Barriere X-ray
Barriere Health Centre gets new X-ray suite
BARRIERE, B.C. - A newly refurbished X-ray suite and technologist workspace at the Barriere Health Centre is now giving patients in the North Thompson area easier access to enhanced medical imaging.Interior Health said the upgrades replaced aging equipment with a new digital imaging system, with better image quality an...
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NorthPaws
NorthPaws walk off Lefties for first sweep of the season
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws completed their first sweep of the 2026 West Coast League (WCL) season in dramatic fashion. In the third and final game of the series Thursday (June 11) from Norbrock Stadium, the NorthPaws came back from an 8-0 deficit to defeat the Port Angeles Lefties 10-9. Camden Sanders hit a two-...
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Terry Fox Run
'It's always with me': Darrell Fox reflects on Marathon of Hope, spurs fundraising in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Darrell Fox accompanied his big brother Terry on the Marathon of Hope in 1980, then 17 and with special permission to graduate from high school a month early. "I think what he accomplished cannot be explained," Darrell said. "I spent three months in a stinky Ford van watching Terry take on th...
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Russia, Ukraine War
'Russian desperation'; TRU expert believes Russian threat should be taken seriously
KAMLOOPS - On Wednesday (June 10), the Russian foreign ministry threatened Canada over this county's support of Ukraine after a Canadian drone maker signed a new deal to support the war effort. The Russian representative called Canada a 'warmonger', stating they reserve the right to 'an appropriate response'. While she...
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ICBC Tests
Kamloops driving instructors ease into new world of online knowledge tests
KAMLOOPS - Would-be drivers in British Columbia are now able to take the knowledge test for their learner's licence online. Those visits to an ICBC office soon after turning 16 are no longer mandatory, and it's all in the name of making things easier. "This change is about making that first step more accessible, w...
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Cultural learning
Grade 5 students from across SD73 take part in district powwow
KAMLOOPS - More than 1,000 Grade 5 students from across SD73 gathered at the Tk'emlups Powwow Arbour on Thursday (June 11) for the sixth annual district powwow. The event is run as part of the district cultural and identity development priority, with the intent of educating students on the significance of the powwow to...
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British Columbia
B.C. firm 'over the moon' about contract to chart Canada's role in lunar exploration
VANCOUVER - Shaun Riddell is "over the moon" - figuratively, if not quite yet literally - since his Langley, B.C., firm was named among three companies hired by the Canadian Space Agency to lay the groundwork for human and robotic missions to the lunar...
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B.C. toxic drug deaths show another steep decline, down 32 per cent in April
VICTORIA - Overdose deaths in British Columbia are continuing to fall sharply, with April's toll down by almost a third compared to the same month last year. The BC Coroners Service recorded 119 deaths in April due to suspected illicit toxic drugs, dow...
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Dead grey whale found off B.C. coast brings total count this year to 10
VANCOUVER - Another dead grey whale has been discovered off the British Columbia coast, marking the 10th such discovery so far this year. The Fisheries Department says the latest whale was spotted floating in the waters off Cape Scott Provincial Park,...
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NorthPaws
NorthPaws walk off Lefties for first sweep of the season
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws completed their first sweep of the 2026 West Coast League (WCL) season in dramatic fashion. In the third and final game of the series Thursday (June 11) from Norbrock Stadium, the NorthPaws came back from an 8-0 deficit to defeat the Port Angeles Lefties 10-9. Camden Sanders hit a two-...
4h ago
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Terry Fox Run
'It's always with me': Darrell Fox reflects on Marathon of Hope, spurs fundraising in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Darrell Fox accompanied his big brother Terry on the Marathon of Hope in 1980, then 17 and with special permission to graduate from high school a month early. "I think what he accomplished cannot be explained," Darrell said. "I spent three months in a stinky Ford van watching Terry take on th...
15h ago
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Gavin Nemis
Blazers sign 20-year-old BCHL forward Nemis
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have snagged another player from the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) ahead of the 2026-27 Western Hockey League (WHL) season. In a news release issued Thursday (June 11), the Blazers announced they have signed 2006-born forward Gavin Nemis, noting they added him to their Player Pro...
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Canada
Canada pledges $100M for Palestinians facing settler violence, humanitarian crisis
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has announced $100 million in federal funding to support Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. She unveiled the funding in Paris, where western leaders are meeting to discuss mounting cha...
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Ottawa to table bill to keep products of forced labour out of Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to table a bill Friday that would change the way Canada bars imports of products made with forced labour. The move is being seen as a response to the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump mulling new tariff...
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Fans marching to Toronto Stadium ahead of first World Cup game on Canadian soil
TORONTO - Thousands of excited soccer fans descended on Toronto Stadium on Friday as Canada's FIFA World Cup opener against Bosnia-Herzegovina was set to get underway, marking the first of its kind on Canadian soil. Fans arrived in droves at the tempor...
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World
Pope tells traffickers of migrants in the Canary Islands: Stop, repent or face God's wrath
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - Pope Leo XIV warned people smugglers on Friday that they will face God's wrath for exploiting the desperation of migrants, demanding they stop and repent during his final day in this epicenter of the African migrati...
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Suspect dead after Texas shooting kills 1 and leaves 9 others in the hospital, police say
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - A shooter who opened fire in the West Texas city of Midland died Friday after a standoff with police following an attack that left one person dead and at least nine others injured, city officials said. Midland polic...
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Judge extends block on Trump's $1.8 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge agreed on Friday to extend a court-ordered block on the Trump administration's creation and operation of a $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government. ...
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