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'As just a single business, there's not much we can do'; Valleyview businesses eager for new BIA
KAMLOOPS- Tory Maltaise opened the Valleyview Bosley's store a year ago, and since then, he's seen a side of Valleyview he didn't expect. "When you're spending, you know, eight, ten, 12 hours in the same location every single day, your eyes get opened to more of what's happening in the immediate area," Maltai...
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DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN'S RIDE
Worldwide event brings awareness and raises funds for men's health
KAMLOOPS - On Sunday (May 19), thousands of dapper gentlefolk will ride their classic and vintage style motorcycles across the world to raise funds for men's mental health and prostate cancer research.The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride happens every year and for the second consecutive time Kamloops will host its own pa...
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PETERS: Connor Ingram shows even in hockey culture, it's okay to ask for help
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Art of Gardening
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Art of Gardening - Special May Long Weekend Edition
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Art of Gardening - Talking Tulips and Other Spring Bulbs
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Kamloops and Area
DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN'S RIDE
Worldwide event brings awareness and raises funds for men's health
KAMLOOPS - On Sunday (May 19), thousands of dapper gentlefolk will ride their classic and vintage style motorcycles across the world to raise funds for men's mental health and prostate cancer research.The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride happens every year and for the second consecutive time Kamloops will host its own pa...
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Kamloops Pulp Mill
Kamloops Pulp Mill testing alarm systems, holding evacuation drill
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Pulp Mill will test its alarm systems and hold an evacuation drill Thursday (May 16) morning.In a news release issued at 7:40 a.m. Thursday, Kruger Inc., the owner of the Kamloops Pulp Mill, says the test and evacuation drill will start at 8:00 a.m. and is expected to last around 60 minutes. Nea...
May 16, 2024
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east kamloops business improvement association
'We want to make East Kamloops a place that's always happening', Valleyview business owners push for BIA
KAMLOOPS - Businesses in Valleyview and Dallas are one step closer to having their own business improvement association.At Tuesday morning's (May 14) city council meeting, councillors voted in favour of initiating the first steps in the process to establish an East Kamloops BIA."We have no funding, so basically it...
May 16, 2024
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HOUSING SUPPLY ACT
Despite strong housing numbers, Kamloops to ask ministry to cut red tape
KAMLOOPS - In May 2023, the Ministry of Housing announced Kamloops as one of 10 municipalities identified by ministerial order and specified a total number of net new housing units that must be completed each year over a five-year period. The new rules came into effect as of October 1, with the city required to submit ...
May 16, 2024
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First Steps
First Steps provides a vital pillar of support
Since the grand opening on September 18, the First Steps Early Pregnancy Triage Clinic has been a vital pillar of support for expectant individuals in Kamloops and the surrounding rural areas. In just over six months, the clinic has delivered care to more than 400 pregnant patients. Conceived by Joanna Norman, the Head...
Apr 09, 2024
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ART OF GARDENING
Art of Gardening - Special May Long Weekend Edition
Well, spring officially arrived a couple of months ago. But as we all know, this is the weekend most of us wait to plant most of our plants in the garden.So with that in mind, we'll be looking back at some of our best features for this time of year! Including what's new in the world of tomatoes, some new ideas to plant...
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Talking Tulips and Other Spring Bulbs
Spring time is bulb time! Everybody loves to seem them emerge from the garden bed but to get the best performance and show from your spring blooming bulbs, Shawn Ulmer from Art Knapp's in Kamloops has a few tips to keep in mind!
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British Columbia
Doctors, patients want options to reduce dialysis waste adding to climate change
VANCOUVER - Francis Silva watches the blood flow through astraw-like tube in his left arm to a dialysis machine where it's cleaned of toxins and returned to his body through a second tube. The 60-year-old chef endures the four-hour process every Tuesday, Thursday and Sundayat St. Paul's Hospital where a 42-bed unit is ...
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President tells Gaza protesters that University of B.C. must remain neutral
VANCOUVER - The president of the University of British Columbia has told pro-Palestinian protesters that the school must remain neutral on the Gaza conflict. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says in response to demands by the organizers of a protest encampment on the Vancouver campus that professors and students hold a broad range...
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Crews fighting wildfires near Fort Nelson hope skies open up after rainy Thursday
FORT NELSON, B.C. - A rainy Thursday in and around Fort Nelson was exactly what fire crews were looking for. In a video released late Thursday night by the B.C. Wildfire Service, fire behaviour specialist for the Parker Lake and Patry Creek blazes Evan Peck said recent rain was much needed and made for excellent condit...
May 17, 2024
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HOOPS IN THE LOOPS
Local 3-on-3 basketball tourney set to take over downtown June 1 and 2
KAMLOOPS - In just three weeks, Victoria Street between Third and Fifth Avenues will transform from a normal city street to a mecca for three-on-three basketball."June 1 and 2, we shut down Victoria Street between Third and Fifth (Avenues). We'll probably have about eight of our nine courts set up," Sean Garv...
May 17, 2024
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Kamloops Blazers
Former Blazer goaltender Ingram awarded NHL's Masterton Trophy
SALT LAKE CITY - Former Kamloops Blazers goaltender Connor Ingram has won a major NHL award for his perseverance and dedication to the game.On Wednesday (May 15), the league revealed Ingram as the 2023-24 winner of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, as voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association...
May 16, 2024
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BC Lions Camp
Nelson snaps at chance to continue family CFL lineage with Leos
KAMLOOPS - Roger Nelson won two Grey Cups playing for the Edmonton Eskimos, hoisting the Canadian Football League's holy grail in 1954 and 1956. He died before his grandson Kyle Nelson was old enough to strap on pads but - in a roundabout way - had a major influence on his career. "My grandfather played in the CFL...
May 16, 2024
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Canada
Rain helps crews in Fort McMurray while B.C. cracks down on open burning
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Wildfire crews have reported no further growth in the wildfire that continues to burn southwest of Fort McMurray. Alberta Wildfire reports the lack of growth allowed crews to keep working on establishing fireguards overnight. The northeast Alberta city has seen rain in the last few days and Envir...
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Montreal artists and venue owners support 24-hour party district - with reservations
MONTREAL - It's 2:55 a.m. on a recent evening at Blue Dog bar, in Montreal's Plateau district. A bell rings, the bartender shouts, "last call," and a handful of people wander to the bar for one more drink. Slight variations of this scene occur across the city every night, as bars and venues are prohibited - m...
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No expert consensus on AI risks, trajectory 'remarkably uncertain': report
OTTAWA - A major international report on the safety of artificial intelligence says experts can't agree on the risk the technology poses - and it's unclear whether AI will help or harm us. The report, chaired by Canada's Yoshua Bengio, concludes the "future trajectory of general-purpose AI is remarkably uncertain....
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World
Suspect in attempted assassination of Slovakia's prime minister makes first court appearance
PEZINOK, Slovakia (AP) - The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico made his first court appearance Saturday as the nation's leader remained in serious condition recovering from surgery after surviving multiple gunshots, Slovak state media said. Fico, 59, was attacked as he greeted s...
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Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Someone's plans to harvest dozens of apparent marijuana plants grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke. The plants sprouted in a tulip garden outside the Capitol, WMTV-TV reported Thursday. Tatyana Warrick, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Administration, told Th...
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Man who sought revenge for a stolen phone pleads guilty to fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado man pleaded guilty Friday to a house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family in 2020 in a case of misplaced revenge caused by mistakenly tracking his stolen iPhone to the home. Kevin Bui, now 20, was a teenager at the time of the fire but prosecuted as an adult. He has been portray...
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