Kamloops and Area

City championship
Fulton Cup opponents get acquainted in media day competition
KAMLOOPS - The Fulton Cup is the only basketball tournament of the year that allows Kamloops-and-area high schools of all sizes to play against each other. This year, St. Ann's, South Kamloops, Brocklehurst, Barriere, Sa-Hali, NorKam, Westsyde, Valleyview and Merritt will be represented, with city championship bragging...
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BC POLITICS
BC Conservatives staying focused on leadership contest amid OneBC drama
KAMLOOPS - The BC Conservatives are funneling comment regarding the collapse of OneBC toward interim leader Trevor Halford, with MLAs staying focused on their own leadership contest. But with one right-of-centre party in turmoil, it will be important for the BC Conservatives and whoever becomes their next leader to att...
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DELAYNE DIXON
Kamloops designer eyeing brand growth after Project Runway Canada experience
KAMLOOPS - Delayne Dixon's home studio may be small, but the designs coming out of it have been on red carpets, in magazines, and now on Season 3 of Project Runway Canada. The latest season began airing several weeks ago and Dixon says she's heard from plenty of friends, family and even strangers who have been followin...
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Temperature Records
Kamloops, Lytton, Clinton among B.C. communities setting new temperature records
LYTTON, B.C. - The atmospheric weather system that is bringing heavy rain to B.C.'s south coast has triggered a new wave of high-temperature records across the province.According to preliminary numbers from Environment Canada, nine communities either broke or tied temperature records for Dec. 14, including Lytton, whic...
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Link to open the CFJC weather page for current weather information
Link to open a submission form for scenic shots around Kamloops area
Link to open the CFJC today contest page listing current contests

British Columbia

$50,000 fine, 10-year hunting ban issued after B.C. man illegally hunts wildlife
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says a man has been fined $50,000 for illegally hunting and killing wildlife in multiple incidents across British Columbia. It says in a post to social media that Daniel Gazzola from Maple Ridge, B.C.,...
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One man arrested after a fatal stabbing in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD - Homicide investigators say a 35-year-old man has been arrested following a fatal stabbing in Abbotsford, B.C., over the weekend, but no charges have been laid. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says investigators are still determ...
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OneBC party split over staffer's 'disgusting' views on Jews, says ex-leader Brodie
VICTORIA - British Columbia legislator Dallas Brodie, whose OneBC party has removed her as leader, said the split happened after colleagues tried to stop her from firing a caucus staffer whose views on Jewish people were "disgusting" and antisemitic. B...
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Former grocery executive Darrell Jones considers run for B.C. Conservative leadership
VICTORIA - A former grocery executive known for offering weekly deals says he is taking out a flyer on becoming the next leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. Darrell Jones, former president of the Pattison Food Group and known for the Darrell's Dea...
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COVID shot reduces risk of severe illness, premature birth in pregnancy, study says
TORONTO - A new study says the COVID-19 vaccine protects pregnant women from getting severely ill or giving birth prematurely. Researchers with the Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy (CANCOVID-Preg) program, led by the University of British...
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Fraser Valley flood cleanup begins, as latest blast of rain swells B.C. rivers
The cleanup is starting in British Columbia's Fraser Valley as water that flowed across the border from the Nooksack River in Washington state recedes, but the flood threat remains for several B.C. rivers and has expanded to Metro Vancouver's North Sho...
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Canada

Ottawa approves Teck and Anglo American, companies say
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has approved a merger between Canadian natural resources company Teck Resources Ltd. and Britain's Anglo American PLC. Joly says in a statement she has determined the merger will be a net benefit to Canada and ca...
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Photo Gallery: The year in photos 2025
Here's a look at some of year's top photos from The Canadian Press, as selected by editors. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 15, 2025. The Canadian Press
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No imminent threat of attack in Canada following Australia shooting: CSIS
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service said Monday it sees no indication of a specific threat in Canada following the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, even as it warns of the "realistic possibility" of an extremist att...
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CAF officer arrested on foreign interference allegation released from custody
OTTAWA - A member of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command who is facing charges related to a leak of sensitive information to a foreign entity was released from custody on Monday following a hearing in Gatineau, Que. Master Warrant Officer Matthew ...
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Quebec teachers' union survey says 90 per cent have faced violence on the job
MONTRÉAL - A Quebec teachers' union released the findings of a survey of its members on Monday that found 90 per cent of respondents said they were victims of some form of violence at work. "We are here to teach, not to be beaten up," Catherine Renaud,...
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Teen admits to splashing Saskatoon schoolmate with lighter fluid, setting her on fire
SASKATOON - It was a teen friendship that spiralled into obsession and threats before one girl -- in a school hallway with a squirt of igniter fluid and a lighter -- burned another girl so badly that skin melted off her arms and fused her backpack to h...
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World

Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State," Australia's federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett s...
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US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people. The military said in a statement on social media that t...
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Small plane crashes in central Mexico, killing at least 7 people, official says
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A small plane crashed in central Mexico while trying to make an emergency landing Monday, killing at least seven people, Mexico State Civil Protection Coordinator Adrián Hernández said. The accident took ...
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Search for the Brown University shooter continues as questions swirl about campus security
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Authorities knocked on doors and scoured yards Monday in search of any video or other evidence that might lead them to the Brown University gunman, whose face was covered or not visible in footage captured before ...
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Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president's White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security. The filing came in response to a lawsui...
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Crews use sandbags to shore up breach in levee near Seattle after failure prompts flood warning
TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) - Crews used sandbags to shore up an earthen levee south of Seattle on Monday after a small section of it failed following a week of heavy rains, prompting an evacuation order covering parts of three suburbs, an offic...
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