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This is Gerry Shea's third hiking guide. The next will explore the Southern Okanagan (amazon.ca). Whether you're an avid hiker or just a beginner, it's a great way to get exercise and some fresh mountain air.But where should you...

Kamloops is called the Tournament Capital for a reason.It lives up to the name this summer.There are all-kinds of sporting events on the calendar.Sports reporter Marty Hastings stopped by the studio with a quick overview....

The heritage trees from Royal Inland Hospital are milled at Brocklehurst Middle School (Lucas Meneses-Skoda/CBC). It's a windfall that doesn't come along everyday.This one took almost 100 years.Old trees that were cut-down at Royal Inland Hospital have fallen into...

Kamloops RCMP are looking for witnesses to a hit and run accident that sent two men to hospital Thursday night. It happened on the East trans-Canada Highway near Highland Road just before 10 o'clock. Police say one of the victims was...

Bill Ligertwood is one of the Imagine No Religion conference organizers (Samantha Garvey/CBC). There's a big convention in Kamloops this weekend.    And one thing is certain: It will not begin with an opening prayer.The Imagine No Religion convention is...

David Williams has been studying wild horses for 12 years (CBC). The Chilcotin is home to the last large group of wild horses in the Canadian north west.The area known as the Brittany Triangle has roughly 200 wild, genetically...

This week, Josh Pagé and Mel Rotherburger fill up their column with talk about gas prices (Josh Pagé/CBC). Kamloops has some of the lowest gasoline prices in the province.But it doesn't seem so cheap lately.Armchair Mel Rothenburger has an...

A boating safety advisory has been issued by the city of Kamloops for the North and South Thompson rivers. The high water levels, due to the spring snow melt, mean the river currents are stronger and heavy debris is making...

CBC legislative reporter Stephen Smart (left) and Vancouver Sun provincial affairs reporter Jonathan Fowlie (right) are Daybreak Kamloops' legislature experts (Twitter) The BC Liberals defied the odds and won a majority government, but their leader is without a seat...

Left: NDP supporters gather at a local bar on the North Shore with Kathy Kendall. Right: Liberals Terry Lake and Todd Stone celebrate their victories at Hotel 540. The legend lives on.Kamloops retains the title of BC's Bellwether riding.   ...

B.C. will have a Liberal government for the next four years as Premier Christy Clark has led her party to an unexpected victory capturing 50 seats to the NDP's 33. The win gives the party five more seats than...

The polls open at 8 Tuesday morning as Election Day gets underway in B.C. The leaders of the B.C Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, and Grenn parties are spending this "judgement day" in their ridings on the Lower Mainland, the Fraser Valley...

  Should the province help pay for insulin pumps for diabetics? (iStock) With one day to go until the provincial election, parties are making their final pitches.And many voters are still looking for an issue they can latch onto.The B.C....

Mike O'Reilly (left) is fundraising for the M.S. Walk in Kamloops, taking place Sunday May 26. Nick Gajic is the owner of Blenz where O'Reilly is campaigning (Samantha Garvey/CBC). In the coffee shop next door to the CBC office...

  The General Voting Day for the B.C. Provincial Election is May 15, 2013 (CBC). After weeks of campaigning, a smattering of election signs and plenty of door-knocking, tomorrow is decision time for the B.C. Election.    Ray Pillar is...

A rapidly growing wild-fire in a rural area known as Blue Sky Country near Ashcroft has forced the evacuation of 50 homes. The Spatsum Creek Wildfire has been burning for more than a week. Winds have fanned the flames helping...

Grace Lawrence is one of the lucky people who wears a Kamloops Blazers knitted by Margaret Nakai 88-year-old Margaret Nakai has woven herself into the fabric of Kamloops.She knits sweaters, Kamloops Blazers sweaters, for a good cause.But now she's...

Lillooet's St'at'imc Chiefs Council says it's had enough of highway, rail and telecommunications trespassing on its territory. Chief Garry John is threatening to block highways and rail lines and embarrass companies and the government unless the next provincial government...

The St'at'imc First Nation near Lillooet has served notice.Whoever forms the next provincial government better be prepared to deal with their long-standing complaints.The St'at'imc will gather today for an annual celebration and it's taking on extra meaning.Host Shelley Joyce speaks with Chief...

(Photo courtesy of floranext.com) Breakfast in bed? A bouquet of flowers? Or maybe a simple "I love you?"    It's Mothers Day on Sunday .    Our intern Lucas Meneses-Skoda hit the streets to see how people are preparing....

(photo: courtesy TRU) Flags at TRU are flying at half-staff today to mark the passing of Tom Owen. Tom died last week of lung complications at the age of 68. He had just retired as the director of environment...

Mel Rothenburger and Josh Pagé check in on the final days of a campaign, and even discuss the validity of election signs (CBC/Kathleen Bogas). Five days.That's all the time candidates and their teams have left in the provincial election.What's...

(Picture courtesy of the Kamloops Homelessness Action Plan) Homelessness is nothing new in Kamloops.    But a new study released on Wednesday might come as a surprise.    It says the city needs affordable housing for more than 2,000 people.The finding...

The election race is continuing to tighten up. With five days to go until voting day a new poll commissioned by the Times Colonist newspaper suggests the NDP's lead has narrowed to just four points. 41 percent of decided voters would...

Kamloops city hall (CBC) Several Kamloops city councillors expressed some frustration with KGHM Ajax - the company proposing an open-pit mine on the edge of the city.In an 18-page letter made public last week, the company told councillors they're...

Kamloops-North Thompson NDP candidate Kathy Kendall (image courtesy Kathy Kendall). It's a riding to watch on election night: Kamloops-North Thompson.It stretches from the Kamloops North Shore through Barriere and Clearwater, and up past Blue River.    Last election the margin...

People who don't technically have the right to put a dock on Shuswap Lake are likely going to have their dock removed (image courtesy mountainbikingbc.ca). Shuswap Lake is about to get a little less crowded.With docks, that is.The local...

Advance polls open Wednesday in the province's 40th provincial election. Officials with Elections B.C. say voters need personal identification when they visit the advance voting places. Advance polls will remain open between 8 am and 8 pm until Saturday....

On the Couch features insight from Kamloops counsellor Lorraine Moulton (graphic courtesy Alan Cleaver/flickr). Each week we take a trip to the therapist's office. This week Kamloops Clinical Counsellor, Lorraine Moulton addresses an email about early retirement and the...

Ed Klop is the Conservative candidate for the Kamloops North-Thompson (courtesy of shuswapconservatives.wordpress.com) Have you decided yet who you'll be voting for one week today? This week the Daybreak election spotlight is on the riding of Kamloops-North Thompson. The...

Bears are awake from their slumber (Courtesy Ginevre Smith). The weather is warm and bears are well awake from their winter slumber, just ask Janet Ciaverelli.She had a run-in with a bear at Greenstone Mountain on Sunday.That's about 45...

A fiery crash between a transport truck and a pick-up truck has left at least one person dead. The crash happened on the Trans-Canada highway west of Chase, Monday night. Kamloops Fire and Rescue were called out to the scene...

The Ajax mine site near Kamloops, B.C. What impact will the prosposed AJAX mine have on the city of Kamloops? What are the health effects? Will there be dust, noise or vibration from the blasting? Will Aberdeen and Duffern...

Beattie School of the Arts (Google Street View) Who better to offer sage advice on being hung out to dry than a couple of teenage boys?The Solar Laundry Project is a campaign to promote energy awareness in Kamloops.This year's...

Terry Lake is hoping to be re-elected in the Kamloops North-Thompson riding (image courtesy www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca). The Daybreak election spotlight turns this week to the riding of Kamloops-North Thompson.That's basically everything on the north side of the Thompson river from...

Gordon Wilson will be signing a Liberal party membership card this week, rejoining the party that pushed him out twenty years ago. Wilson led the Liberals to a breakthrough win of 17 seats, up from zero, back in 1991. He left two...

The Kamloops Blazers' season is over and even before the smell of sweat and hardwork has left the locker room, the changes have started. The team's focus now moves to next season. Marty Hastings joins Shelley Joyce to look...

People lineup to ask questions at Thursday night's candidates forums (CBC). Seven people vying for your vote sat in front of about 300 people Thursday night in Kamloops.It was the provincial election forum put on by the Kamloops Daily...

The Kamloops Spring Sprint is here! (http://www.trytri.org/springsprint.htm) It requires one heck of a lot of training. You've got to swim, then cycle and cap it all off with a run.Triathlon season is here.On Sunday in Westsyde it's the Fifth...

Family members of a missing Calgary man have arrived at Eagle Bay on Shuswap Lake, to help with the search. Fifty nine year old John Poole was reported missing on Tuesday after failing to return from a fishing trip....

He's worked in forestry for the past 24 years. Now he's running to be MLA for Fraser Nicola.  This week we're talking one-on-one with the Fraser Nicola candidates. Michael Beauclair is running for the BC Conservative party. Shelley Joyce...

BC Conservative Leader John Cummins drives this truck around with his wife, Sue, on the campaign trail (Josh Pagé). The BC Conservatives don't have any seats in the Legislature, but they are hoping to get your vote with promises...

John De Cicco and Armchair Mayor Mel Rothenburger in De Cicco's barbershop, which tends to be a popular spot for political conversation (Josh Pagé/CBC). Thursday is election forum night. Candidates in the Kamloops-North and South Thompson ridings will go...

Search and rescue crews scoured Shuswap Lake Wednesday afternoon looking for a missing fisherman. They'll return with dive teams to continue their search Thursday. Police in Salmon Arm received a call Wednesday morning from a man who noticed a boat...

(image courtesy http://searchingforartinlife.blogspot.ca) The official search for the bodies of Brendan Wilson and Austin Kingsborough who disappeared while canoeing on Nicola Lake over a week ago has been suspended.Now a retired couple from Idaho is en route to Merritt...

(Nancy Bepple) Do city councillors get paid enough?They go to council meetings, committees, other meetings and wave the city flag at community events.Councillor Nancy Bepple says it's time Kamloops checks out how much other city councillors make, and if...

(Harry Lali) It's a riding of roads and bridges, and small towns stretched across a huge territory.The Fraser-Nicola riding is also one of the poorest in the province. Unemployment is higher than average. There are more people on social...

Kamloops RCMP made a major drug bust after a traffic stop late Tuesday afternoon. Police pulled a vehicle over on the Coquihalla highway fifty kilometers west of Kamloops. Inside the vehicle was 1 kilogram of methamphetamine and five thousand dollars cash. The...

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Waterfront property on Gun Lake that was dug up and dumped up into a lake is part of why the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District wants more enforcement for riparian regulations (image courtesy ecobc.blogspot.ca). The law is as clear as a...

It's mosquito control time around the Kamloops area (James Gathany/CDC). It's enough to ruin a summer day.The buzzing, the biting -- we're on the brink of mosquito season.    That's why the Thompson Nicola Regional District has already sent Mosquito...

The Auditor General says the federal government can't account for three point one billion dollars in anti-terrorism measures. In his annual report, Michael Ferguson says the government can't say whether the desired anti-terrorism objectives are being reached. The report goes...

(courtesy cbc.ca) There is a problem with policing in rural British Columbia.  That according to the mayor of Barrier, BC.Imagine one officer is catching speeders out on the highway while back in town another officer gets a call where...

There's a new family doctor in Kamloops, and hundreds of people have already signed up for her practice (CBC). The word spread like wildfire: a new doctor in town, and she's taking new patients.It's a rare thing in Kamloops...

John Kidder lives in Ashcroft and wants to be the MLA for the Fraser-Nicola riding (image courtesy www.greenparty.bc.ca/johnkidder). Our Daybreak election spotlight moves to the Fraser-Nicola riding this week.Merritt, Logan Lake, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Lyton, Lillooet and other spots...

A retired couple from Idaho is en route to Merritt this week to search for two Langley teenagers presumed drowned. Gene and Sandy Ralston have recovered 84 bodies from drownings across North America in the past 11 years. They charge their...

These trees will soon be only visible in photographs and Google Street View (Google Street View). There's no standing in the way of progress, not even for 80-year-old trees.The big trees on the lawn of Royal Inland Hospital are...

(map from google maps) The tiny community of Falkland is small in size, but big in spirit. There are only 600 people nestled amidst the fields and valleys between Kamloops and Vernon. The area is pristine but the old...

(Kamloops Blazers) The Kamloops Blazers are just one loss away from their season going up in flames. The Portland Winterhawks have a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference Final.Game five is Friday night in Portland.Sports repoter Marty Hastings has...

The Williams Lake RCMP arrested a man who was carrying a number of weapons in a local park Thursday. Police were called to Boitanio Park around 3:15 because the man was seen pointing a gun. When they arrived they found the...

Mel Rothenburger and Josh Pagé go door-to-door to see if the old school method of door knocking works in an election campaign (CBC). If you hear a knock on your door over the next couple of weeks, there's a...

(courtesy www.greenparty.bc.ca/dustinprice) It's an interesting mix in the race to be MLA for the Cariboo Chilcotin riding. There are two long-time polticians, an independent canadidate who's seeking the protest vote and a relative newcomer named Dustin Price.The 28 year...

Kamloops Run Club members are ready for the big Boogie on Sunday (courtesy of runclub.ca) It's almost time to get your boogie on.    The annual Kamloops Daily News Boogie is just three days away and many running teams around...

A fire in a Kamloops home early Thursday morning has sent one woman to hospital for smoke inhalation. Kamloops Fire and Rescue were called to the building on St Paul street just before 2 AM. All three units in the building...

(Courtesy www.garycan.com) It looks like another tight race shaping up in the Cariboo Chilcotin. Four years ago, the election was won by just 88 votes.We've already spoken with the NDP's Charlie Wyse and the Liberals' Donna Barnett.Today we hear...

