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Olynyk, Canada out of men's Olympic basketball tournament after quarterfinal loss to France
It wasn't to be for Kelly Olynyk and Canada's men's basketball team as they crashed out of the Paris Olympics in the quarterfinals Tuesday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander put up 27 points for a Canadian side...
Aug 06, 2024 Kelly Olynyk holds the Canadian flag alongside the rest of the men's basketball team that competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics. (Photo via Canada Basketball)
BC Lions extend training camp agreement with City of Kamloops
The BC Lions will continue to call Kamloops their training camp home after coming to an agreement with the City for two more years with an option for a third. The agreement guarantees that the Lions w...
Aug 06, 2024 BC Lions players during training camp in Kamloops in 2022. (Photo via Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
Ethan Katzberg of Kamloops Track and Field Club wins Olympic gold in hammer throw
UPDATE 3:30 p.m. - Ethan Katzberg experienced an unforgettable moment Sunday - and made history in the process. Katzberg, from Nanaimo won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw at the Paris Olympic...
Aug 04, 2024 Photo via Canadian Olympic Committee
UPDATE - Merritt ER to stay open over August Long weekend
UPDATE 4 p.m. - Interior Health says it has been able to find doctors to staff the emergency room at the Nicola Valley Hospital over the August long weekend. It says the facility which was expected to...
Aug 03, 2024 Marcin Wichary / CC
TNRD balks at proposed transit regionalization
The Thompson Nicola Regional District wants to hear more about BC Transit's plans to regionalize four transit systems into one. The regional model will see one company follow BC Transit's approved sta...
Jul 31, 2024 Bus in Kamloops/via Abby Zieverink
Kamloops on pace for second deadliest year as toxic drugs claim 11 more lives
Another 11 people in Kamloops lost their lives to the toxic drug crisis in the months of May and June this year. New preliminary data released by the BC Coroners Service shows a total of 45 toxic drug...
Jul 30, 2024 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
NDP picks Francyne Joe to run in Fraser-Nicola
The BC NDP have named Francyne Joe as their election candidate in Fraser-Nicola. A native of the Nicola Valley, the party says Joe is an advocate for human rights and a dedicated community builder. "W...
Jul 29, 2024
Province says majority of communities are adopting plans for more small-scale housing
Almost all British Columbia communities have adopted the provincial government's plan to tackle the housing crisis by allowing more multi-unit homes on properties. The province says nearly 90 per cent...
Jul 26, 2024 BC Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon speaks during an announcement in Burnaby on May 27, 2024. (Photo via Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
B.C. lifts vaccine mandates for health care workers; new vaccine registry launched
Health care workers in B.C. who lost their jobs because they refused a COVID-19 vaccine will be allowed to return to work, as the Provincial Health Officer has lifted the public health emergency decla...
Jul 26, 2024
TNRD orders wildfire evacuations near Little Fort in North Thompson
A new evacuation order has been issued in the North Thompson near Little Fort. The Dunn Creek wildfire has grown to the point where it's prompted the Thompson-Nicola Regional District to tell people o...
Jul 25, 2024 Dunn Creek wildfire burning east of Little Fort/via BC Wildfire Service
