KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops-area elementary schools brought their 'A' game for a good cause, as this Friday (Mar. 14) wrapped up the March Madness food drive. The annual event posed a challenge from RL Clemitson to Marion Schilling and Ralph Bell schools to see who could collect the most donations for the Kamloops Food B...

KAMLOOPS - TRU's IDays events end with a worldwide talent showcase, celebrating each nationality's culture and unique identity. The event is in celebration of the more than 100 nationalities and cultural groups on the TRU campus.CFJC's Curtis Goodrum was there.

KAMLOOPS - Ten Kamloops high school students who could one day be patrolling the streets of the Tournament Capital are being put through their paces this week at the RCMP Youth Academy. Friday (March 14) marked the midway point of the five-day, fully immersive program, with the Pineridge Education Centre serving as a m...

KAMLOOPS - North America will see a lunar eclipse around 11:30 p.m. Thursday (March 13). The eclipse will create a dim, red moon that should appear fully eclipsed in Kamloops and the rest of the B.C. Interior.Lunar eclipses are astronomical events that happen two to three times a year."The sun is over here and as ...

KAMLOOPS - A group of students at NorKam Secondary School recently garnered regional accolades for their robotics skills. The Grade 8 and 9 students teamed up to win gold at a Skills Canada competition at Thompson Rivers University earlier this month. Putting the robot together was a cross-curricular effort, using phys...

KAMLOOPS - Mountain biker Catharine Pendrel and Blazers great Greg Hawgood headline this year's class of Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame inductees.Also joining the hall in 2025 will be late boxing coach Gary Oakden and the 1980-to-1984 Zenetti Fur Town Merchants soccer team.Pendrel is an Olympic medallist and four-time Ol...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Family Resources Society is voicing concern about an end to funding for its current counsellor. The service is offered through The Tree, which is a drop-in support centre for local women and families. The Tree's executive director, Susan Wright, says the program has been funded for the past five...

CHASE, B.C. - The Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge Society is mourning the loss of co-founder and President, Shirley Mainprize "after a courageous battle with cancer." "It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Shirley Mainprize," a post on Facebook dated March 6, said, noting she passed away ...

KAMLOOPS - The Big Little Science Centre (BLSC) is promoting a Women in Science event this weekend to encourage all ages to participate in science. The event takes place on Saturday (March 8) in conjunction with International Women in Science Day."Women in Science here are primarily from students and faculty from ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue is hosting a recruitment drive this Saturday (March 8). The group is looking for more recruits after its busiest year on record. "Our callouts have gone up we had about 75 callouts last year. Dementia and Alzheimer's cases (are) going up and a bad wildfire season can be really...

KAMLOOPS - Organizers of the 11th edition of Radiothon on B100 Thursday (March 6) are elated as the event helped raise $650,243 for the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation. RIH Foundation CEO Heidi Coleman says this year's event surpassed all expectations. "Look what the city did. Look what our community and the regi...

KAMLOOPS - March is National Kidney Awareness Month and it coincides with a Kamloops family's plea for help.Ryan Firman was diagnosed with kidney disease when he was a teenager and his search for a living donor becomes more pressing with every day that passes.His family hopes a recent social media post might prove to b...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Film Festival is kicking off its 29th edition tonight at the Paramount Theatre downtown. Over the next 10 days, 25 films from all genres will feature on the big screen, including a number of recent Oscar winners, headlined by the 2025 best picture 'Anora'.'Drive Back Home' will kick off night on...

KAMLOOPS - Royal Inland Hospital serves nearly a quarter-million residents in Kamloops and throughout the Thompson, Cariboo and Shuswap regions. Operating at that high level requires a lot of healthcare professionals and medical equipment. The RIH Foundation's annual Radiothon event is aimed at addressing that need wit...

KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) more than doubled its goal for its Day of Giving. TRU says $105,997 was raised by 193 donors over 24 hours on Feb. 27, well above the stated $50,000 goal. Funds raised through Day of Giving support scholarships and bursaries for TRU students in Kamloops and Williams Lake. &qu...

KAMLOOPS - Radio waves in Kamloops will be taken over by a good cause on Thursday (March 6), for the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation's 11th annual Radiothon. Each year, the Radiothon raises thousands of dollars for the hospital foundation to continue buying much-needed equipment for the region's largest hospital, alon...

KAMLOOPS - True to the city's 'Tournament Capital' moniker, Kamloops will be hosting a half-dozen competitions and events in a two-week span, starting this week. Those include the BC Indoor Track and Field Championships, the Interior Artistic Fun Meet, the Thompson Valley RC Racers Mid-Winter Challenger, the Kamloops G...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Film Society is gearing up to host the 29th edition of the Kamloops Film Festival, which gets underway at the Paramount Theatre on Thursday (March 6). Film Society Executive Director Colette Abbott says there will be films from a variety of genres, including documentaries, comedies, dramas and C...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Councillors took a few moments during their last meeting to pay tribute to fly fishing legend Maurice 'Mo' Bradley, who died last month at the age of 86. During his councillor report on Feb. 25, Councillor Mike O'Reilly said Bradley was a leading advocate of sport fishing since he arrived in Ka...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has unveiled the list of winners in their inaugural name the snowplow contest. The City says there were 172 total names that were submitted between Jan. 20 and Feb. 10 and that an "impressive" 7,891 votes were cast online. "Following an avalanche of submissions to our inau...

KAMLOOPS - A dream borne many years ago is now a reality for A Way Home Kamloops, with the official opening of Katherine's Place on Kamloops' North Shore Friday afternoon (Feb. 28). Named after the late Katherine McParland, the new building will provide homes for 39 at-risk youth in Kamloops, providing them with stabil...

KAMLOOPS - Students at Kay Bingham Elementary School, across Kamloops and beyond celebrated Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday (Feb. 26) for the 17th year since 50 pink shirts were first handed out in Nova Scotia."You have to wear a pink shirt always. It's not just one day - like, you can start with one day and go beyond...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops first responders gathered at Riverside Park Tuesday morning (Feb. 25) to complete a chilly plunge. The event is organized to support B.C. Special Olympics and its goal of raising $5,000 for athletes.The goal for this year's plunge has already been reached and surpassed, with a total of $5,200 at dea...

KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed's Coldest Night of the Year takes place Saturday (Feb. 22), a chance for the more fortunate in the community gain greater understanding of what it's like to be without shelter.This annual event begins at 4:00 p.m. and ends at 7:00 p.m. Participants can either walk two kilometres or five kilo...

CALGARY - A Tk'emlúps woman and a Merritt-area First Nation have been honoured for their leadership in the area water stewardship. The 2024 National First Nations Water Leadership Awards were handed out at the Assembly of First Nations' National Housing and Infrastructure Conference in Calgary Thursday (Feb. 20)...

KAMLOOPS - Community members who frequent nature parks and other walkable areas around Kamloops are putting out a call for donations. They're working with the BC Parks Foundation to purchase 517 acres of land behind the Juniper Ridge and Rose Hill neighbourhoods. The Kamloops Naturalist Club, local representation of th...

KAMLOOPS - For the first time, PacificSport Interior along with the City of Kamloops and local RCMP have partnered to bring a free event to Kamloops - 'Pathways Through Play; Connecting to your Community.' The event will take place on March 13 in the Kia Lounge at Sandman Centre.The event, which includes a presentation...

KAMLOOPS - The latest cold spell has begun to ease off, but winter isn't over yet. Several non-profits in Kamloops and around the province have been using grant money from United Way BC to help people endure the cooler weather. When temperatures drop, it's not just shelter space people facing housing instability requir...