
Kamloops and Area

Professional Restrictions
Owner of health practice in Kamloops disciplined after offering patient sex
KAMLOOPS - A registered nurse who runs a healthcare business in Kamloops is limited to practicing her work only at hospitals in Clearwater and Princeton after reportedly offering to have sex with a patient. In a notice dated Nov. 4, 2026, the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) issued a Summary Protection Order...
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WolfPack Volleyball
WolfPack men's volleyball team win first game of the season, upset juggernaut Thunderbirds
VANCOUVER - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Wolfpack men's volleyball team put an impressive, emphatic end on an abysmal start. After a straight sets loss (25-21, 25-17 and 25-18) to the University of British Columbia (UBC) Thunderbirds in Vancouver Friday (Nov. 6), the WolfPack were 0-5 to start the 2026-27 Canad...
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WolfPack Volleyball
WolfPack women's volleyball team completes first road sweep of UBC in program history
VANCOUVER - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Wolfpack women's volleyball team put the country on notice over the weekend. Entering play Friday (Nov. 6), the 4-0 WolfPack were ranked No. 7 in the U Sports rankings when they arrived in Vancouver. They left with a 6-0 record after beating the second-ranked University ...
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Windstorm Update
BC Hydro restores powers for thousands but many in Central Interior remain in the dark
PRINCE GEORGE - BC Hydro says its crews continue to make progress restoring power to thousands of customers impacted by Friday's (Nov. 6) windstorm. However, thousands of residents remain without power in Northern B.C. and the Central Interior. With some customers in rural areas north and east of Prince George expected...
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British Columbia

Carly Rae Jepsen to host 2027 Juno Awards, Our Lady Peace to enter Hall of Fame
The Juno Awards are calling Carly Rae Jepsen, no maybes about it. The Canadian pop star is set to host the country's biggest night in music. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences says the "Call Me Maybe" singer will also perform at next y...
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B.C. Conservatives gain a seat in final election count
VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservatives have gained another seat after the final count of votes in the October provincial election. Conservative candidate David Xie reeled in NDP incumbent Paul Choi in Burnaby South-Metrotown, overcoming Choi's 66-vote lead ...
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Third storm heads for already drenched B.C. coast as thousands lost power
VANCOUVER - The third in a series of storms is heading for British Columbia, after wild weather knocked out power to thousands, triggered evacuations and left one person dead over the weekend. BC Hydro says in a statement that almost 415,000 customers...
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Why Indigenous stewards are bringing 'good fire' back to Canada's forests
Spring comes to Leona Antoine's field in patches. The snow retreats from the Nicola River valley, leaving islands of wet grass scattered across her family's land. It's an invitation to carry on a practice she first learned from her grandfather. Antoi...
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B.C. lab ordered to pay $32K for misgendering transgender, non-binary patients
British Columbia's human rights tribunal has ruled that a private laboratory provider must pay $32,000 in damages, along with other costs, for discriminating against transgender and non-binary patients. The tribunal found LifeLabs and its subsidiary Ex...
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'I've never ever experienced a wind like that': second major storm hits parts of B.C.
ZEBALLOS - The wind that blew outside Gerry Sullivan's bedroom in the Village of Zeballos on northwest Vancouver Island was enough to wake him up early Sunday morning. "It was just howling, and we had thunder, we had lightning," he said. Sullivan and h...
Nov 8, 2026
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Canada

'I'm having the time of my life,' says astronaut Joshua Kutryk, beaming in from space
ST. JOHN'S - Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says he feels a new urgency to care for the Earth as he watches the planet from the blackness of space. Kutryk beamed into an educational centre in St. John's, N.L., to answer questions from children about ...
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Carney names first CEO of Canada's sovereign wealth fund
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has recruited another global investment executive to his government, this time to helm Canada's first sovereign wealth fund. The Prime Minister's Office announced today that Karen Karniol-Tambour will be the inaugura...
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Ottawa outlines details of $600M for CanCon in latest budget
OTTAWA - The federal government has released details on how its promised $600 million for Canadian content will be spent, and the Canada Media Fund is getting the largest chunk. The fund will receive $213.4 million that the government says will support...
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B.C. Conservatives gain a seat in final election count
VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservatives have gained another seat after the final count of votes in the October provincial election. Conservative candidate David Xie reeled in NDP incumbent Paul Choi in Burnaby South-Metrotown, overcoming Choi's 66-vote lead ...
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Payments Canada launches real-time rail payment system
OTTAWA - Payments Canada says it has launched its real-time rail national payment system, which is expected to speed day-to-day payments for Canadian businesses and consumers. It says the new system is expected to enable participating members to exchan...
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Sweden says it won't play Russia at world juniors as Norway faces losing spot
The Swedish Ice Hockey Association says it will refuse to play Russia if the teams meet at the world juniors, after being informed of a plan from the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to include Russia that could cost Norway its place in the A...
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World
France blames Iran for the massive cyberattack on supermarket fridges and summons Iranian ambassador
PARIS (AP) - France on Monday blamed Iran for last month' cyberattack on supermarket fridges and summoned the Iranian ambassador, the French Foreign Ministry said. In a statement the ministry said: "France condemns in the strongest possib...
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Death toll rises to 39 after migrant boat capsizes off Senegal
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The death toll from the capsize off Senegal of a boat carrying migrants rose to 39 following the discovery of more bodies on Monday, the country's emergency services said. The boat, which left Saint-Louis in northern...
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Teddy Riner announces a run for French president, pledging to bring people together
French judo star Teddy Riner is bidding for president. The 37-year-old multiple Olympic champion announced his bid on social media and said in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper published Monday that he is positioning himself as "nei...
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Gunman with far-right views who killed 6 in Polish city square dies in hospital, police say
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) - The 24-year-old gunman who killed six people and wounded 15 others in a Polish city square died in a hospital on Monday, police said. The attacker, wearing military-style clothing and a bulletproof vest, drove into t...
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Death toll from migrant boat found with bodies on board south of Greece increases to 14
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greek authorities recovered 13 bodies from a boat carrying migrants found sailing south of Greece's island of Crete early Monday, while one of the 18 other people rescued from the same vessel was later confirmed dead at a health c...
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Rubio says Trump's war against Iran not 'necessarily popular' but needed to stop a nuclear threat
HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that President Donald Trump launched the war against Iran even if it was not "necessarily popular" to safeguard the world from the country's nuclear ambitions. ...
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COLLINS: Kamloops' Nederpel to play pivotal role in B.C. health care
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Thanksgiving
Art of Gardening Special Edition - Thanksgiving
Week in Review
Week in Review: Week of November 2, 2026
Nov 7, 2026
Two & Out
PETERS: Maintaining Stuart Wood is expensive. Tearing it down would cost us much more
Nov 6, 2026

Kamloops Votes 2026
CFJC Kamloops Mayoral Candidates Debate 2026
Question of the Week
Have the new time change policies across Canada resulted in any confusion for you or your family?
Nov 2, 2026
1000 Ways to Heal
1000 WAYS TO HEAL: Cycles of shedding and renewal
Nov 2, 2026


