NDP healthcare promise
Merritt mayor calls out NDP healthcare promise
MERRITT, B.C. - Amid frequent emergency department closures, Merritt mayor Mike Goetz says the BC NDP's promise to triple U.S. healthcare worker recruitment will need to benefit Interior Health communities more than the previous campaign did.Party leader David Eby lauded the success of past efforts to recruit more than...
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B.C. Votes 2026
BIABC wants provincial election campaign to focus on issues facing small business
KAMLOOPS - As British Columbians prepare for an early provincial election next month, the Business Improvement Areas of BC (BIABC) organization wants the campaign to include a serious discussion about the challenges facing small businesses, employees and commercial districts across the province. BIABC wants to see prac...
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Kamloops outdoor skating rink recognized at UBCM convention
Sep 23, 2026
Foliage Shade Garden
Art of Gardening: Foliage Shade Garden
Question of the Week
Do you feel now is a good time for a provincial election?
Sep 21, 2026
1000 Ways to Heal
1000 WAYS TO HEAL: What if
Sep 21, 2026
Kamloops and Area
'God cleaned the slate': Ashes pave the road to recovery after B.C. wildfires
SUMMERLAND - Joel Patan says his "life is ashes" now, as he sifts the ruins of his home that was incinerated last month, along with most structures in the small community of Faulder outside Summerland, B.C. "It's just gut-wrenching," he said. Patan, wh...
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'A bad taste was left in our mouth': Kamloops Raiders chasing rugby redemption
KAMLOOPS - Visions of Capilano and Kelowna celebrating are nightmare fuel and motivation for the Kamloops Rugby Club Raiders. Those teams got the best of Kamloops sides on B.C. Rugby Union (BCRU) club finals day in May in South Surrey in women's first division play and men's second division action, respectively. The q...
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KSAR Fundraising
KSAR seeking donations from businesses and organizations as fundraising for new HQ continues
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) is still on the lookout for donations towards its new headquarters in the Rayleigh area, where construction could begin as early as next year. The organization has committed to raising at least $1.4 million toward the project, though its fundraising campaign has a total goal...
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Music Education
Valleyview music students unbox new instruments after $19K grant
KAMLOOPS - Music students at Valleyview Secondary School in Kamloops have nineteen thousand reasons to smile, as they got their hands on new instruments that were made possible by a grant from MusiCounts. "We haven't had a new instrument since 2021 and so it's very exciting to have new instruments," Grade 11 ...
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Labour Day
Art of Gardening Special Edition - Labour Day
Summer is winding down to a close. If your harvesting, enjoy! But, don't forget about fall prep. Here are some tips from over the years about how to care for your yard and garden in September.
Sep 09, 2026
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BC Day
Art of Gardening Special Edition - BC Day
It's hot, everything is growing, and it'll soon be time to pick those fruit and veggies! Here's a collection of tips from Art Knapp Home & Garden for landscaping, planting in shade, and adding air plants that don't need soil at all!
Aug 04, 2026
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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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British Columbia
Three B.C. glaciers face extinction within decades due to climate change, study says
Three glaciers in British Columbia's southwest could "disappear completely" within decades in what a researcher says is the result of years of inaction on climate change. A new study from Simon Fraser University published in the journal Annals of Glac...
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Rustad's partner in rise of B.C. Conservatives hails him as party's 'founding father'
VICTORIA - A former British Columbia Conservative executive who helped John Rustad orchestrate the rise of the party from obscurity is honouring its former leader as a trailblazer who transformed the province's political scene. Former Conservative exec...
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Alcohol believe to be a factor in separate crashes in B.C.'s Interior, killing 3
WEST KELOWNA - Police say alcohol is believed to be a factor in two separate vehicle crashes in the B.C. Interior where three people have been killed. The first crash happened Saturday near Osoyoos as police received a call of a pickup truck that went...
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Local Sports
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'A bad taste was left in our mouth': Kamloops Raiders chasing rugby redemption
KAMLOOPS - Visions of Capilano and Kelowna celebrating are nightmare fuel and motivation for the Kamloops Rugby Club Raiders. Those teams got the best of Kamloops sides on B.C. Rugby Union (BCRU) club finals day in May in South Surrey in women's first division play and men's second division action, respectively. The q...
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NorthPaws Baseball
NorthPaws begin search for new ownership group, aim to stay in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws' ownership group is looking to keep the West Coast League (WCL) franchise in the Tournament Capital, but under new leadership. In a news release issued Tuesday (Sept. 22), the NorthPaws state the team has initiated a search for new ownership to lead the collegiate men's summer basebal...
Sep 22, 2026
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In the WHL
Bonkowski takes over as Kamloops Blazers' captain
KAMLOOPS - Ty Bonkowski was the clearcut choice to take over captaincy duties for the Kamloops Blazers. "He's a great example to everybody as far as work ethic and effort put into his game, off ice, on ice and doing the extra stuff," Blazers' head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston said. "It was p...
Sep 22, 2026
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Canada
Carney, Poilievre pay tribute to Canada Revenue Agency employee killed in Montreal
MONTREAL - Federal party leaders are paying tribute to a 45-year-old Canada Revenue Agency employee who was killed in Montreal on Tuesday. The Union of Taxation Employees identified the woman as Leïla Ben Salem. Prime Minister Mark Carney offered condo...
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Netanyahu crosses Canadian airspace with arrest warrant in effect
OTTAWA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled through Canadian airspace on Thursday, despite facing an international arrest warrant. Online flight tracker data shows Netanyahu flew over Greece, Italy, France and Canada on his way to addr...
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Defence minister downplays PM's comments on prospect of U.S. military action
OTTAWA - A day after Prime Minister Mark Carney told a U.S. media outlet his government has studied the possibility of U.S.-led military action in Canada, Defence Minister David McGuinty says all militaries analyze such risks. McGuinty is downplaying t...
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World
Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow quick third-country deportations to continue
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to again clear the way for continued quick deportations of immigrants to third countries where they have no ties. The government asked for an im...
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Israel's Netanyahu, at UN, calls accusations of genocide in Gaza 'the biggest lie of the century'
Lashing out at his country's critics, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily dismissed allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza as "the biggest lie of the century" in a defiant speech to the U.N. General Assembly that asserted his nation's ri...
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Boat heading from Tanzania to Congo on Lake Tanganyika capsizes, leaving at least 41 dead
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A boat heading from Tanzania to Congo on Lake Tanganyika capsized Thursday, leaving at least 41 people dead, local authorities said. The boat was carrying about 100 people as well as cargo, said Norris Mulongoyi, th...
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