Kamloops and Area

FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH
Kamloops Jewish Community to gather for lighting of Menorah in honour of Sydney victims
KAMLOOPS - "Now it has become a vigil, a mourning vigil besides the first day of Hannukah," said Heidi Coleman, President of the Jewish Community Centre of Kamloops.The sunset this evening (Dec 14) marks the beginning of Hanukkah, but in the wake of a deadly attack in Sydney, Australia that has left at least ...
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2025 Statistics
Merritt Mounties report overall reduction in cases, increase in mental health calls for 2025
MERRITT - Merritt Mounties are reporting a slight reduction in calls for service in 2025 compared to a year ago. Detachment Commander Staff Sergeant Josh Roda is set to present updated figures to council on Thursday during a Police Committee Meeting. While the year is not quite complete, Roda noted that the figures pai...
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SUPPORT TABLE
Kamloops launching new Interagency Support Table
KAMLOOPS - The city of Kamloops is bringing together service providers and stakeholders to form the new 'Kamloops Interagency Supports Table,' with the purpose of providing timely and coordinated assistance to individuals and families facing elevated risk. "Locally, 23 organizations and agencies, represented by mo...
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Christmas Amalgamated
Annual 'Stuff the Cruiser' fundraiser in Kamloops nets nearly $5,000 in donations
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say they stuffed two vans outside the Superstore during last month's Stuff the Cruiser event.In a statement, Kamloops RCMP say the annual toy drive brought in approximately $800 in cash and $4,000 in gifts for Christmas Amalgamated. Those donations will be sorted and delivered to families ahead...
Dec 14, 2025
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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

'High impact' warning as heavy rains forecast to cause more flooding in B.C.
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says heavy rains in the forecast may cause more flooding in low-lying areas in parts of the province. The province says the Sumas and Chilliwack Rivers are still under flood warnings, and while it's expected to be less i...
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Young Canadians tell of their generations' challenges and hopes
The Canadian Press has been speaking with young people across the country about challenges facing their generation - and ways they continue to find joy. 'YOU'RE HUMAN AND YOU FEEL THINGS' Violet Rode, an 18-year-old theatre student at Dawson College in...
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How did Canada's young people become its unhappiest generation?
VANCOUVER - As a teen growing up in Toronto, Bhavik Sharma imagined what life would look like at 25. He and his high school friends would be starting families. They'd be on six-figure salaries and living comfortably. Now 27, he's back living with his p...
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B.C. watchdog to investigate after woman struck by Surrey police vehicle
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog has been called in to investigate after a woman was hit late Sunday by an officer's vehicle. Surrey police say it happened at a busy intersection in the city, long considered a bedroom community of Vancouver....
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B.C. braces for 'high impact' rain in flood-struck Fraser Valley and beyond
British Columbia is bracing for another "high impact" deluge of rain that's forecast to hit the province's Fraser Valley, after intense downpours and cross-border outflows last week inundated Abbotsford, triggered evacuations and cut major highways. E...
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Fate of OneBC party uncertain after MLA Dallas Brodie 'removed' as leader
OneBC, the party formed after a split from the Conservative Party of B.C., says leader Dallas Brodie has been "removed" by the party's board of directors. The party's only other elected member in the B.C. Legislature, Tara Armstrong, says she's lost c...
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Canada

In the news: Rain to continue in B.C., Hudson's Bay window display, youth happiness
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... 'High impact' warning as heavy rains forecast to cause more flooding in B.C. The B.C. government says heavy rains in the forecast may cause more flooding in low-ly...
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There's a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada
MONTREAL - Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal's Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged. Outside Quebec, that is. Bujold's home province is an outlier among...
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Canadian Blood Services reducing reliance on U.S. for life-changing plasma drugs
TORONTO - For years, Stéphane Cliche was a healthy avid athlete, but he kept getting sinus and respiratory infections and doctors couldn't figure out why. It wasn't until he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2016 that it became clear his imm...
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Inflation steady at 2.2% in November despite grocery price hike
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says rising grocery prices were causing fresh pain for consumers in November even as the overall inflation rate held steady. The agency says the annual pace of inflation was unchanged at 2.2 per cent last month. Grocery price...
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Young Canadians tell of their generations' challenges and hopes
The Canadian Press has been speaking with young people across the country about challenges facing their generation - and ways they continue to find joy. 'YOU'RE HUMAN AND YOU FEEL THINGS' Violet Rode, an 18-year-old theatre student at Dawson College in...
4h ago
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How did Canada's young people become its unhappiest generation?
VANCOUVER - As a teen growing up in Toronto, Bhavik Sharma imagined what life would look like at 25. He and his high school friends would be starting families. They'd be on six-figure salaries and living comfortably. Now 27, he's back living with his p...
4h ago
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World

Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre
SYDNEY (AP) - Australian federal and state government leaders on Monday agreed to immediately overhaul already-tough national gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach, leaving at leas...
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Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
HONG KONG (AP) - Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city's court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of...
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Kansas City Chiefs dice que Patrick Mahomes sufre ruptura de ligamento en la rodilla izquierda
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, EE.UU. (AP) - Kansas City Chiefs dice que Patrick Mahomes sufre ruptura de ligamento en la rodilla izquierda. The Associated Press
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Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach
SYDNEY (AP) - Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that ...
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Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski describes Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski arrived for an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, direct from a dentist appointment. The 63-year-old veter...
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Authorities say they will release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual in ...
Dec 14, 2025
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