal government's confidence and supply agreement with the NDP has ended. And the sovereigntist party led by Yves-François Blanchet h...
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Teachers say immigrants not to blame as Quebec links teacher shortage to newcomers
MONTREAL - Quebec's school year started on a familiar note: thousands of teaching spots were unfilled, and the provincial government had to defend itself for its failure to solve the problem. But as politicians continue to point to immigration - a common justification for the province's ills - as the main culprit, educ...
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Trudeau to face fretful caucus ahead of return to the House
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face a fretful and strained caucus in British Columbia Monday, with MPs looking for him to finally reveal his plan to address the political purgatory the party has endured for months. Several Liberal MPs privately and publicly demanded they meet as a team after the devastatin...
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Tyreek Hill was briefly detained for a traffic violation ahead of Dolphins' season opener
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Police are calling for an investigation into why Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was briefly detained for a traffic violation while entering Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, hours before his team was set to open the season against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Hill was seen on video posted t...
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President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is elected to serve second term in gas-rich Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been named the winner of Algeria's presidential election, granting him another term leading the gas-rich North African nation five years after pro-democracy protests led to the ouster of his predecessor. In a result that surprised few observers internationally ...
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President Abdelmadjid Tebboune elected to serve second term leading gas-rich Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been named the winner of Algeria's presidential election, granting him another term leading the gas-rich North African nation five years after pro-democracy protests led to the ouster of his predecessor. In a result that surprised few observers internationally ...
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