Larissa Piva chooses to pursue field hockey at UVic (Facebook) Grade 12 is not all proms and parties. It's pretty daunting having to decide what to do with the rest of your life. Now is the time when students...

Green Party of BC Leader Jane Sterk (Green Party of BC) As of Wednesday morning, voters in Kamloops can't vote for the BC Green Party.No candidates have been declared in Kamloops-South Thompson, or Kamloops North-Thompson ridings.The nomination deadline if...

RCMP dive teams will be back out on Nicola Lake on Wednesday, searching for two missing teenagers. 17 year old Austin Kingsborough and 18-year old Brendan Wilson from Langley went out Sunday in a canoe and haven't been seen since. Police...

(Winter roads in the Lillooet area can be icy and dangerous-submitted image) A few weeks back we had the pleasure of doing our show from Lillooet where we had coffee,  shared stories, and got to know some of our...

Donna Barnett (donna-barnett.ca) Four candidates are vying to be elected MLA in the Cariboo-Chilcotin this election.  Where do they stand on issues important to you?The riding includes 100 Mile House, Williams Lake and everything west out to Anahim Lake....

NDP Leader Adrian Dix speaks with students at Westsyde Secondary School in Kamloops (Josh Pagé/CBC). It was the day of Adrian Dix in Kamloops. From policy announcements on the North Shore to classroom chats in Westsyde, the NDP's massive...

A dive team and an RCMP helicopter will search Nicola Lake, near Merritt, again Tuesday morning. Police are now calling the search for two teen boys from Langley a recovery effort. Their overturned canoe was found yesterday in the lake. Family members...

(courtesy city of Kamloops) It's an idea that came from a public brainstorming session. Imagine heading from the North shore of Kamloops, high up from McArthur Island to Thompson Rivers University. Sounds far-fetched, well Kamloops City Councillor Arjun Singh...

Charlie Wyse is running for the NDP in the Cariboo-Chilcotin riding (image courtesy Charlie Wyse/Facebook). It's a four person race in the Cariboo-Chilcotin this election. How much do you know about the candidates who are campaigning for your vote?This...

(image courtesy Harper's Trail Winery) Harper's Trail Estate Winery is Kamloops' first commercial vineyard.When local politicians need a gift for visiting dignitaries a bottle of Harper's Trail Riesling does the trick.The vineyard sits on a sunny slope along the...

The community-advisory group, involved in the environmental assesment for the proposed Ajax mine is holding a press conference Monday. The group will raise issues with the assessment into the K-G-H-M Ajax open-pit mine that has been taking place for...

(courtesy Kamloops Blazers) Some call them the Evil Empire, the powerhouse Portland Winterhawks dumped the Blazers from the WHL playoffs last year and it's deja-vu this year.The best of 7 series between Kamloops and Portland will decide the WHL...

BC Conservative candidate Peter Sharp wants your vote this provincial election (image courtesy Facebook/Peter Sharp). Still making up your mind on how to vote in the upcoming election?We're here to help.Over the next few weeks, we'll be talking one-on-one...

Government biologists are being muzzled during the provincial election forcing the cancellation of a conference on moose in Prince George. Experts slated to speak at the event were told they're not allowed to discuss government business while the provincial...

Terrace's Bob Erb has been using some of his lottery winnings to help fund 4/20 events (CBC). What would you do with lottery winnings of $25 million?You might want to help a cause you care about: something close to...

Examples of trash at one illegal trash site on the LaFarge Road near Barnhartvale (Josh Pagé/CBC). It's spring cleaning time, which means in the hills and forests around Kamloops it's illegal dumping season.Just outside Barnhartvale is one particularly trashy...

(courtesy CBC) Liberal Party leader Christy Clark made Kamloops her night cap on Wednesday.It was her first day of campaigning outside the lower mainland and she dropped in to stir support for Kamloops candidates Todd Stone and Terry Lake.Our...

(image courtesy http://tomfriedman.bcndp.ca/) It is a three-man race for Kamloops-South Thompson.If you live on the south side of the Thompson River from Kamloops to Chase, they're after your vote.This week, we're talking one-on-one with those candidates.How much do you...

Kamloops RCMP are investigating an early morning break in at 5th Avenue Jewellers on Hillside Drive. Police were called to the business just before 3 AM Thursday morning, but by that point the thieves had taken off. The Mounties say at...

The City of Williams Lake is mourning a horse, not just any old horse. Lincoln was well-loved and well-known in the Cariboo.Together with his partner Bentley, Lincoln pulled a wagon and sometimes a sleigh and they gave rides every year...

People at the New Life Mission in Kamloops offer their thoughts on the provincial election campaign (image courtesy newlifemission.ca). From looking for their next meal, to where they'll sleep at night, B.C.'s homeless have major issues to deal with...

Todd Stone hopes to win the seat for Kamloops-South Thompson (images courtesy B.C. Liberal Party). How much do you know about the politicians who are asking for your vote? Why are they running? What have they got to offer?Over...

A petition opposing the proposed Ajax mine was presented to Kamloops city council Tuesday. It was hoped the 25 hundred signature petition would sway council to take a position on the controversial mine. Councillor Tina Lange suggested forwarding the petition to...

(graphic courtesy Alan Cleaver/flickr) It's the toughest job you'll ever do and the rewards will most often outweigh the sacrifices.But, what if they don't? What if putting your career on hold to stay home with the kids just makes...

The B.C. provincial election is on May 14 when one of these leaders will be declared the premier of the province (CBC). The "unofficial' campaign has been happening for months.Officially, it begins Tuesday.    B.C. voters go to the polls...

(courtesy WHL) It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.Does that apply to fans in the stands?A visitor from Kelowna says she and her family had a terrible time at the last two Blazers'...

B.C.'s official election period is expected to kick off Tuesday morning. Premier Christy Clark will visit Government House in Victoria and ask the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve parliament. Once the writ of the election is issued, political parties have a four...

(courtesy Kamloops Symphony Orchestra) Adults usually don't have trouble understanding how music is made, why some notes are higher than others or how a bow makes a violin sing.But for kids the science behind sound is new and fascinating. A...

Grace Lawrence is quite the fan of the Kamloops Blazers (image courtesy Allen Douglas).Blazers fans come in all shapes and sizes.Just last week a three-year-old captured hearts on the front cover of the Kamloops This Week.Grace Lawrence was caught...

Nicola Lake near Merritt is struggling with an invasion of Eurasian watermilfoil invasion (image courtesy http://searchingforartinlife.blogspot.ca) In the Merritt area,  they're preparing to fight off a foreign invader. Eurasian watermilfoil.The non-native plant is choking the life from Nicola Lake.A...

(courtesy aspensmithers Colin Bateman) Thursday we watched a moose in Smithers stroll into a grocery store in Smithers.The animal was lured back outside, but it did not survive the efforts by authorities to re-locate it out of town.Todd Hunter,...

(image courtesy Kamloops Blazers) This Blazers update starts with the sound of what it was like at the Interior Saving Centre when Kale Kessy scored in overtime to end the second round series against the Kelowna Rockets. The goal put...

(image courtesy NHM Royals Archery) A Kamloops family is hoping to score some top prizes this weekend.The Kamloops Target Sports Association's 3-D Archery Shoot is Saturday and Sunday at the top of Hillside Drive.Archers from all over the Cariboo...

It has been a year since Sandra Lynn Wilson went missing from downtown Kamloops. The Kamloops RCMP say her family will make a public plea for help Friday at the RCMP detachment. Also known as Cassandra, police say she...

This is part of a presentation brought to council during the Republic of Life pitch.As Williams Lake keeps contemplating a new brand name, two marketing professors from Thompson Rivers University have a couple of ideas.One suggests "The Frontier of...

Mel Rothenburger and Josh Pagé debate what is art, and what isn't (CBC, Germaine Koh). There's a new exhibit at the Kamloops Art Gallery by Vancouver artist Germaine Koh.    It's meant to be " a survey of works relating...

Average.That's how a CBC Fifth Estate investigation scored six hospitals under the control of the Interior Health Authority.Royal Inland is one of them.The investigation rated the hospitals based on criteria like mortality rates, re-admission rates, and hospital-acquired infections.The report also...

The Walloper Lake highway camera on the Coquihalla Highway (drivebc.ca) Be careful on the Coquihalla Thursday morning just outside of Kamloops. Here is a link to the DriveBC highway cameras....

The Kamloops Blazers completed the sweep of their Kelowna rivals Wednesday night. They won 4-3 in overtime over the Rockets on a goal by Kale Kessy. The win sends the Blazers to the Western Conference Final for the first time since...

WCT-Fiddler on the Roof - Stephen Aberle, Jeffrey Pufahl, Leon Willey & John Corbishley Western Canada Theatre is gearing up for their production of "Fiddler on the Roof".It's their biggest show to date. There's music, dancing and a huge...

This is part of the presentation submitted to city council in Williams Lake. The full presentation is linked below. Do you want to see the city report about the idea to brand Williams Lake as the "Republic of Life?"It...

Trinity the cat is now off this hydro pole and is safe and sound (Doug Herbert/CBC). Trinity the cat is back on solid ground.We brought you the first part of this story on Tuesday when the cat had been...

(Photo Credit: Northern Development Initiative Trust) Beautiful mountains and tons of snow.Is the town of Valemont BC's next world-class ski resort?Valemount is about a 3-hour drive North of Kamloops on Highway 5.Bruce Wilkinson is chair of the Valemount Ski...

The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the woman who died in a crash south of Kamloops on Sunday. Alicia Renee McDonnell was the front-seat passenger in a pickup truck which crashed head on with another truck on Highway 5A...

BC Hydro just tweeted that a crew has rescued the stranded cat we first told you about this morning. Tune into Daybreak Kamloops on Wednesday for more....

(courtesy City of Williams Lake) Civic leaders in Williams Lake are to vote on a new slogan for the city Tuesday night. The proposed catch phase to sell the city, "The Republic of Life."However, that isn't going over well...

(www.bgckamloops.com). Bullying.Fighting. Single-parent families and final exams.Being a teenager is full of challenges for some kids, and dealing with those can lead to dangerous ways of coping.The Kamloops Boys and Girls Club runs a program called "Nights Alive" on...

Trinity the cat has been stuck up a hydro pole for several days (Doug Herbert/CBC). Two Kamloops men are considering drastic measures to save their cat.Trinity has been stuck on top of a hydro pole for at least 3...

With a week before the official campaign begins, Premier Christy Clark was rallying her troops Monday night as the B.C. Liberal Party held a fundraiser. 1800 people paid hundreds of dollars to hear Clark take aim at the NDP. Clark maintains...

(Courtesy Kamloops Blazers and Kelowna Rockets) The Kamloops Blazers and Kelowna Rockets have two games under their belts in the second round of the WHL playoffs.And the Blazers are taking the Rockets to the boards winning both games. The...

Kevin Cramer (left) and Sebastian Gardner won the Tyler Lowey Comeback Award (CBC). Tyler Lowey was playing baseball for Thompson Rivers University.He was hit in the face by a wild ball. The injury was serious. He lost an eye.But...

An example of some of the drugs, guns and money seized by Kamloops RCMP in October, 2012 (Josh Pagé/CBC). It was a big drug bust back in October.Kamloops RCMP invited reporters for what's called a show-and-tell.They'd broken-up a drug...

Premier Christy Clark kicks off the Liberal re-election campaign next Sunday with a 30-minute televised address. The Liberal party says the program will include community leaders and "everyday British Columbians" sharing their hopes for the future. Campaign director Mike...

(images courtesy whl.ca) It's another chapter in the Kamloops-Kelowna rivalry.The Blazers and Rockets kick off their playoff series tomorrow night in Kelowna. Sports reporter Marty Hastings has been talking to both sides.He speaks with guest host Josh Pagé....

The Lillooet area is beautiful and it's also a pretty good spot for news (image submitted). Lillooet is home to one of the most storied newspapers in the province, The Bridge River Lillooet News.It's the paper of Ma Murray,...

The Canadian economy shed 55 thousand jobs last month. The latest figures from Statistics Canada shows B.C. fared far worse than nearly every other province. The Canadian economy lost almost 55-thousand jobs last month, all of them full time. Most of...

(courtesy CBC) Phil Hiller and his partner Kathy love their home on the corner of Pleasant Street and Sixth Avenue in Kamloops, but there is a problem. Speeders crash into their fence every now and then and it happened...

Mel Rothenburger and Josh Pagé debate whether all the work done to renovate and build hotels is really needed in Kamloops (Josh Pagé/CBC Kamloops). Build it and they will come, or will they?There appears to be a hotel boom...

The 7-11 on Tranquille Rd. where Michael Forry was hit over the head with a skateboard (image courtesy maps.google). The Kamloops RCMP is responding to criticism from the sister of Michael Forry.He's the 46 year old man who was...

B.C.'s largest forest convention is back after a four year hiatus. The Council of Forest Industries is holding its annual convention Thursday and Friday in Prince George. COFI was forced to cancel the full two-day convention when the forest industry...

(courtesy CBC) For the last few weeks we've been taking the show on the road to 100 Mile House, Williams Lake, Chase, Ashcroft and Revelstoke.  Every now and then we stumble upon a real star, someone who  lights up the...

(Denise Harper) The Kamloops Thompson School District's budget is in for another year, and once again the board grappled with smaller enrollments.Less kids in town headed to school particularly affects small communities.Denise Harper represents the rural ward east of...

Remember your early days in elementary school?Maybe you were shy...or were bullied...or maybe you were the life of the party.  Either way students have to learn how to deal with each other at an early age. The school district...

The roadblocks are gone, but an air and ground search continued into Wednesday morning along the Canada/U.S. border in the Fraser Valley, east of Vancouver. So far, there has been no sign of a man who is believed to...

This is the news release issued by Kamloops RCMP involving the incident with Michael Forry. Forry's sister, Ann, says she isn't happy with the way police have handled the case (Kamloops RCMP). Michael Forry remains in intensive care Tuesday...

