Kamloops and Area

CANADA WEST
WolfPack women on pace for best season in program history at holiday break; men in post-season contention
KAMOOPS - CFJC Today on Tuesday (Dec. 9) spoke with members of the TRU WolfPack men's and women's volleyball teams, which have reached the holiday break of the Canada West campaign. The WolfPack women have 10 wins and two losses - its best record at the Canada West holiday break in program history - to sit atop confere...
8h ago
Read More
BUDGET PROTEST
Kamloops residents gather to showcase concerns over rising taxes
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Voters Society held a rally out front of city hall on Tuesday (Dec 9) afternoon just ahead of the regular scheduled council meeting. The protest was attempting to bring to light their concerns over the city proposed tax increase and use of the alternative approval process to move projects forwar...
12h ago
Read More
FINANCIAL UPDATE
TRU second-quarter budget projections climb out of deficit position
KAMLOOPS - In the wake of federal changes to how many international students are able to come to Canada to study, Thompson Rivers University was put into an untenable financial position, and forced to make a number of staffing cuts, among other measures, to balance its budget. However, the latest financial forecast for...
12h ago
Read More
Teck Merger
Anglo American, Teck Resources shareholders clear combination deal
Shareholders have given their blessing to a plan by Anglo American PLC and Teck Resources Ltd. to join forces and create one of the world's biggest copper miners. Two resolutions were up for a vote at Anglo American's meeting in London on Tuesday. The first was on the allotting of new shares for the merger and received...
13h ago
Read More
Link to open the CFJC weather page for current weather information
Link to open a submission form for scenic shots around Kamloops area
Link to open the CFJC today contest page listing current contests

British Columbia

B.C. murder suspect had risk factors on confidential police intimate violence tool
VANCOUVER - A confidential document that is used by police to assess risk in intimate partner violence cases lists a range of considerations to help determine if a suspect should be held in custody, should legal justification exist. Have they engaged i...
4h ago
Read More
Half of Canadians support a new pipeline between Alberta and B.C.: poll
OTTAWA - Half of Canadians are in favour of building a new bitumen pipeline between Alberta and B.C., while fewer than one in five outright oppose it, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which was conducted online and can't be assigned a margin of err...
4h ago
Read More
Teck Merger
Anglo American, Teck Resources shareholders clear combination deal
Shareholders have given their blessing to a plan by Anglo American PLC and Teck Resources Ltd. to join forces and create one of the world's biggest copper miners. Two resolutions were up for a vote at Anglo American's meeting in London on Tuesday. The first was on the allotting of new shares for the merger and received...
13h ago
Read More
Virtual emergency care launching at four hospitals in B.C.'s Interior
BURNABY - Patients seeking emergency care at four hospitals in British Columbia's Interior may now be seen by a doctor working virtually in a pilot project aimed at modernizing rural health services. The Interior Health authority says in a statement th...
14h ago
Read More
B.C. announces new measures to combat intimate partner violence
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's attorney general has announced further provincial measures aimed at combating intimate partner violence, while calling newly tabled federal legislation "a step toward justice." Nikki Sharma said Tuesday the province will ...
16h ago
Read More
Man charged with second-degree murder in fatal stranger attack in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A man has been arrested and charged in a fatal stranger attack in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Police say it happened on Nov. 28th near Gore and Powell streets at about 3 a.m. They say the victim, 45-year-old Mark Roasa, was a Downtown Ea...
17h ago
Read More

Canada

Alberta legislature passes bill invoking Charter override for fourth time
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the fourth time in under two months they have used the Charter's notwithstanding clause. Members...
4h ago
Read More
In the news: U.S. security strategy doesn't meddle in Canadian politics: Hoekstra
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... U.S. not meddling in Canadian politics: Hoekstra U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns that America's new national security strategy coul...
4h ago
Read More
B.C. murder suspect had risk factors on confidential police intimate violence tool
VANCOUVER - A confidential document that is used by police to assess risk in intimate partner violence cases lists a range of considerations to help determine if a suspect should be held in custody, should legal justification exist. Have they engaged i...
4h ago
Read More
Hoekstra downplays fears of Trump administration meddling in Canada's politics
OTTAWA - U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns that America's new national security strategy could lead to his government supporting politically aligned parties in Canada. While Hoekstra says he doesn't see the U.S. getting in...
4h ago
Read More
Half of Canadians support a new pipeline between Alberta and B.C.: poll
OTTAWA - Half of Canadians are in favour of building a new bitumen pipeline between Alberta and B.C., while fewer than one in five outright oppose it, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which was conducted online and can't be assigned a margin of err...
4h ago
Read More
Bank of Canada set to announce last interest rate decision of 2025
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to announce today its last interest rate decision of the year. In its most recent decision in October, the central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 2.25 per cent. Market data shows most e...
4h ago
Read More

World

A'ja Wilson wins AP Female Athlete of the Year following historic 4th WNBA MVP
A'ja Wilson stood atop the WNBA again in 2025, winning an unprecedented fourth MVP as her Las Vegas Aces earned a third championship in four seasons. For that, she earned The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year on W...
1h ago
Read More
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will miss Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will miss the ceremony to award her the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Wednesday, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute said. Machado last appeared in ...
6h ago
Read More
Democrat wins Miami mayor's race for the first time in nearly 30 years
MIAMI (AP) - Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last elec...
13h ago
Read More
Florida executes a man convicted of killing a woman during a 1989 home invasion
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of fatally stabbing and beating a woman during a home invasion decades ago was executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a th...
14h ago
Read More
Shooting at Kentucky State University leaves 1 dead, 1 hurt and a suspect in custody, officials say
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - At least one student was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting near a residence hall at Kentucky State University on Tuesday, and a suspect was in custody, officials said. Police in ...
15h ago
Read More
San Diego officials approve $30M settlement for family of teen killed by police
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved a $30 million payment to the family of a 16-year-old youth killed by police in one of the largest such settlements in the U.S. The settlement exceeds the $27 m...
17h ago
Read More