2027 Futsal Canadian Championship
Kamloops to host 2027 Futsal Canadian Championship in April
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will host the 2027 Futsal Canadian Championship in April next year.Canada Soccer has picked the Tournament Capital of Canada as the host of the 2027-edition of the national five-a-side tournament. Games will be played on two full-size futsal courts at the Tournament Capital Centre, with ...
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Municipal Election 2026
Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta not seeking re-election in 2026
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta will not be seeking re-election this fall.First elected in 1990, Ranta has been mayor of Cache Creek for 32 of the last 36 years. He lost to Santo Talarico in 2018 but returned to the mayor's chair four years later in 2022."Serving the residents of Cache Creek has b...
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Off-road rules
Williams Lake RCMP reminds off-road drivers of rules
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP are urging off-road vehicle (ORV) users to be mindful of the rules and regulations of their operation.Police said their improper use of ORVs could lead to fines, vehicle impoundment or seizure, or serious/fatal injuries."At the beginning of every riding season, the Williams...
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CSRD borrowing
CSRD to seek $650,000 loan for water infrastructure work
SALMON ARM - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) said it will seek a loan of up to $650,000 for the MacArthur-Reedman Heights Waterworks after an Alternative Approval Process (APP) faced no opposition.CSRD officials said the APP had zero responses, indicating no opposition to the proposed borrowing.An APP nee...
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Voting opens in B.C. Conservative leadership race, winner to be announced May 30
VICTORIA - Voting starts today for members of the B.C. Conservative Party to pick their new leader. Five candidates are running for leadership of B.C.'s official Opposition, taking over for interim leader Trevor Halford who has been in place since Dece...
May 23, 2026
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Japanese Beetle
New regulated area to be established as work underway to curb spread of Japanese beetle in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A second regulated area will be coming to Kamloops as early as next month following the detection of Japanese Beetles in Westsyde last year. This new regulated area is expected to stretch from Oak Hills north to the Dunes golf course. It will add to the existing regulated area covering parts of the city's do...
May 23, 2026
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: A Rose by Any Colour
Roses are red, roses are blue, roses are pink, whatever suits you!
May 20, 2026
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Holla for Hoya
Ever heard of this tropical beauty? The Hoya is little, but it lives to be wise. Holla for Hoya!
May 13, 2026
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Perfect Patio Plants
The Hibiscus and the Mandevilla are some of the best flowers you can enjoy on the veranda this year. Keep them in the shade, and you'll enjoy some incredible blooms, just ask Maury! Enjoy Your Porch Time!
May 08, 2026
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British Columbia
Western Canadian premiers set to meet in Alberta as province grapples with separatism
Premiers from Western Canada and the northern territories are set to gather in Alberta to discuss business, trade and their neighbouring relationships, all while the host province stews over a monumental question of quitting Confederation. The annual w...
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Vancouver film industry mourns loss of Stewart McLean, praises his joyful spirit
VANCOUVER - Vancouver director and writer Ryan Minaker said he had known actor Stewart McLean for a decade, and remembered him as the "most giving" actor any director could ever have on set. "What that means in our business is he's not acting for himse...
May 23, 2026
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Voting opens in B.C. Conservative leadership race, winner to be announced May 30
VICTORIA - Voting starts today for members of the B.C. Conservative Party to pick their new leader. Five candidates are running for leadership of B.C.'s official Opposition, taking over for interim leader Trevor Halford who has been in place since Dece...
May 23, 2026
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2027 Futsal Canadian Championship
Kamloops to host 2027 Futsal Canadian Championship in April
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will host the 2027 Futsal Canadian Championship in April next year.Canada Soccer has picked the Tournament Capital of Canada as the host of the 2027-edition of the national five-a-side tournament. Games will be played on two full-size futsal courts at the Tournament Capital Centre, with ...
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LIONS IN LANGFORD
B.C. Lions excited to kick-off 2026 pre-season against Elks in Langford
KAMLOOPS - After two weeks of training camp at Hillside Stadium, the BC Lions now prepare for their first pre-season game against the Edmonton Elks this Saturday (May 23). The team is hoping all the hours of hard work on the field will translate to their first in-game action since the Western Final last year. "We'...
May 23, 2026
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Canada Celebrates
Watch party, soccer activities and live music part of cross-Canada World Cup stop in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Details have been unveiled about the festivities taking place in Kamloops when a cross-country FIFA Men's World Cup celebration tour makes its stop. In April, FIFA released the schedule for Canada Celebrates, a tour that will make 39 stops in 35 communities during the men's world soccer championship. Kamloop...
May 22, 2026
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Canada
Newfoundland man found guilty of killing his estranged wife in 2016
ST. JOHN'S - A jury in western Newfoundland has found Dean Penney guilty of first-degree murder in the disappearance of his estranged wife, Jennifer Hillier-Penney. Hillier-Penney disappeared on Nov. 30, 2016, in St. Anthony, N.L., a community of about...
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Carney going to New York this week to meet with business leaders, court investment
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is going to New York City on Wednesday and Thursday to meet with business leaders and try to court more investment, a running theme of his time in office. The Prime Minister's Office made the announcement Sunday, on...
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Experts explain how Indigenous rights are a major hurdle for Alberta secession
EDMONTON - Three political scientists say Indigenous treaty rights represent a significant legal hurdle for separatists in Alberta. Andre Lecours, who is with the University of Ottawa, says a decision in early May by a judge to quash a separatist petit...
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World
Turkish police storm offices of main opposition CHP party, firing tear gas and rubber bullets
ANKARA (AP) - Police stormed the offices of Turkey's main opposition CHP party on Sunday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at party supporters and officials who had been holed up inside for three days. It was a violent end to a standoff...
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Russia uses hypersonic Oreshnik missile in mass attack on Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Sunday that killed at least two people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, marking the third time th...
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A suicide bombing near a railway track in southwest Pakistan kills at least 23 people
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, killing at least 23 people and wounding over 70 others, officia...
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