(image courtesy potatohouseproject.com) It's a quarter of an acre, right in the heart of downtown Williams Lake.Five heritage apple trees and a dilapidated old house.Some people might call it an eye-sore., but according to the Potato House Sustainable Community...

Are you gearing the kids up for school today?Making a lunch? Packing their knapsack?Have you got shoes for them to wear?   It's something we take for granted, but not having shoes is keeping thousands of kids from attending school in...

The preliminary hearing into the so called "RCMP jail sex scandal" is slated to begin today in Kamloops. The case dates back to August of 2010. Three officers and a civilian guard at the Kamloops jail allegedly watched two women in...

The playoffs series between the Kamloops Blazers and the Victoria Royals continues tonight.It's game four in this first-round series with the Blazers leading two games to one.     Marty Hastings has traveled with the Blazers to Victoria and he...

One of the "Armchair Cats" at the SPCA. This cat and many others were recently found in a discarded armchair in a ditch (Josh Pagé/CBC). Right now cats in Kamloops run freely without any identification. Some cities, like Saskatoon...

The Stoke is Revelstoke's unique classifieds website (image courtesy list.thestoke.ca) If you live in Revelstoke, chances are good you are familiar with The Stoke List.It's an on-line classified creation that helps people find what they need.Or, need what they...

Kamloops Fire and Rescue were faced with a difficult rescue early Thursday morning. A car crashed into a ditch, getting pinned up against a cliff on the Trans Canada Highway near Savonna. Assistant Chief Dennis Fayers says a rescue crew arrived...

(courtesy CBC) Pysanky are those intricate Easter eggs found in Ukrainian homes and China cabinets.Designs are drawn in beeswax with a stylus on a raw egg and then dyed multiple times.The finished project is often a multi-colored masterpiece of...

Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey , the world's leading questionnaire tool. Should Kamloops City Council try to stop the Ajax mine?Should there be a referendum?Does the city need those mining jobs?    Those are some of the questions...

(image courtesy Google Earth) Chase council was asked recently to do something about young troublemakers.It was asked to bring in a curfew.The proposal was denied almost immediately.Now, one village councillor wants to make it perfectly clear: he says Chase...

The Spirit of Kamloops Steam train, also known as the 2141, will not be running this summer. The Kamloops heritage train society says the trains engine needs to be rebuilt and they simply do not have the money. Society President Glen...

Fish Lake, in B.C.'s southern Interior, is part of a watershed system at the centre of a mining project proposal. (Council of Canadians) People in Kamloops know first hand how a controversial mining proposal can divide a community.In the...

The value of date night between couples is the topic f this week's episode of On the Couch (graphic courtesy Alan Cleaver/flickr). Is date night dead?An expensive waste of time and money? The author of a new book says...

(Wikimedia Commons) We met so many fantastic people on our trip last week to Williams lake.    Tuba John stands out.John Sykes has been volunteering his time with musicians there for more than 20 years. He's taught lessons.He's organized concerts....

A Merritt area First Nation is taking the federal government to court over Kinder Morgan's plans to run a twin pipeline through its reserve. The federal government approved the original pipeline that runs through the Coldwater Indian Band's reserve...

(Courtesy CBC) His son, Kelly, has quickly become the face of the future of Canadian basketball. Ken Olynyk was in Salt Lake city for his son's first two games of the March Madness Tournament.Unfortunately, the Gonzaga Bulldogs lost in their...

The 100 Mile Ranch celebrates its 100th birthday this year with a new purchase of heifers (photo courtesy 100mileranch.ca). Although forestry is still the primary industry in the 100 Mile House area, ranching is mooooving in a positive direction.Greg...

Is time to start using horses as a popular way to get to town again? Some folks in Enderby think so (Photo courtesy Wild Horse of Alberta Society). This story made the news on Friday, but we just had...

(Kamloops blazers logo) It was way back in August, the heat of summer, when the Blazers' took on the Victoria Royals in the first game of the season. Friday night the post-season begins and who is back in town...

Shelley Joyce speaks with Andy Lawrence, and also takes a ride with some of his nifty dogs (Samantha Garvey/CBC). Visitors from around the world have traveled to this area to try it, and now Shelley Joyce is giving it...

(www.cathymcleod.ca) What's in the federal budget for you and your family?To help us sort through the spreadsheets, guest host Josh Pagé speaks with our Member of Parliament.Cathy McLeod is the Conservative MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo....

Taseko's mine proposal is supported by Ervin Charleyboy near Williams Lake (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press). A proposed gold-copper mine in the Chilcotin has divided the First Nations Community.Taseko mines had their original plan for the Prosperity Mine shut down in...

The writ hasn't even been dropped yet but the Provincial election campaign is already ramping up here in the interior. B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins is in Kamloops Friday afternoon to open Conservative candidate Peter Sharp's campaign office. While NDP...

Seven-foot Canadian Kelly Olynyk, right, has blossomed into one of the top players in U.S. college basketball and a leader of the No. 1-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs. (Lenny Ignelzi/Associated Press) March Madness is a national obsession in the U.S.A.Now the...

Earth Hour is meant for the young and the old to turn their lights off an save power for one hour on Saturday night. Mel Rothenburger tries to convince a skeptical Josh Pagé of its importance (Copyright WWF Canada...

Grieving friends and family of teenaged mom Rachel Pernosky will gather Thursday night in a Mission park to remember her. A candlelight vigil for the 18 year old begins at 7 at Fraser River Heritage Park. Pernosky's body was found...

(courtesy CBC) The much anticipated environmental assessment of the proposed Ajax Mine proposal is going to take a little bit longer.That is because the company behind AJAX, KGHM International says it needs more time toget its application together.Robin Bartlett...

While many high school students are relaxing on their spring break, 23 brave teens are holed up in Brocklehurst Middle School learning what it takes to be an RCMP officer.There are a lot of push-ups.They get lectured about keeping...

Trappers around Merritt say it's nearly impossible for domestic animals to get stuck in their traps (image courtesy kootation.com). It seems we stepped into quite a controversy.A dog rescue society in Merritt has started a petition to ban trapping...

The Canadian Avalanche Centre has increased the danger rating for avalanches. It follows an avalanche in the backcountry near Whistler Tuesday, and another near Terrace over the weekend. In both cases, skiers were buried but pulled out safely within a matter of...

Leg traps like this one are meant for bears, but Judanna Dawn-Caros says many dogs are falling victim to them (CBC). There's a move in Merritt to ban something as old as Canada itself -- the trapping of wild...

On the Couch features insight from Kamloops counsellor Lorraine Moulton (graphic courtesy Alan Cleaver/flickr). He works away for weeks at a time, toiling in the oil patch or at a mine up North.The money is great, but the price...

Jim Iker is the new President of the B.C. Teachers' Federation. The Burns Lake resident was elected by acclamation Monday. Outgoing head Susan Lambert officially stepped down last week saying she was proud of what she accomplished as president of...

(courtesy istock) The B.C. Medical Association and the B.C. Government have a solution to solve the doctor shortage in many rural communities.    20 physicians and specialists will get a one-time incentive of $100,000 to work in one of 17...

Midget Hockey Provincials gets underway in Lillooet (photo courtesy CBC Sports). Wendy Parker is a town councillor in Lillooet.She's got her own radio show.But this week she's a hard-working hockey mom.There's a provincial championship hockey tournament in town this...

This newspaper headline from 1965 describes the fatal plane crash near 100 Mile House (image courtesy Ellensburg Daily Record). The crash of Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21 is one of Canada's greatest air disasters.All 52 people on-board were killed.It...

Big changes are coming into effect today for unmarried couples living together in B.C. The new Family Law Act treats common law couples the same as married couples when it comes to property rights. That means it means if a common...

Johnny Canuck's father gazing at the Canadian landscape, as played by Kamloops resident Adam MacKay Smith (image courtesy sugarhigh.tv). His first Johnny Canuck video came out just before the Vancouver Canucks took on the Bruins for the 2011 Stanley...

This resolution from the City of Williams Lake can be seen on the North Central Local Government Association's website (http://www.nclga.ca/resolutions.asp). The City of Williams Lake has passed a resolution to restrict the sale of bear spray and machetes.It's now...

Williams Lake council wants to restrict the sale of bear spray and machetes. RCMP in the interior town say they're the weapons of choice for criminals, because they can be bought so easily. But guide outfitters and hunters also rely on...

(Courtesy CBC) Bench presses, squats, and push ups are certainly one way to stay fit as you get older. And it can be a challenge, unless you're in Cache Creek where a fitness centre has recently opened at the...

The memorial cairn at Peterson Creek Park is on the move. This week's episode of Josh and the Armchair Mayor discuss the move (Josh Pagé/CBC). More than 50 years ago three Kamloops RCMP officers were shot and killed just...

The City of Williams Lake is trying to crack down on violent crime by pushing for restrictions on the sale of bear spray and machetes. The city has ranked in the top 5 for violent crime per capita according to...

The nestled slopes of the Village of Ashcroft is led by eight-year Mayor Andy Anderson (Samantha Garvey/CBC). How well do you know your mayor?If you live in Ashcroft, did you know he's been mayor for eight years?That he owns...

(Courtesy Environment Canada His voice is on all the radio stations; He's quoted in the papers and appears on TV. Many people simply call him the weatherman.    Jim Steele, the only Environment Canada meteorologist in Kamloops is retiring and...

You can learn a lot from the obituaries.Sometimes they are entertaining. Enlightening. Sad.Often they teach us a lesson about how to make our own lives richer.This week we say so long to a woman who may have cut your hair...

The Cariboo Regional District is suggesting a tax on commercially produced animal food to help animal shelters. It would equate to about 30 cents on a $60 bag of animal food (http://ratherfetching.wordpress.com). Animals shelters like the SPCA rely on...

Mini donkeys like these ones need a new home (image courtesy Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge Society). Fifteen miniature donkeys on Vancouver Island need a new home.But it's a big cost to move the small donkeys to the Turtle Valley...

Five witnesses are being called as former Vernon teacher and vice Principal Deborah Ashton faces her third trial in B.C. Supreme Court in the last two years. The 48 year old has pleaded not guilty to two charges of...

(courtesy CBC) Kamloops has taken the bait in casting around for the new title as the Ultimate Fishing Town. The contest is being sponsored by the World Fishing Network, but the Tournament Capital is up against dozens of other communities...

Vanderhoof Mayor Gerry Thiessen says it's time companies are forced to clean up brownfields site. Commonly brownfield sites are abandoned gas stations. B.C's brownfields.You've probably seen them wherever you are.Old gas stations that sit fenced off and unused. Industrial...

On the Couch features insight from Kamloops counsellor Lorraine Moulton (graphic courtesy Alan Cleaver/flickr). My kids, your kids. One big happy family.According to Statistics Canada, 13 per cent of Canadian families include kids from previous relationships.Blending families sounds so...

A deaf man from Kamloops is in hospital in Mexico after his father says he was attacked and robbed and then pushed off the third floor of a resort hotel. Ron Simpson says his son Kevin suffered a broken...

(courtesy S-Trip) With a spring break trip to Cuba just a week away for some students, a Kamloops mom of two teenagers has concerns about just what goes on during those trips and the company running them.Hillary Rockvam is...

Brian Mcleod (middle) enjoys a day on the slopes in his eighties. Here he poses with Senator Nancy Greene-Raine and mayor of Sun Peaks Al Raine (Doug Herbert/CBC) What do you want to be doing when you are 86...

The Dunes opened the earliest it ever has to green grass and sunny skies (Samantha Garvey/CBC). Winter? What winter?It's golfing season.Three courses in Kamloops are already open.Rivershore, Mount Paul, and The Dunes.    For The Dunes, this is the earliest...

The proposed Ajax copper and gold mine is a hot topic in Kamloops, and a big pit of concern for the Kamloops Moms for Clean Air.They are a newly formed group of enviro-moms.Their focus? To call attention to air pollution...

B.C.'s independent investigations office has dispatched another team to investigate an RCMP involved incident in central B.C. It was early Sunday morning when a Vanderhoof police officer saw a vehicle, apparently doing stunts in a parking lot. When police arrived, the...

A good sleep is about quantity and quality (CBC). Your good health depends on it.So does the development of your child's brain.Yet, most of us are deeply deprived.When it come to sleep it's not just the quantity but the...

The Brown rink from Kamloops in their Team Canada uniforms in Sochi, Russia (image courtesy World Curling Federation). The World Junior Curling Championships did not go as they had hoped, but five young women from Kamloops still did Canada...

Kamloops' own 7'0 Kelly Olynyk was awarded Player of the Year in the West Coast Conference playing for Gonzaga Bulldogs (facebook.com/olynyknation). Tall tasks completed by Kelly Olynyk are a big reason why the Gonzaga Bulldogs are at the top...

B.C.'s emergency rooms doctors have declared their own province wide emergency. They say 19 of the busiest emergency rooms in this province are chronically understaffed and the government has to do something. They've set up a website to press the Province into...

A shot from Nisha Pahuja's film, The World Before Her (image courtesy kamloopsfilmfest.ca). The Kamloops Film Festival opens tonight.By Sunday, 14 films will have been shown.First up is The World Before Her. It's a documentary that looks at the...

Wireless routers like these are finding their way into classrooms, which has some teachers concerned about health risks. The idea of radiation harmful to humans has made headlines because of B.C. Hydro's Smart Meters. But there's another setting that...

Kamloops' sister city, Uji, Japan (image courtesy Google). Kamloops has a special offer for someone who wants to get away ...Far away.Until March 22nd you can apply to teach English in Kamloops' sister city -- Uji, Japan.So what is...

"The Late Great" is Daybreak's newest feature.It's where we will meet some great people and celebrate their life stories.Tony Robertson died unexpectedly in January. He grew up in Kamloops but moved to Vancouver to pursue his life-long passion as a musician.He...

