Bike Patrol
Williams Lake RCMP bringing back bike patrol
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP officers will be cycling along local streets this summer as its bike patrol program is returning to the community.Police officials said the funding supported the purchase of two new police e-bikes, with the necessary accessories and equipment thanks to funding from the Community...
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ER Closure
100 Mile House ER to close Sunday
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The emergency room at 100 Mile District General Hospital will be closed for 13 hours on Sunday (June 28), marking the 21st ER closure this year.Interior Health said services will be unavailable from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, but all other inpatient service will be available in the meantime.Thos...
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Our Community
Week in Review
Week in Review: Week of June 22, 2026
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Oh, Deer!
Art of Gardening: Oh, Deer!
Autism Support
Second rally planned Saturday as Kamloops advocates push back against autism funding changes
Jun 26, 2026
Two & Out
PETERS: City of Kamloops overall remuneration went up 20% in 2 years - are we okay with that?
Jun 26, 2026
Kamloops and Area
AI evacuation tech
Kelowna tech company pilots AI evacuation planning tool with Lytton-area First Nations
LYTTON, B.C. - A Kelowna tech firm is working with 10+ First Nations communities around Lytton to pilot an evacuation planning tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI).The tech, BackRoadIntel, is an AI-powered infrastructure intelligence platform from IntelliMass.ai that monitors road conditions and transportation ...
Jun 27, 2026
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NHL Draft 2026
Red Wings draft Blazers' Hurlbert 23rd overall in 2026 NHL Draft
BUFFALO - J.P. Hurlbert is going to Hockeytown. The outgoing Kamloops Blazers forward was picked by the Detroit Red Wings 23rd overall in the first round of the 2026 NHL draft at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. The Red Wings acquired the pick from the Utah Mammoth in exchange for goaltender Sebastian Cossa. "I was a Re...
Jun 27, 2026
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IN THE BCIHL
TRU WolfPack hockey returns with men's, women's teams; Miners retire moniker
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - TRU WolfPack hockey went the way of the dodo in 2014, the men's team folding after operating for five seasons in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL). Pack puck will return in 2026-2027, but the club's home base will not be in Kamloops. The Logan Lake Miners have ditched their moniker and ...
Jun 27, 2026
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Canada Day Fireworks
Canada Day fireworks show in Kamloops a go, but weather may still play spoilsport
KAMLOOPS - There will be a fireworks display in Kamloops this Canada Day, as long as Mother Nature cooperates. Kamloops Fire Rescue has approved a permit for the annual July 1 fireworks show at Riverside Park. Fire Chief Ken Uzeloc said it'll be done by a trained professional, who will be taking all of the necessary pr...
Jun 27, 2026
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Featured Content
Foliage Shade Garden
Art of Gardening: Foliage Shade Garden
If you have a bit of shade in your garden, take advantage of it! Here's Shawn to let you know what to plant.
Jun 24, 2026
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Native Restoration Plants
Art of Gardening: Native Restoration Plants
What happens when a natural area on your property gets damaged by construction or wildfire? According to Shawn, it's got a lot higher chance of sticking around if you plant what's native to the area.
Jun 18, 2026
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Oh, Deer!
Art of Gardening: Oh, Deer!
Jun 10, 2026
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British Columbia
Poilievre asks Parliament to probe B.C. 'condo bailout' blocking 'a price correction'
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Parliament to probe Ottawa's proposal to convert unsold condominium units in British Columbia into affordable housing. In a letter to the House ethics committee, Poilievre says a program to po...
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Fatal crash between motorcycle and sedan reported on Highway 1 west of Chase, B.C.
CHASE, B.C. - Police in the British Columbia Interior say a motorcycle rider is dead after a crash on Highway 1 west of Chase. RCMP say the crash on Saturday morning involved a sedan and a motorcycle. They say the rider, a man in his early 60s, died of...
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B.C. premier visiting China to pitch LNG project as province's 'really big fish'
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his first-ever trade trip to China will focus on pitching the province's forestry products and energy sector around LNG development, and that he approaches the mission with both excitement and caution...
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Local Sports
NHL Draft 2026
Red Wings draft Blazers' Hurlbert 23rd overall in 2026 NHL Draft
BUFFALO - J.P. Hurlbert is going to Hockeytown. The outgoing Kamloops Blazers forward was picked by the Detroit Red Wings 23rd overall in the first round of the 2026 NHL draft at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. The Red Wings acquired the pick from the Utah Mammoth in exchange for goaltender Sebastian Cossa. "I was a Re...
Jun 27, 2026
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IN THE BCIHL
TRU WolfPack hockey returns with men's, women's teams; Miners retire moniker
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - TRU WolfPack hockey went the way of the dodo in 2014, the men's team folding after operating for five seasons in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL). Pack puck will return in 2026-2027, but the club's home base will not be in Kamloops. The Logan Lake Miners have ditched their moniker and ...
Jun 27, 2026
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Relay swim
Seibel of Kamloops among Salish Sea Sisters who completed English Channel crossing
KAMLOOPS - Teresa Seibel sought a challenge, a mother with more time to herself after raising children. She found the Salish Sea Sisters and trained for two years, determined to be a key cog on a five-person-relay swim across the English Channel. "It became more about, hey, I'm going to get to know some women and...
Jun 26, 2026
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Canada
The perpetrator of the Concordia massacre dies in prison at 86
MONTREAL - Valery Fabrikant, who shot four people dead at Concordia University in 1992, died in a Quebec prison on Saturday. Correctional Service Canada put out a news release on Sunday stating he had died of apparent natural causes at the age of 86. F...
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Poilievre asks Parliament to probe B.C. 'condo bailout' blocking 'a price correction'
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Parliament to probe Ottawa's proposal to convert unsold condominium units in British Columbia into affordable housing. In a letter to the House ethics committee, Poilievre says a program to po...
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Montreal family to be separated after mother's asylum claim was refused
MONTREAL - Arminda Casanova said her son never learned to write in his mother tongue of Spanish after attending several years of school in French in Montreal. The mother and her son came to Canada from Mexico as asylum seekers in 2022 to reunite with h...
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World
Authorities say 14 are dead after an oil company helicopter crashed in Saudi Arabia
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - All 14 people on board were killed in Saudi Arabia when a helicopter belonging to the world's largest oil company crashed on Sunday morning, according to the Saudi Ministry of Energy. The accident occurr...
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A skydiving plane crashes in northeastern France, killing all 11 people on board
NANCY, France (AP) - A skydiving plane crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board, authorities said. The plane suffered a malfunction and "fell almost vertically" after taking off from the Nancy-Essey airfie...
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3 firefighters killed, 2 injured while tackling wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border
BEAVER, Utah (AP) - Three firefighters died and two were injured while tackling fires on the Colorado-Utah border, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service reported Sunday. The agency - created earlier this year to streamline firefighting and fire ...
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