A non profit group has released a lengthy list of cellphone horror stories as it urges Canada's telecom regulator to put some teeth into a revamped wireless code. OpenMedia.ca says consumers want to vent about what many say is...

Is this the future of Kamloops is a locally made documentary about the proposed Ajax Mine. A provocative film about Kamloops is attracting attention.It's going to be shown at a Film festival in Kelowna this weekend.And other festivals are...

Josh Pagé and Mel Rothenburger discuss your civic issues every week as part of Josh and the Armchair Mayor (image courtesy Tori Fischer). City council has approved new parking kiosks for downtown Kamloops.As well as some snazzy signs at...

A man's body was pulled from Shuswap Lake by an RCMP dive team. The man is believed to have been the driver of a semi trailer that crashed into the lake early Tuesday morning. Police say his truck went...

Dianne Bell (standing) looks over the criteria of the B.C. Skills Video Competition while her students put the final touches on their films (Samantha Garvey/CBC). Titanic the movie cost $200 million to make and took half a year to...

Cunliffe Barnett is a retired judge who providing legal background to the First Nations elders that will be attending the trials at First Nations court in Kamloops (Samantha Garvey/CBC). The judge is the same. The law is the same.But...

On the Couch features insight from Kamloops counsellor Lorraine Moulton (graphic courtesy Alan Cleaver/flickr). So you just enjoyed a tasty supper filled with garlic and onions.Or maybe had a workout in those same gym clothes you've been wearing for...

One person is feared dead after a semi-trailer crashed into Shuswap Lake Tuesday morning. Police say the truck crashed through a barrier on the Trans-Canada highway, west of Sorrento, and is now completely submerged. Police say its unlikely the driver survived...

(Courtesy Kamloops Film Festival) This year's 17th annual Kamloops Film Festival has something for everybody when it kicks off this Thursday. Mark Wallin is a professor at Thompson Rivers University and he tells us what's happening from his perspective...

Quirks and Quarks host Bob McDonald visits Kamloops to speak at Thompson Rivers University (CBC). One of Canada's most important and knowledgeable spokespersons for science is Bob McDonald.You'll know him as the 21-year host of Quirks and Quarks, CBC's...

The slopes of Revelstoke Mountain Resort are creating a need for rental units in the city (Samantha Garvey/CBC). Revelstoke is almost synonymous with skiing.But if you're a permanent resident of the mountain city, there's other business to be dealt...

B.C. Premier Christy Clark apologized again Sunday for the multicultural strategy memo drafted with the help of her deputy chief of staff. This came after an emergency cabinet meeting in Vancouver. Despite calls for her resignation from some party members, Premier...

Stephen Smart and Jonathan Fowlie analyze provincial politics every week for Daybreak (Sam Bufalini/CBC). Christy Clark has apologized for the Liberal multicultural plan that was leaked Wednesday, but an apology offered does not always mean apology accepted.So what is...

Hugh McLennan embodies the Cowboy spirit through art, music, ranching and hosting the 20-year radio show, The Spirit of the West (image courtesy Hugh McLennan). Spurs, twang, lassos?    What do you think about when you think Cowboy Heritage?If nothing...

Deputy Premier Rich Coleman says he'll know by Friday what went wrong with a government plan that would have used public servants to try to woo ethnic votes for the Liberal party.  Premier Christy Clark launched an investigation into...

Mr. Kallhood's grade three students anxiously wait until their popsicle stick bridges get tested (Samantha Garvey/CBC). Today we drop in on a classroom of future engineers.The project? Bridges.The materials? Popsicle sticksThe engineers? Third-graders.The winner from Mr. Kallhood's class was...

Marty Hastings brings local sports news to Daybreak every week (Kamloops Blazers). Why is Kamloops Blazers forward Brendan Ranford about to skate into the record books?Ranford started with the Kamloops Blazers as just a wide-eyed teenager trying to make...

(Courtesy Sun Peaks and Royce Shilis) Hurtling down a ski hill at 170 plus kilometers an hour will likely be a common sight as skiers from around the world begin arriving at Sun Peaks today to compete in a...

Josh Pagé and Mel Rothenburger debate if the roads in Kamloops are bike friendly (Josh Pagé/CBC). We drive on them, walk on them and bike on them.All week we've talked about the roads in Kamloops -- both the good...

Residents on Tranquille Road have been without running water for more than a week (Samantha Garvey/CBC). Think you got it bad when someone takes all the hot water before you jump in the shower?Well, there is a complex in...

A cougar sighting has the Kamloops Rural RCMP issuing a public alert. The young cougar was spotted near the G and M Trailer Park and Sun Rivers. A resident of the trailer park says they saw the big cat...

Here's Montana the dog trying to get his stick through a fence. This video, shot in Kamloops, has gone viral! Montana is owned by Melanie and Craig DeWolf of Brocklehurst.Here is what Melanie had to say about Montana the video...

(Courtesy Projectpeak.net) As you get the kids off to school this morning you may want to think about how in many parts of the world there is no access to basic education.    A group of students from Norkam...

The annual Pink Shirt day is an anti-bullying campaign (CBC). You might notice things are a little more pink today.It's pink shirt day to draw attention to the problem of bullying.With the suicide of Amanda Todd last year and...

Artificial marijuana products are available over the counter in head shops in Kamloops (Kelley McCall/Associated Press). CBC brought you the story about fake weed use in Canada: synthetic marijuana is an over-the-counter product that mimics that effects of THC. Health...

Kamloops South Thompson MLA Kevin Krueger is not backing down over highly critical comments he made in an email to the B.C. Conservative Party. The email relates to a news release handed out by the Conservatives. It calls for...

(image by Ben Didier) Help Kamloops and area musicians get to the next round in CBC Music's Searchlight competition!There are plenty to choose from, just check out the list right here.....

The Emergency Room at Royal Inland Hospital is a common stopover for intoxicated people in Kamloops (photo courtesy Interior Health). For people constantly intoxicated on our streets, the drunk tank or the emergency room is often a constant stopping...

On the Couch features insight from Kamloops counsellor Lorraine Moulton (graphic courtesy Alan Cleaver/flickr). Have you been yearning to retire for years?Envying friends and neighbours who appear to have a life of leisure?Before you pull the pin at work,...

Downtown parking in Kamloops is set for an overhaul, but not everyone thinks all the changes make sense (Josh Pagé/CBC). Kamloops City Hall says it's time for more change in downtown Kamloops- more change for the parking meters, that...

A provincial judge will sentence a Kelowna man Tuesday for setting a sleeping friend on fire at a drinking party. 20 year old Mathew Sweet-Grant pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. Cell phone video played...

Bass Coast Electronic Music and Art Festival set for August in Merritt When the Merritt Mountain Music Festival shut down last summer it ended a popular summer tradition and it also meant the loss of tourist dollars for the...

B.C. Environment Minister and Kamloops North Thompson MLA Terry Lake (stock photo). During our provincial budget coverage last week we spoke with Kamloops North Thompson MLA Terry Lake.You may have noticed he had one message to get across.And used...

Lori Kitamura and Karolyn McDonald inside the Tournament Capital Centre (Josh Pagé/CBC). Gyms can be intimidating places at first: lots of muscular people lifting big weights and plenty of folks running fast laps    Just ask Karolyn McDonald.She struggles...

Both major B-C political parties took turns this weekend rallying their troops ahead of the upcoming election in May. NDP leader Adrian Dix addressed a room full of supporters Sunday afternoon in Burnaby, while Christy Clark announced her candidates...

(image courtesy Kamloops Blazers) It's amazing how 140 characters can be used to communicate both positive and negative. That is why so many organizations keep such a close watch on how its employees or members use social media such...

The Canadian Avalanche Centre is warning people to be careful this weekend (Gord Ohm/Canadian Avalanche Centre). Do your weekend plans including heading into the backcountry?Skiing? Sledding? Be careful out there. The avalanche risk has been upgraded to "High" in many areas.James...

Kamloops Mayor Peter Milobar wants to know what you think about the idea of a new Performing Arts Centre (images courtesy City of Kamloops). The Sydney Opera House is perhaps the symbol of all Australia: those amazing clam-shells on...

A highway maintenance company being sued by ICBC over potholes on the Coquihalla is fighting back. VSA Highway Maintenance claims that if anyone is to blame for damage done to vehicles it's their drivers. They've filed a response to...

The "Rare-birds" left to right: Allen Ciastco, Val MacKay-Greer, Sandi Ceccon, Mary Jordan, Robyn Hines and Dan Hines. Missing are our members from Penticton, Glen & Twyla Burgoine (Courtesy Mary Jordan) It's often said you can't choose your family,...

Kamloops MLAs Terry Lake (North Kamloops) and Kevin Krueger (South Thompson) give their reaction to the B.C. budget (photos courtesy B.C. Liberals). Have you had a good chance to digest this weeks' provincial budget?In Victoria, the legislature was buzzing...

Mary Forbes is the recipient of a 2013 B.C. Community Achievers Award for her work in WIlliams Lake (photo courtesy Dandelion Interpretation). Two businesses, a non-profit organization, countless hours of volunteering and raising  a young daughter.Too much for one...

Josh Pagé and Mel Rothenburger discuss whether big rigs should be banned from Highway 5A (Josh Pagé/CBC) Should semi trucks be allowed on Highway 5A?That's the question driving a big rig debate on the Old Merritt Highway.The road is...

B.C. taxpayers could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars after a ruling by a US judge. The decision found massive market manipulation by a dozen energy suppliers in California in 2000. One of the biggest...

Aurelio Cinel passed away on February 7th in Kamloops. He was a local shoemaker, a passionate wine-maker, a spirited Bocce player and an expert gardener. (Courtesy Daniella O'Fee) You can learn a lot from an obituary because they can...

B.C. Liberal MLA Mike de Jong delivered the provincial budget Feb. 19, 2013 (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press). Tax increases for some.And tax credits for others.The provincial budget tabled yesterday is a balanced one, but it relies on selling plenty...

The development of KGHM Ajax could help position Kamloops as a major mining hub in B.C., says the president of the Mining Association of Canada (photo courtesy KGHM/Ajax). Could Kamloops be the major mining hub of B.C.?The Ajax Mine,...

Finance Minister Mike de Jong says he'll boost health care premiums and raise income taxes for corporations and the wealthy to balance the province's books. The budget is forecast to have a surplus of 197 million dollars next year....

(Courtesy sarahacala.com) Mind your P's and Q's. Does anyone say that anymore? It means, mind your manners.   If you think civility has gone out the window, there is a free public lecture in Kamloops on Tuesday night called...

The Red Bridge Project hopes to light the bridge at night to help highlight its historical significance (photo courtesy flickr/cmh2315fl). A bridge to connect cultures. This week is B.C. Heritage Week and today we're looking at landmarks in Kamloops.The...

These old school parking meters could be on their way out. New technology and higher rates are being proposed for downtown Kamloops (Josh Pagé/CBC). Get your loonies ready, parking in downtown Kamloops could be on its way up.It's only...

B.C.'s Finance Minister will introduce his governments last budget Tuesday ahead of May's election. Mike de Jong says the books will be balanced but he has 70 million dollars less to work with after agreeing to lower natural gas...

(Courtesy CBC) Questions are being raised about how B.C.'s system of Carbon Trading really works in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Pacific Carbon Trust is at the center of the action with the Trust essentially acting...

(City of Kamloops) Sustainability.It's become a go-to slogan for city planners and plenty of politicians.But what does it mean exactly, and is sustainability even possible?Kamloops city councillor Donovan Cavers spent a few days last  week picking up ideas to...

Windeler is working towards his bachelor of social work at TRU (Keith Anderson/Kamloops Daily News). Riley Windeler is a 23-year-old Thompson Rivers University student.He came to us with his story about life as a little person.Riley grew up in...

First photo: the newly crowned Canadian Junior Women's champions, from left, coach Ken Brown, skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Sam Fisher and lead Sydney Fraser. Second photo: the team reacts after its win (Photos, CCA/Michael Burns Photography/Mark...

A few other selections from Kamloops' Fiesta Mexicana restaurant, that was featured on You Gotta Eat Here (photo courtesy Fiesta Mexicana). A Chocolate Chicken Enchilada puts Kamloops in the network TV spotlight tonight.A local restaurant has a role in...

People with St. John Ambulance brought their therapy dogs to Thompson Rivers University on Thursday to help students relieve stress (Josh Pagé/CBC). There's nothing quite like coming home from a long day at work or school, and the first...

You can learn a lot from the obituaries.Sometimes they are entertaining. Enlightening. Sad.Often they teach us a lesson about how to make our own lives richer."The Late Great" is Daybreak's newest feature where we meet some great people, and celebrate...

Allan Schoenborn will get a hearing Friday at the Colony Farm Psychiatric hospital in Port Coquitlam. Schoenborn killed his 3 children in Merritt in 2008, but was found not criminally responsible following a trial. He has had 3 review...

The Kamloops Urgent Care Clinic is closed due to flooding, causing long lineups and delays at the other Kamloops walk-in clinics (Samantha Garvey/CBC). If you go to the North Shore Treatment Centre right now, you'll likely see a lineup...

Christopher Seguin is TRU's Vice-President of Advancement (photo courtesy tru.ca). Tonight there is a public input session being held at TRU. And it's all about becoming a University Village. But what is the campus village concept all about?TRU's Vice-...

Family friendly places like McDonald Park are key to keeping the North Shore business area vibrant, as Mel Rothenburger and Josh Pagé discuss (Josh Pagé/CBC). It may not be fair, but Kamloops' North Shore has something of a rough...

Unless talks resume, Williams Lake city workers will be on strike this Saturday. 72 hour strike notice has been issued by the International Union of Operating Engineers. John Dube  speaks for the International Union of Operating Engineers. He says...

(courtesy CBC) Restaurants on wheels have stayed away from Kamloops despite the fact that the food truck trend is so popular in many cities. Television shows depict the dedication to the culinary pursuit.In Kamloops, the only mobile food vendors you...

Holding his winnings is Merritt's newest Millionaire Mitchell Shuter (photo courtesy BCLC). Fifty-year-old Mitchell Shuter has struck it rich.He's now probably the wealthiest man in Merritt.Mitchell just won the 6/49 lottery.Eleven million dollars and change.       Here he is...

Toronto musician Corin Raymond funded his new album entirely with Canadian Tire Money (photo courtesy mySpace.com/CorinRaymond). Canadian Tire money is pretty good for buying oil for your car, tools for your toolbox, and maybe even a few lures for...

Shovelling snow is just one chore a Merritt lottery winner says he will never have to do again.Mitchell Shuter (shooter) won 11 million dollars in a recent Lotto 6-49 jackpot. The 50 year old says he was buying another...

Safe Spaces is a program for LGBTQ youth, between the ages of 16 and 25, through Interior Community Services (graphic courtesy safespaces.info). Connecting with friends over food, games and discussions. It sounds like a fun afternoon. But for some youth, it's...

First photo: the newly crowned Canadian Junior Women's champions, from left, coach Ken Brown, skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Sam Fisher and lead Sydney Fraser. Second photo: the team reacts after its win (Photos, CCA/Michael Burns Photography/Mark...

A high number of young soccer players in Kamloops are suffering serious knee injuries (image courtesy Saskatoon Youth Soccer). The Kamloops Youth Soccer Association is sounding the alarm.ACL injuries have become a big problem for young soccer players, especially...

Two men holding a shot gun and a handgun confronted a half dozen people at a downtown Kamloops rooming house Sunday morning. The pair entered the building on St Paul street and held a resident at gunpoint while demanding...

Images of the last day on the Centennial Wharf in Chase. David Lepsoe (top right) looks at a Chase history book while it's torn down. The welder is Ray Hanson, and the image on the middle right of the...

Marty Hastings caught up with some Kamloops Blazers players while they met with Arthur Stevenson students (Kamloops Blazers). The Kamloops Blazers spoke to grade six and seven students at Arthur Stevenson Elementary School in Westsyde on Tuesday morning. Working...

It sounds like a great way to kill two birds with one stone.Dental tourism has people flocking to sunny locals for cheap root canals and implant surgery.But before going under the drill it's crucial to know about the risks...

The RCMP in Clearwater are looking for witnesses to a fatal crash involving a lumber truck Thursday. It happened on Highway 5 near the Birch Island turnoff around 9:40 in the morning.   The semi-trailer was being driven northbound when...

Nancy Bepple discusses the challenges of international students to find work during school and after graduation (photos courtesy TRU/City of Kamloops). University students have it tough. A full class schedule, papers and exams, all while trying to find a...

(Courtesy CBC) Dental tourism is on the upswing once again with people craving a sunny winter break and the advantage of cheap dentistry in the tropics.But is it safe? Is there be a heavy price to pay for visiting...

Retiring from the force, Superintendent Yves Lacasse is expected to start his new position at KGHM Ajax in March (photo courtesy RCMP/KGHM). From the city's top police officer to a management position in a controversial mining project.Kamloops RCMP Superintendent...

This week's episode of Josh and the Armchair Mayor discusses first impressions of Kamloops as seen on Google images (CBC). If you were to judge Kamloops like a book, what impression would you get from the city's cover?City councillor...

The Kamloops RCMP say their K-9 unit helped them catch two suspects involved a home invasion Wednesday night. Four masked men forced their way into the Brocklehurst home, causing minor injuries to one of the residents. It happened around...

(Courtesy CBC) The simple acts and rituals of life can be so meaningful in developing things like a friendship. Confucianism will be explored by T.R.U. International student Victor Yu today along with business professor and key speaker Doctor Warveni...

Learning to use the white cane in public is a hard thing to do. Ron Salter tries his hand at blind bowling (istockphoto.com, Josh Pagé/CBC). We live in a very visual world. Signs, street lights, even movie screens. It...

Dental tourism can be a tempting offer. However some stories will leave your teeth chattering (Spencer Green/AP). Part dental visit, part vacation.Dental tourism appeals to the deal seeker who can't resist the temptation of combining a sun-soaked holiday with...

This week CBC investigative reporter Natalie Clancy has been digging into the B.C. Coroner's service speaking to families who believe the death of a loved ones was not properly investigated.One of those families lives in Revelstoke, another in Salmon...

The NDP says an ICBC lawsuit over potholes on the Coquihalla highway highlights a serious issue. ICBC has filed a claim against the company which maintains the Coquihalla in a bid to recoup damages paid to vehicle owners in...

Revelstoke ( Courtesy of Black Tie Developments) It's an ambitious plan that the developer hopes will have tourists flocking to a giant outdoor adventure park near Revelstoke.Some of the activities proposed include mountain biking, bungee jumping and zip lines....

Chilliwack MLA John Les wrote a letter to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly requesting an investigation of advertisments ran by Fraser Nicola MLA Harry Lali (image courtesy johnles.com). It was a news release and four advertisements that inspired...

The Tournament Capital Centre was the recent scene of a videotaping incident (image courtesy tournamentcapital.com). Picture this: you're at the Tournament Capital Centre sweating away on treadmill, hunched over a squat machine, or grunting through some sit-ups.While you do...

Can dental work in foreign countries be a worthwhile investment? (iStock). Denistry Tourism. Is it a good way to save money on dental work?Getting cheap dental work done in tropical places while simultaneously enjoying a sunny vacation, was the...

Here are the tattoos in the running for the tattoo of the month at Sakred Skin and Studio in Kamloops (image courtesy Sakred Skin and Studio). It's ink that will last forever.So you might think twice before having your...

John Doyle is leaving Victoria and heading to the state of Victoria. B.C.'s Auditor General will take a new post, in Australia. The move had been rumoured for a week.Now its official. In a statement released Monday night, the...

(Courtesy CBC) This week on Daybreak we begin a series about dental tourism. As many of us know, going to the dentist can be pretty expensive, a fact Daybreak host Shelley Joyce found out recently.   Shelley starts the...

Residents who live in fringe areas of Williams Lake are fighting the city for fire protection (Courtesy RCMP). The Cariboo Regional District now knows what residents around Williams Lake want to do for fire protection.Sixty per cent of those...

Horses have been seen feeding on the slopes of Sun Rivers golf course in Kamloops. But are they wild? (Doug Herbert/CBC). This winter in Kamloops a number of horses have been spotted on the golf course at Sun Rivers.Rumours...

The resumes of hundreds of Canadians who applied for jobs in a northern B.C. coal mine, but were rejected, show many had what appear to be exemplary qualifications. That's the assertion of two trades unions who have been fighting...

(Courtesy KPMG/Ajax) Superintendent Yves Lacasse with the Kamloops RCMP announced Thursday he will leave the force and will take a job with company proposing to build the AJAX mine near Kamloops.  One of his key roles is to consult...

Gangnam Style, by South Korean musician PSY, has now hit 1.8 billion views. Why?In Kamloops today, a marketing expert will offer his insight into creating a viral video.Josh Rimer is speaking at TRU and he joined Shelley in studio...

(Kamloops Blazers) Nail Yakupov's recent game-tying goal and the celebration that followed prompted much debate in the hockey world.Just how much jubilation is too much? There are differing opinions in the Kamloops Blazers camp.Our Marty Hastings tells Shelley Joyce...

Kamloops musician Jodi Doidge needs your help!She is in the top 20 of a cool contest, and if she makes the top 10, she gets to perform for judges like super manager Bruce Allen. Click here to vote for...

Vancouver police arrested a 33 year old man Thursday night after what appears to be the random stabbing of seven people. The attack occurred on multiple floors of a West End apartment building. The victims range in age from...

Kamloops RCMP's top cop is calling it quits after 27 years. Superintendent Yves Lacasse has announced his retirement for next month. He will be moving on to a leadership role at the Ajax Copper and Gold project. Lacasse said...

Cat kills a pigeon (Courtesy CBC) Dozens of nature groups in B.C. are using an American study to push for cats to be licensed in this province, just like dogs.The study says cats kill almost 4 billion birds each...

BC Hydro's smart meters are a health risk, according to retired army expert Jerry Flynn (CBC). BC Hydro is replacing our old power-meters with Smart Meters.They say the new meters are better for a number of reasons.One of which...

Josh Pagé and Mel Rothenburger went to the Interior Savings Centre for this week's episode of Josh and the Armchair Mayor. They ask the age old Interior question: which is the better city, Kamloops or Kelowna? Josh Pagé/CBC) Cheap...

Chelsey Acorn's mother can't believe one of the men accused of killing her daughter will receive a new trial. In 2006, the 14 year-old's body was found along the Coquihalla River, north of Hope. Last week, Jesse West was...

A collection of women's fashions designed by 16 year old Quinn Collier of Kamloops modelled by family and friends. (Courtesy of Quinn Collier) It may be snowy and grey outside, but in the world of fashion, it's spring as...

How much do pay and chances of getting a job affect a students' career choice? (iStock) A skills shortage is predicted for British Columbia as soon as 2016. Thousands of jobs and not enough educated workers to fill them.Daybreak...

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal is being awarded to Rudy Johnson in Kamloops on Jan. 30, 2013 (CBC). Rudy Johnson is a former Williams Lake rancher and an all around Cariboo Entrepreneur.He is receiving the Queens Diamond Jubilee medal...

More than three thousand Community Living workers are withdrawing their services Wednesday for 24 hours in the Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley. They work with people with developmental disabilities in Group homes and community offices. Spokesperson Patsy Harmston...

Premier Christy Clark says times are tough and she's not willing to pledge more money for B.C.'s universities. That's despite a stern warning in a joint report based on the province's own Labour Market Outlook calling for thousands of...

Alan Shaver is president and vice-chancellor of Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops (Courtesy TRU). An alarming report is out this morning from six of B.C.'s largest universities - including TRU in Kamloops.We're on the brink of a skills shortage.By...

Ernie and Pam Whitaker serve up soup and other food at the Merritt Community Break Basket soup kitchen every Tuesday (Josh Pagé/CBC). Every Tuesday, a small soup kitchen in Merritt serves up about 100 bowls of soup.The meals are...

Sixteen foreign miners at the heart of a bitter labour dispute are being sent home to China. Two unions are challenging the government's decision to let HD Mining use the men to work on the Murray River coal project....

(Courtesy seekingarrangements.com)It's one way to beat the high cost of education. An American website says there are seven students at Thompson Rivers University who are looking for sugar daddies to help with the cost of their schooling. The site...

A pro-life rally at Parliament Hill, May 2012 (Chris Wattie/Reuters). Twenty-five years ago today, the Supreme Court stuck down Canada's abortion law.What followed was a tumultuous period in history..In Vancouver... a physician was shot.And protests and vigils took place...

Just because medieval times ended centuries ago doesn't mean we can't pretend it's alive! A number of Kamloops people do just that on Tuesdays (CBC). The Shire of Ramsgaard is preparing for battle.Ramsgaard is actually Kamloops, and the local...

As MPs return to the House of Commons Monday, Idle No More protests along with rallys for democracy are being held across the country. A new network of groups dubbed Common Causes has joined in with the Idle No...

(Courtesy CBC) There are an estimated 5,000 children under the age of five growing up in Kamloops right now and some of them are struggling. A new report called "The State of the Child" looks at the factors affecting...

Scott Niedermayer's number will be retired Friday night (image courtesy Kamloops Blazers). If you follow hockey, you know the 1991 NHL Entry Draft was the start of big things for Scott Niedermayer when he was drafted from the Kamloops...

Saturday is Australia Day, and transplanted Aussies at Sun Peaks are pretty excited (image courtesy Australia Tourist Guide). While it is Friday in Kamloops, it is Saturday morning down in Australia, and a big party is planned.It's Australia Day,...

Kamloops RCMP are investigating after someone broke into a home and got away with 30 thousand dollars in jewelry. Police say the homeowners in the Guerin Creek area were gone from their home for 5 hours Thursday night. When...

A Canada Wide arrest warrant has been issued for 33 year old Andrew Robert Hardestine of Kamloops. Hardestine, a Federal parolee, didn't return to the home he is living in Kamloops on January 14th. He was serving a 3...

The owner of this house at 1042 Hillside Avenue in Chase, B.C. has offered the property for local firefighters to practice on (Courtesy Google Streetview). A property owner in Chase has a unique idea for firefighters in the village.They...

A conference room at the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops was pretty well full during the parks budget open forum. Mel Rothenburger and Josh Pagé were there too (Josh Pagé/CBC). Mill rates.Amortization.Capital versus operating costs.Yes, city budgets can be...

The Thompson River can be very dangerous during the winter when the ice is thin (Doug Herbert/CBC). A dramatic rescue at the river bank last night had a few potentially unlikely rescuers.Members of the Old Dogs hockey team in...

The verdict has been delayed in the trial of Williams Lake Mountie accused of beating a First Nations teen. Defense and Crown wrapped up their closing arguments Thursday. Constable Andy Yung is charged with assault in connection to the...

TRU Student Union president Dustin MacIntyre and board member Katie Hutfluss (Courtesy Dustin MacIntyre) Thursday evening is a big night for members of the Gay and Lesbian community at Thompson Rivers University. The University's Student Union is holding its...

Click on the full image for a list of what is happening in the Williams Lake and 100 Mile House area in terms of school closures (Cariboo Chilcotin School District). Cariboo Chilcotin school trustees revealed a list of school...

On the Couch features insight from Kamloops counselor Lorriane Moulton (graphic courtesy Alan Cleaver/flikr). People seek therapy for all kinds of reasons, but you might be surprised at the reoccurring themes that pop up in the therapist's office."On the...

It's news parents in the Cariboo Chilcotin school district hoped would never come. 4 of 5 schools on the chopping block in the Cariboo Chilcotin school district are being closed. The district board says there is little choice but...

Fish Trap Camp Site (Courtesy Horse Council of B.C. hcbc.ca) The landscape around Barriere changed dramatically in the fires of 2003. The most obvious signs still remain, for example the charred trees on the surrounding hillsides, but other not...

Martha Hall-Findlay will stop by Kamloops as part of her Liberal leadership race (CBC). Martha Hall Findlay has held many titles so far in her life.She's a mom, a former elite Canadian skier and a lawyer.But now she wants...

Kamloops Mayor Peter Milobar says there are a lot of decisions that go into putting the city's budget together (City of Kamloops). If you were calling the shots in the city of Kamloops, what would you do differently?Here's your...

The head of Vernon RCMP says the level of policing in the city could suffer if the detachment doesn't get a funding increase. RCMP Superintendent Reg Burgess is asking city hall for an 5.8 percent increase. That works out...

The town of 100 Mile House could be getting a lot bigger. There's a move underway to amalgamate 100 Mile with some of its outlying areas. Places like Lac La Hache, Canim Lake and Forest Grove. The South Cariboo...

Justin Trudeau is in Kamloops Monday night for a meet and greet at Thompson Rivers University (Graham Hughes/Canadian Press). Justin Trudeau has lived almost his entire life in the political spotlight. As a child, he was seen toting along...

There are so many ways to quit smoking these days, and now a Kamloops pharmacy also offers free counselling (iStock). Smoking kills close to 6,000 people each year in BC.It causes heart disease, stroke, cancer and emphysema.Yet many people...

The efforts of the Canadian Avalanche Assocation appear to be paying off.  far fewer people have been killed this avalanche season than usual. Between 1998 and 2007, an average of 14 people died every year in Canada because of...

(Kamloops Blazers) The Kamloops Blazers are on the road this weekend.And it's not just the players.The team has a number of scouts scattered across Western searching for the next Wayne Gretzky. They're not often talked about, but they're crucial...

Known mostly for its remote beauty, a lack of people around the Shuswap area during the winter means it is easy for burglars to strike (image courtesy P. Earley/Wikimedia Commons). Bill Long runs a pharmacy in the small north...

A truck carrying ammonium nitrate has crashed north of Williams Lake. The single vehicle crash happened Thursday night, on Highway 97. The driver of the tractor trailer unit has been airlifted to Vancouver with serious injuries. On Friday morning...

A 52 year old man is missing after an early morning house fire on Thrusday in Revelstoke.  The RCMP say when fire crews arrived at 5:45 in the morning the home was engulfed in flames. A 25 year old...

Josh Pagé and Armchair Mayor Mel Rothenburger debate the merits of water meters while at the Kamloops Centre for Water Quality (Josh Pagé/CBC). The taps have turned on new water bills in Kamloops. Homes that have had water meters...

Dustin MacIntyre is president of TRU Students Union. The Upass gives students access to Kamloops transit as well benefits at the Tournament Capital Centre (Samantha Garvey/CBC). Taking public transit is fairly affordable, good for the environment, and it reduces...

You can win this Hockey Night in Canada rug, but you need to tell us your hockey watching memory! (CBC) If you tell us your Hockey Night in Canada watching story, we'll enter your name in a draw to...

A trial begins today for the officer in charge of the bridge the night a B.C. ferry sank off the north coast seven years ago. Karl Lilgert is charged with criminal negligence causing the deaths of passengers Gerald Foisy...

Haze in the hills on a frosty January in Kamloops, B.C. (Josh Pagé/CBC) It's unusual for this time of year, but Kamloops was put under an air quality advisory Tuesday night.  That haze around the hills has caused spectacular...

A view of the Ajax mine site on the outskirts of Kamloops (Contributed by: KGHM/Ajax). A few hundred people talked about all things Ajax Tuesday night.The company pitching the mine, KGHM, hosted an open house in Kamloops.Daybreak's Josh Pagé...

Kamloops City Councillor Donovan Cavers is an avid transit user (Kamloops/CBC). The new Google Trip Planner was unveiled in Kamloops last week.It's billed as a convenient way to plan your route around the city using public transit. We wanted...

The Ministry of Environment issued a 24 hour Air Quality Advisory for the Kamloops area at 5:30 PM Tuesday. The advisory has been put in place because there is high concentration of fine particulates in the air. Anyone with...

The Penticton Lakers hockey team is moving to 100 Mile House. (courtesy Penticton Lakers Hockey team) 100 Mile House is getting its own hockey team and Kamloops is getting another hockey rival. The Penticton Lakers Junior "B" hockey team...

Logging in Bralorne is a cause for concern for some residents (image courtesy ourbc.com). Logging plans in Bralorne have stirred a controversy.Bralorne is a town of less than 50 people,  about 100 kilometers west of Lillooet. There are many...

Westsyde resident Katie Britton entered her barn Tuesday morning to find this adult bobcat (Katie Britton photo). Katie Britton probably didn't expect to be photographing a bobcat in her barn only months after moving to Kamloops from England.But that...

Protesters march at an Idle No More rally held in Kamloops in December (Josh Pagé/CBC). The Idle No More movement is gaining momentum and volume.As the Prime Minister was meeting with First Nation leaders in Ottawa on Friday, there...

January is Alzheimer's awareness month.747,000 Canadians live with dementia.One of those people is Dave Eburne.He is 63 and lives in Barnhartvale with his wife Holly.Daybreak host Shelley Joyce joined Holly for a cup of tea to see her to...

Seniors in Clearwater should have an easier time getting around once a new study is completed (CBC).Icy sidewalks, slippery roads and snow drifts.It's hard enough for most of us to get around this time of year.But it's especially hard...

Round dances like these have been a symbol of Idle No More (CBC). Prime Minister Stephen Harper will sit down for a meeting with First Nations leaders on Friday in Ottawa.It follows nearly two months of Idle No More...

Nelly Furtado talks about everything from mentoring young singers to singing her old songs (image courtesy Nelly Furtado). She has won a Grammy award, and numerous Juno awards. But six years passed between Nelly's Furtado's smash hit record "Loose"...

Two boys were lured to a Prince George apartment on Monday and now Mounties are probing what they say is one of the worst incidents of sexual and aggravated assault they have ever seen, involving youth. Four teens, one...

(Kamloops Blazers) You can bet there are a few young men in Kamloops keeping an anxious eye on their phones Thursday.It's deadline day, which means it is the last chance this season for teams in the Western Hockey League...

Kamloops Comedy Night organizers plan to host the event every month (iStock). Do you know somebody who's always good for a laugh?Friday night, some local comedians are staging Kamloops Comedy Night.Daybreak caught up with the show's promoter and the...

Mel Rothenburger and Josh Pagé debate whether the city of Kamloops does a good enough job clearing roads. Josh's car was recently caught up in snow pushed into his driveway by a city plow. (Josh Pagé/CBC). City snow plow...

RCMP are investigating a fatal snow mobiling accident on Highway five near Valemount. A man was found pinned under his snowmobile in a ditch along the highway yesterday. He was taken to the clinic in Valemount, where he was...

Michael Graydon, President and CEO of BCLC, kicks off Responsible Gambling Awareness Week at Chances Gaming Entertainment in Kamloops, Jan. 9 (Samantha Garvey/CBC). This week is Responsible Gambling Awareness Week in Kamloops.There will be events everyday, including kiosks throughout...

Forests that need to be re-planted could have some rookies doing the job, thanks to employment insurance changes (CP photo). If a tree planter in the forest is cut off employment insurance, does anyone hear him complain?    Changes to...

Autocorrected text messages, like this one, can sometimes be pretty funny (image courtesy izismile.com). Have you ever accidentally told your significant other you want to kill them?Or perhaps said that your grandma is in the grave?    Then you've likely...

The heavy snow that fell Tuesday night lead to the closure of a number of a highways Wednesday morning. A high Avalanche risk has closed the Coquihalla highway from Merritt to Hope as well as the Trans-Canada highway in...

Environment Minister Terry Lake shows off Google's new addition to Kamloops' transit service that should help riders in the city (Samantha Garvey/CBC). If you have ever stood in the cold wondering if the bus already passed by, or if...

If elected, the NDP promises to scrap the foundation skills assessment test (CBC). The provincial government says the foundation skills assessment test gives a snapshot how students in grades 4-7 are doing.But the opposition NDP gives the exam a...

The federal court of Canada has ruled that Ottawa must recognise Metis and non-status Inidans, in the same way it recognizes status Indians. It says their concerns must be dealt with by the federal government, not fall to the...

City Councillor Arjun Singh hosts the Idea Festival, asking citizens for ideas to improve Kamloops on Jan. 12, 2013 (City of Kamloops). Are you happy with absolutely everything about the City of Kamloops?Or is there something you might like...

People in Williams Lake are being offered a course that says it can help with depression problems by addressing daily things like diet and exercise (CBC). There can be many causes leading to depression.A tragic incident, a number of...

NorKam Secondary School (image courtesy NorKam). Monday means it is back to class for school kids in Kamloops.That means it is back to catching the bus, and sitting in a desk after a long, fun-filled holiday break.The exception? A...

A new strain of Norovirus is continuing to cause problems across B.C. In the Lower Mainland it has now reached Eagleridge Hospital in Port Moody after closing wards at Royal Columbian and Vancouver General hospitals. The stomach illness caused...

Seasonal flu often includes a fever above 38.5 C for two to four days. (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press) Over the holiday break, the flu season seemed to kick in, a lot of people across the country have become sick,...

The Kamloops Blazers made a big trade this week.Their latest acquisition is in the lineup for Friday night's game.Plus, J.C. Lipon responds to Team Canada's fortunes at the World Junior Hockey Championships.Marty Hastings shares the details with Daybreak host...

The final installation of new smart meters has been delayed until the end of this year. Mel Rothenburger and Josh Pagé debate this decision (CBC). Most home owners in B.C. now have new power meters installed, smart meters.   But...

The Canadian economy continues to create jobs at a surprisingly strong pace. The employment numbers are out for the month of December, and to the surprise of most analysts, more than 40 thousand jobs new jobs were created. That's...

Kinder Morgan Canada plans to spend $5 billion to upgrade the capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline. (Kinder Morgan) A Kamloops faith group says it's taking a stand by opposing the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion and the proposed Enbridge...

Evelyn Camille is a Tk'emlups Indian Band elder who has started her own hunger strike (Samantha Garvey/CBC). The Idle No More campaign continues to grow.The movement is in opposition to Bill C-45.   That's a federal government omnibus bill with...

J.C. Lipon had a special cheering section during the World Junior Hockey Championships in Russia, his parents (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press). We have one extra reason in Kamloops to cheer for Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships.Forward J.C....

An official with CP Rail has confirmed a westbound freight train hit a person at Pat Road in Kamloops Thursday morning. The person was apparently lying on the tracks. The train's engineer used the horn and tried to stop...

Dennis Rugolow practices his form at the Tournament Capital Centre in Kamloops (Josh Pagé/CBC). Dennis Rugolow knows practice makes perfect.He is at the Tournament Capital Centre in Kamloops every day, sometimes for hours on end.If you go to the...

Kamloops RCMP say an armed robbery suspect from Enderby was arrested in the upper Sahali area Tuesday night. Police say they were called because the 40 year old man had allegedly smashed his way into 5 vehicles with a...

Local rapper James Hughes is organizer of Hip Hop Night in the Loops. He has been rapping for 15 years. There is a new event in town happening at Bailey's Pub tonight. The hip hop songwriter's contest is a...

(Twitter) Kamloops RCMP are investigating a fight and what appears to be an act of bullying at Valleyview Secondary School.At least five students have been suspended by school administrators.A fight at a high school certainly is nothing new, but...

(Kamloops Blazers) Once a week we talk local hockey on Daybreak Kamloops.Marty Hastings from Kamloops This Week has the latest on the Kamloops Blazers former player Charles Inglis, as well as how J.C. Lipon is doing with Team Canada.Then,...

The RCMP are investigating after a fight on twitter sparked a real fight earlier this week. At least 5 Kamloops high school students have been suspended as a result of the fight.  Students at Valleyview secondary say 5 grade...

Students at Brock Middle School participate in the annual Shopping Cart Parade before organizing the donated food items into hampers for needy families and the Salvation Army. (Samantha Garvey/CBC)  What are the tools necessary to help hungry families at...

Armchair Mayor Mel Rothenburger and Josh Pagé debate whether the province should be clearing highways during the winter, instead of private companies (CBC). Private versus public.It's a debate that drives many political arenas, but really gets traction on B.C....

NDP MLA Harry Lali Earlier this week we heard from B.C.'s minister of highways.Mary Polak said B.C. highways are a safe as possible given the extreme weather we sometimes get.Harry Lali begs to differ.   He is the NDP MLA...

Great-tasting budget-friendly wine selections can often be found in the international aisle (Shiral Tobin/CBC) Wine can make a great last minute gift during the holiday season. Our "Pinched" columnist, Shiral Tobin helps you uncork savings that could fool even...

On Thursday friends and family of a teenaged murder victim from Hazelton will gather for her funeral. 16 year old C.J. Fowler's body was discovered earlier this month in Kamloops. Her funeral is taking place as the family grapples...

Brett Imeson of Dan's Collision (image courtesy Dan's Collision). Despite winter tires and cautious driving, accidents happen.In fact, the number of crashes in B.C. is three times higher in the winter.            Someone who sees a lot of...

A big piece of machinery works in the forest north of Logan Lake where eight Thompson Rivers University students learn how to log (Josh Pagé/CBC). With Domtar about to lay off 125 employees from the Kamloops pulp mill, it...

Kamloops will host a new high performance sports event called the Legacy Performance Games next summer. The hope for the games is that kids who miss out on the Western Canada Summer Games will take part. This summer will...

What is the most memorable present you've given or received? (Mark Lennihan/Associated Press) With less than a week before Christmas, there's a good chance your Christmas tree is up, with a few presents under it already, perhaps.But has consumerism...

These two images taken from Coquihalla Highway cameras show the conditions at the Great Bear Snowshed and the Summit (DriveBC.ca). Listening in to Daybreak's conversation with Highways Minister Mary Polak was Mark Johnston.He was a trucker for 33 years,...

Mary Polak, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure (Government of B.C.) Are B.C. highways as safe as they could be in the winter?Is the snow getting cleared as fast as it should?Daybreak has been hearing a number of complaints about...

First Nations and missing and murdered women advocates in the North are disappointed in the Missing Women's Inquiry report. They say it treats missing women cases along the Highway of Tears as an afterthought. The Carrier Sekani Tribal Council...

This screen shot from a DriveBC.ca camera shows the snowy conditions at the Coquihalla Summit (image courtesy DriveBC.ca). It's something a lot of people in the Kamloops area have in common.Scary stories from driving the highways around here in...

Cariboo Regional District area director Joan Sorley (image courtesy Facebook). Only a few weeks after people living in rural areas around Williams Lake voted to have the city of Williams Lake provide fire service for the area, the city...

42 people were sent to hospital Monday morning after the Greyhound bus they were travelling on crashed into a ditch. The accident happened on the Coquihalla highway, North of Merrit around 1 A.M. The bus was enroute to Prince...

Monday, Dec. 17 on Daybreak Kamloops: Just in time for your holiday road trip, we start a week-long series on winter driving.We'll get driving tips from professional truckers, go back to driving school and run through a list of emergency...

The closure of the "A-Line" at the Kamloops pulp mill means 125 people will be without work at the mill (image courtesy Domtar). It's bad news for workers at the Domtar pulp mill in Kamloops.The company is cutting back....

We told you Thursday about a store owner in downtown Kamloops who is upset with panhandlers.He says there are too many of them, and he says they're making shoppers uncomfortable.We wanted to know if it that is the case.Josh Pagé...

Tera is shown here in this photo taken in July (Dave Eagles/Kamloops This Week). Louise Walden and her ten-year-old golden retriever Tera used to walk the same route every day, up to Hugh Allen Drive about half a block...

The blue and orange will have 10 days off for the Western Hockey League's Christmas break.Most of the Kamloops Blazers will head home, spreading out across Western Canada to visit their families. Reporter Marty Hastings talked to a few...

"Vehicle versus Pedestrian" crashes. They are a battle that has one very clear loser, and we've seen a lot of them in Kamloops lately.The city is reviewing some dark, ominous crosswalks, and even upgrading some, like the one Josh...

[left] Books are packed into boxes at At Second Glance in early December (Adrian Nieoczym/CBC) [right] In the bookstore's heyday, books were stacked up high and sorted in the store windows by colour and shape. (atsecondglance.com) It's all over...

A convicted fraudster is the man behind a search for First Nations talent, including people from near Kamloops.His website claims people from remote communities could vie to win big cash and a chance to be Canada's next big star.But...

A program run by the city lets special needs kids hit the ice to play hockey (CBC). Kids with special needs have to do a whole lot of stick handling to make it through life.Usually ice time has never...

Ronnie Bouvier, Kamloops Graffiti Task Force (Josh Pagé/CBC) Bullying has expanded out of the school yard and into graffiti on the streets of Kamloops. The Kamloops Graffiti Task Force has found two "bully boards" targeting specific people, including their...

A message for Skye Buck is drawn in snow at the school he taught at in Clearwater (Josh Pagé/CBC). (Family photo) Clearwater is waking up to another day of sorrow.Skye and Courtney Buck, along with their unborn child, were...

Nancy Bepple (City of Kamloops) Kamloops city council meets Tuesday.Councillor Nancy Bepple has served notice that she will be asking councillors to support quality, affordable child care and early learning programs.Not everyone is likely to be in favour though.Councillor...

Two hundred Chinese nationals could come to B.C. as the mine is developed. (Teck Resources/Canadian Press) A group of 200 workers from China are at the center of controversy in B.C.They've been brought to Tumbler Ridge by HD Mining...

                             (RCMP) It has been nearly a year since the Kamloops RCMP identified domestic violence as a top priority.In general, the crime rate in Kamloops is falling, but domestic violence continues to...

The Kamloops Rotary hopes all children in the city will have supper to eat (image via kellogg/Flickr). The Rotary Club of Kamloops has an ambitious plan.They want to make dinner for the city's less fortunate families, and make sure...

  On CBC's Food Bank Day, Daybreak Kamloops broadcast live from the Tournament Capital Centre.   Shelley Joyce spoke with Bernadette Siracky of the Kamloops Food Bank about its role in the community....

(image courtesy Kamloops Blazers) The World Junior Championship is a holiday hockey tradition, and it's in Russia this year.Team Canada's Christmas wish list includes only one Kamloops Blazer this year, while another is left wondering what could have been....

A strange video on YouTube involving a Kamloops transit driver has resulted in his suspension.The shaky cellphone video lasts about a minute, and shows a man and a woman alleging the driver isn't letting them off the bus on...

Armchair Mayor Mel Rothenburger and Josh Pagé ponder if all the fuss over carriage suite applications, like this one, is worth it (CBC). Carriage suites, granny suites, or whatever you want to call them, those little houses built in...

A dog walker had a grisly find yesterday in the Guerin creek area of Kamloops. The person was walking in a ravine around noon and came upon some human remains. Police have released few details only to say they...

A volunteer sorts collection bins of donated food at a food bank (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press) The early bird gets the worm at the Kamloops Food Bank.Folks line up at the crack of dawn to get first dibs on fresh...

The Chase and Salmon Arm RCMP broke up a 239 plant grow operation in Celista Tuesday.Police say in the Shuswap area home they found numerous guns, including some that were loaded and unsafely stored. The marijuana plants, in various...

If you need a ride home after drinking this holiday season, call 250-372-5110 (image courtesy Operation Red Nose). Have you got a staff holiday party this year?If you're planning on drinking, Operation Red Nose would like you to call...

Lowry Olafson gave our listeners a chance to win a theme song, and he has chosen the winner! (image courtesy Lowry Olafson) What would Williams Lake sound like if a song was written for it?Or how about Kamloops, Ashcroft...

Canadian Pacific is cutting 45 hundred jobs over the  next three years. The company says more than a third of the cuts could come by the end of the month. The reductions will affect employees and contractors in six...

Officials say the avalanche risk is high in the Sea to Sky, Kootenay Boundary, North and South Columbia regions. (Canadian Avalanche Centre) The Canadian Avalanche Centre has issued warnings for several mountain ranges in B.C.A high danger rating has...

People often wait in line at the Kamloops Food Bank, hoping to get food like these canned goods (CBC). Monday, Wednesday and Friday are family days at the Kamloops Food Bank.The lineup starts early.People get a number and gather...

An image of the New Prosperity Mine site and Fish Lake prior to mine development. (Contributed by:Taseko Mines Limited) The proposed Prosperity mine near Williams Lake follows a familiar story line.Those in favor of the mine say the community...

A Kelowna court will hear from more people today who witnessed an RCMP officer kick a suspect in the head during an arrest two years ago. On Monday six people who saw the incident testified at Geoff Mantler's assault...

(Secwepemc Cultural Education Society) First Nations everywhere are trying to save their language before it's too late.Fluent-speaking elders are aging -- but the young generation just wants to play Nintendo.Now, the generation in-between may have found a solution.Daybreak Kamloops...

Venture Kamloops is hoping foreign workers can help fill the need of some local businesses (Paul Townsend/Flickr). Are you a civil engineer looking for work?A geologist, or laboratory analyst?Or how about a truck driver or tandoori chef?About 15 companies...

A view of the Ajax mine site on the outskirts of Kamloops. (Contributed by: KGHM/Ajax) Dust.   It's part of life in wind-swept Kamloops.Dust is also one of the concerns about the proposed Ajax mine on the city's doorstep.Dr. Dennis...

A 53 year old man, celebrating his birthday, had one of his legs severed after he was hit by a van on Sunday. Kamloops RCMP say it happened just before 2:30 in front of Coopers foods on Lansdowne street....

The big story coming out of the Western Hockey League this week is the major sanctions levied against the Portland Winterhawks.The Hawks were fined $200,000.   They were also stripped of nine future draft picks, and the team's coach and...

Raw foodies eat mostly uncooked, unprocessed mostly-organic foods.(iStock) Some people thought Julie Bayman was nutty, when in January 2010 she flung open the doors of her raw food restaurant in downtown Kamloops with reckless abandon. Would a working class...

Armchair Mayor Mel Rothenburger and Josh Pagé debate the merits of Kamloops getting a new performing arts. It all starts at the Kamloops Dance Academy where Sandi Lewis was teaching a class (Josh Pagé/CBC). To be or not to...

With cold weather approaching the province is funding 28 additional safe, warm shelter beds in Kamloops this winter. The overnight spaces will be available for people in need of temporary shelter when a winter weather alert is activated by...

Grapes are harvested by workers at Fort Berens Estate Winery near Lillooet, B.C. (Contributed by: Fort Berens Estate Winery) The Okanagan is home to most of B.C.'s wineries but the industry is beginning to branch out; Kamloops has a...

Kamloops city council is preparing to put on public consultations about where people can grow medical marijuana. The city is proposing that it be grown in industrial areas of the city (Joe Bryksa/Canadian Press). Kamloops city council is proposing...

Kamloops city council has voted to have a public hearing on changing city bylaws regarding medical marijuana grow operations. If approved the change would restrict legal grow operations to general or heavy industrial areas. Councillors Nelly Dever and Tina...

Cat-skiing with Mustang Powder, January, 2012 (Peak Video Productions) This year, thousands of tourists will spend thousands of dollars in the back country, taking part in an industry that, up to now, has been unknown to many. Cat-skiing used to...

Forests ravaged by mountain pine beetle, like this one near the Alberta-B.C. border, could actually be warmer than healthy forests (Wikimedia Commons). A recent scientific finding suggests the Mountain Pine Beetle is literally turning up the heat in B.C.Holly...

Lowry Olafson is giving listeners a chance to have their very own theme song written for their town or city (image courtesy Lowry Olafson). You have to admit, it would be pretty cool to have your own personal theme...

Messages of condolence are flooding in for the family of the Kamloops man who died from injuries he sustained at Sun Peaks. 24 year old, Nick Guido died after he crashed into a support tower while sliding on a...

The B.C. Coroners service says a Kamloops man died Sunday morning after a sliding accident at Sun Peaks ski resort. Coroner Barb McLintock says the man, in his 20's, was sliding on a crazy carpet and crashed into a...

These are some examples of paintings done by South Kamloops Secondary School (images courtesy SKSS). Two classes of Grade 11 and 12 arts students at South Kamloops Secondary School were given an assignment.They were encouraged to reflect on  Kamloops'...

Bernard the cat is currently at the Kamloops SPCA shelter. Like all cats there, his adoption is only half price (image courtesy BCSPCA). Forget socks.Or sweaters.Or even a new smart phone.   The SPCA hopes that for Christmas this year,...

The B.C. Coroners office is now investigating a fatal tree falling accident that left one woman dead Sunday. Kamloops RCMP say a woman died when the tree she was chopping down fell on her. It happened south of Kamloops...

CBC legislative reporter Stephen Smart (left) and Vancouver Sun provincial affairs reporter Jonathan Fowlie (right) are Daybreak Kamloops' legislature experts (Twitter) This week the provincial government took a controversial step that moves the Jumbo Glacier Resort closer to reality.It...

The Kamloops Blazers have acquired a "bad-boy."At least that's the reputation of Charles Inglis.He's been kicked off more than one team, but the Blazers are willing to give him another chance.Sports reporter Marty Hastings joins host Shelley Joyce with...

For parents who are trying to talk to their kids about smoking pot, there are several approaches to take, but which one works? (CBC)As politicians and activists keep blowing smoke over whether it should be legal to enjoy marijuana,...

The man who killed 43 sled dogs, 9 of them inhumanely in Whistler two years ago wont be going to jail. A Provincial court Judge has sentenced Robert Fawcett to 3 years probation, fined him 15 hundreds dollars and...

Almost every year the Grey Cup is the most watched sports event on Canadian television.Sunday's matchup between the Toronto Argonauts and the Calgary Stampeders will mark the 100th Grey Cup.That makes this a great time to look back on...

Kamloops RCMP say the driver who hit and killed a 66 year old woman Wednesday, was driving while his license was prohibited. The woman died after being hit by a pick up truck while walking north to south in...

A pilot project in Kamloops will try and create a city where no children will need to be homeless and left out on the street (Josh Pagé/CBC). The City of Kamloops has been selected for a national pilot project...

Armchair Mayor Mel Rothenburger and Josh Pagé discuss whether Kamloops' two dogs rule makes sense. They have this chat at the dog pound, where puppies like this one wait for their owners to pick them up or be taken...

Dozens of people were taken to hospital after a huge, multi-vehicle crash on the Coquihalla Highway last night. A chain reaction smashup in wintery conditions involved a bus packed with senior citizens, two semi trucks and 2 vehicles. It...

The Jumbo Glacier ski resort project in southeastern B.C. would sit on an old sawmill site, and visitors would be shuttled to ski and snowboard on four nearby glaciers in the Purcell mountains. (CBC) A new town, a new...

Kamloops RCMP are looking for 2 suspects after a home invasion in the 200 block of Valleyview Drive Tuesday night. The two people who live in the home say 2 masked men entered their home with guns drawn. They...

Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have clashed in recent days with a series of airstrikes and rocket attacks, amid threats of a ground war. The maps below show the affected regions in Israel and Gaza as of Nov....

Paul Zehr works in his research lab where he studies movement, and often focuses on how to help people move freely again after they have a stroke (image courtesy Paul Zehr). Recovering from a stroke is incredibly difficult.Simple things...

Change could be coming to the school calendar (CBC). No more summer holidays?A longer "seasonal" break in December?These are just a couple of options that the Kamloops Thompson School District will be thinking about.     The district has four...

A team of researchers is arguing the province's half a billion dollar domestic marijuana industry could be a boon for the government if pot is legalized and taxed. Researchers from U.B.C. and S.F.U. have published a study that concludes...

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Tyler Walton (image courtesy RCMP) It was an emotional anniversary this week for a Williams lake family.Three years ago, Tyler Walton disappeared.There's been no trace, and his father fears the worst. Host Shelley Joyce speaks with Tyler's father, but...

The Provincial Government is set to announce the creation of a Resort Municipality for the site of the controversial Jumbo Glacier Ski Resort near Invermere. The project was approved by the province last year after decades of debate, legal...

Friends and family members started a 'justice for Ashlee' campaign in memory of 16-year-old Ashlee Hyatt following her death on June 2, 2010. (Charrie Hyatt/Facebook) An 18-year-old woman has been found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Ashlee...

On the 3rd anniversary of 28 year old Tyler Walton being reported missing in Williams Lake, police have launched a website in hopes of turning up new clues. The RCMP investigation has determined that Tyler was involved in the...

Just who can slaughter beef is in question in B.C. Some ranchers say small slaughterhouses should be easier to open, while others say not so fast (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press). Just how animals, especially cattle, should be slaughtered in B.C....

It's a blow to the city of Williams Lake, and especially tough news for dozens of sawmill workers there.The forest company Tolko has announced  it will not be re-opening its Creekside sawmill.Mike Harkeys is a vice president with Tolko,...

An 18 year old West Kelowna woman has been found guilty of killing Ashlee Hyatt. Hyatt bled to death at a teen drinking party in Peachland two years ago. On Sunday a jury acquitted her of second degree murder,...

Monday, Nov. 19 on Daybreak Kamloops:  Where are all the doctors? A new report says the number of new physicians is outpacing our growing population, so why are so many people still having a hard time finding doctors?And if you...

Shannon Salvati (left) and Cory James Billy of Twin Rivers Education Centre give the thumbs up to a photo taken of them wearing a Convocation cap and gown as future grads of TRU class of 2017. (Contributed by TRU)...

Elisabeth Duckworth and Ron Hatch helped put together a new history book about Kamloops titled "Kamloops: From Trading Post to Tournament Capital" (Josh Pagé/CBC). Two hundred years ago the first trading post in Kamloops went up.That marked the beginning...

(image courtesy Kamloops Blazers) They are trying to make it to the big league, and finish high school at the same time.    Striking a balance between playing in the WHL and being in school causes unique challenges for many...

The National Energy Board says Canadians need to brace for more than just winter. It's predicting an increase in the cost of fuel to heat homes and also at the pumps. In the case of natural gas, its forecast...

How safe are your kids at daycare?In the Southern Interior, daycares are subject to health and safety inspections by Interior Health.We've been looking into the results of those inspections, and what we found might surprise you.    Chris Walker has done...

While sitting on a couple of lawn chairs, Armchair Mayor Mel Rothenburger and our Josh Pagé had a pretty good view of just how many people blow through red lights (image courtesy Tori Fischer). Red light runners: They are...

Lawyers in Kamloops and around the province are increasing the pressure on the provincial government today for more legal aid funding. Now they won't be taking on any legal aid cases involving out of custody clients charged with criminal...

Someone convicted of growing six or more marijuana plants now faces a minimum sentence of six months in jail under the Safe Streets and Communities Act. (OPP) Part of the federal government's tough-on-crime agenda is now firmly in place;...

The Township of Spallumcheen hopes farmers around Kamloops will join their fight to make it easier to start small slaughterhouses (Josh Pagé/CBC). You could say "buy local" is the hot term when it comes to grocery shopping these days.We...

This new book is available all over B.C. You can find it at the Kamloops Art Gallery, Country Bug Books in Merritt, Grizzly Books in Revelstoke, and at Sun Peaks Resort, as well as most book stores in Kamloops....

RCMP are warning motorists that changing weather conditions can lead to deteriorating road conditions in a short time. The reminder comes in the wake of yesterday's serious accident on highway 97 near Quesnel. A head on crash sent two...

The artist's model, L. Galliac, oil on canvas, 1934 (Wikimedia Commons) Wanted: Someone with a lot of experience standing around. Striking a pose.And nudity may be required.Thompson Rivers University has posted an ad for models. Lloyd Bennett, chair of...

A video profiling grade four to seven students at Bert Edwards Elementary School going green could win $10,000.The video was created by the Kamloops chapter of the B.C. Sustainable Energy Association, and BC Hydro has selected it as a nominee...

A Kamloops murder trial has once again shone the spotlight on treatment for the mentally ill.Last week, 19-year-old Joshua Steele was found not criminally responsible for killing his father. Joshua suffers with schizophrenia and depression, and before the murder he...

Unionized workers who help the developmentally disabled, vulnerable women, and at risk youth are on strike Tuesday and Wednesday in the Okanagan and the Cariboo. The BCGEU says members are striking for better wages but are also protesting 300...

Just over a year ago, in the Kamloops neighbourhood of Westmount, 18-year-old Joshua Steel killed his father.Phil Steel was attacked and beaten with a metal fireplace tool, and Joshua was charged with second-degree murder. Joshua's trial ended in a Kamloops...

Kevin Krueger (image courtesy Government of B.C.) He's famous for calling it as he sees it, and soon he will be calling it quits.Kevin Krueger has represented the Kamloops area as an MLA for 16 years -- first from...

(image courtesy Kamloops Blazers) They show up hours before the game starts, and go home long after the final whistle blows.Sports reporter Marty Hastings joins Shelley Joyce for a story about two long-serving Kamloops Blazers volunteers. This is a...

Alex Sim enlisted in both World War Two and the Korean War (Josh Pagé/CBC).Alex Sim is 87, but he remembers every detail of D-Day. He remembers the sound of bullets slamming into his boat. He remembers exactly how many...

One person is dead after a crash between a car and a commercial tractor trailer, west of Revelstoke on the Trans Canada highway. RCMP say it happened just before 6  last night, just west of the Enchanted Forest theme...

Last November, Cpl. Catherine Galliford told CBC News of the constant sexual advances and mistreatment she faced while working as the public face of the RCMP in B.C. (CBC) It's been a year since CBC news first broke the...

Left: Former MP and war veteran Don Cameron is presented with a Diamond Jubilee Medal in October, 2012 (Murray Mitchell/Kamloops Daily News) Right: Cameron remembers his combat tour and his time as a prisoner of war. (Josh Pagé/CBC) 95-year-old...

Armchair Mayor Mel Rothenburger and our Josh Pagé have the scoop on Kami the Fish's potential comeback. Is it the solution to Kamloops' identity crisis (CBC, image courtesy Arjunkamloops/Flickr). You could say Kamloops has had a bit of an...

The Kamloops RCMP are on the look out for a hit and run driver. Two young men were walking across a cross walk on 8th street and York Avenue on the north shore. An older male driver turned off...

(cbcmusic.ca) Ever wonder how a song gets its name? Or why a musician picks a certain lyric to tell a story? Those are questions Fine Tuned sets out to answer.This week, we hear from a musician who's been on...

The Kamloops RCMP are asking witnesses of a train versus mini van crash to come forward.A 54 year old Kamloops woman was in the van when it was hit and is now in serious condition at Royal Inland Hospital....

Steve Gittus is the world's oldest curler. He is 102 (Doug Herbert/CBC). When the country's best curlers converge in Kamloops for the Brier in 2014, they might take some tips from Steve Gittus.Steve is 102 years old, and is...

Kamloops' elected officials were busy on Tuesday debating 911 calls and whether or not Kamloops Cadets Society should be given money for a new furnace (image courtesy Marnie Mceachern). Kamloops city council was busy on Tuesday, making a couple...

The Democrats remain in the White House. Obama defeated his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, winning both the popular vote and the electoral college. The situation in the U-S Congress remains relatively unchanged. The Democrats will keep their majority in...

There are now four students of UBC's Southern Medical Program getting hands-on doctor training in Kamloops. (CBC) Communities all over B.C. are desperate for family physicians, and a solution has seemed unclear.Until now.A pilot project at Royal Inland Hospital...

It's taken nearly four years but RCMP investigators have arrested two people for the 2008 murder of Tyler Myers in Salmon Arm. Myers was found in the yard of the Bastion Elementary where he died of a gunshot wound....

It's a tragedy no one wants to even a imagine: A fire rips through your home and you can't get through to 911.That's what happened to Shanna Little, her husband and four of her kids on the weekend. They've been...

Doug Baleshta (piano) and his band play for seniors at the Ponderosa Lodge in Kamloops (Josh Pagé/CBC). We like to think of music as the universal language.A simple tap of the toes or bob of your head speaks louder...

The victim of an attack at Cactus Jacks night club, Saturday night, remains in critical but stable condition at Royal Inland hospital. Kamloops RCMP say the 28 year old man was hit in the head with a pool cue....

Wendy Chernoff's mother was made to pay a $300 insurance deductible by Budget in Port Coquitlam last winter, for a minor dent on a wheel rim. (CBC) Budget Rent a Car is under fire from several customers, who are...

Caitlin Orteza and Lane Barsi debate who should with American election (Josh Pagé/CBC). It's the 11th hour for American presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.Tuesday night Americans will decide if Obama will spend another four years in the...

Some parents in the Cariboo are fighting to save the schools their kids attend.The school district is considering a plan to shut down three elementary schools in Williams lake, and an elementary and junior secondary in the 100 Mile House...

Charges are pending against a driver who hit a woman in her 50's with a car Sunday. Kamloops RCMP say the driver wasn't paying attention and swerved to the side of the road hitting the woman. The woman suffered...

Monday Nov. 5 on Daybreak Kamloops:We'll meet a young med school student learning the ropes at Royal Inland Hospital. Could this new pilot program be the solution to the doctor shortage in Kamloops?And a Go Public investigation reveals a national...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper names Nicola Valley rancher Judith Guichon as the lieutenant governor of British Columbia. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press) Judith Guichon has ranched in the Nicola Valley near Merritt for decades, but Friday, she trades her dusty boots...

The numbers from the annual Kamloops Homeless count show 99 people are living without homes. Of that number 59 are men, 24 are women, are 9 are children. Tangie Genshorek, coordinator of the Kamloops Homeless Action Plan, says 45...

Political reporters Stephen Smart and Jonathan Fowlie discuss transparency in the provincial government (Sam Bufalini/CBC). There is a an old proverb that goes "if you don't want anyone to know about it, then don't do it."But for some politicians...

The Kamloops Blazers are the best team in major junior hockey in Canada. That is making high profile owners, like Mark Recchi, very happy (image courtesy Kamloops Blazers). One Canadian national newspaper called them a "no-name powerhouse."Fans of the...

The Insurance Corporation of B.C. will cut 250 management jobs. That includes 7 executive positions. The corporation says the reductions go beyond recommendations in a government review to bring staffing below 2008 levels. The reduction will save I.C.B.C. as...

Halloween night was violent in Williams Lake. The RCMP say shortly after 9 o'clock they were called to a home invasion. A group of people had forced their way into a home with machetes, bats, and bear spray. The...

Mel Rothenburger's dog, Jesse, likes his yard now, but he probably won't like it as much if it is torn up for pipeline development (Josh Pagé/CBC). When Armchair Mayor Mel Rothenburger retired he likely expected quiet days, enjoying the...

The election is in the spring.Will this be a difficult winter for the B.C. conservative party?Can they overcome some high-profile internal complaints and give Christy Clark's Liberals a run for their money?Conservative Leader John Cummins is visiting Kamloops Thursday.Host Shelley...

Doug Herbert and Josh Pagé are shaven clean and ready to start growing mustaches to raise money for prostate cancer research (CBC). It's time once again for men to shave clean, and start growing out the best soup strainers...

He wasn't in costume but a man with something covering his face robbed the Panago Pizza on Summitt drive Halloween night. Kamloops RCMP say around 10:30 the man walked in and demanded money. He had his hand in his...

Taylor Van Diest died in hospital after she was beaten on Halloween night in Armstrong, B.C. (Facebook) One interior community is approaching Halloween with an entirely different perspective than others in B.C.Last year a local teen was killed in...

Trick or treaters will be out in droves Wednesday night and the Kamloops RCMP will be as well. In fact they will have double the amount of officers on the street to deal with Halloween calls. An RCMP helicopter...

  Alberta Skip Kevin Koe throws a stone at the most recent TIm Horton's Brier (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press). Now that it's official that Kamloops is hosting the 2014 Tim Horton's Brier, what does it mean for the city?Well, a big...

Professor Norman Cornett is in Kamloops Wednesday and Thursday, and he hopes to do a little inspiring while he's here. Cornett is known in Canada for his new ways of approaching lectures where gets every student in his class actively...

The Kamloops RCMP are investigating a suspicious two vehicle fire in Knutsford. Emergency responders were called just before 3 Wednesday morning to a property on highway 5-A. Both vehicles suffered extensive damage. No one was injured. It's unclear what...

2010 Adam's River Sockeye Run (Contributed by Jim Cooperman/Adam's River Salmon Society) Adams River is the birthplace of millions of salmon. The sheer number of spawning fish and wide-eyed tourists are an impressive sight every autumn.But neither fish nor...

The Canadian Curling Association confirmed Tuesday morning the 2014 Brier will be held in Kamloops. The B.C. government has committed 100 thousand dollars toward the event with an additional 100 thousand coming from the B.C. lottery corporation. It will...