NEW - #Kamloops council has approved a second 20-month extension for the Pathways shelter on the North Shore.
This final temporary use permit will expire March 2028. The previous 20-month permit approved Nov. 2024 will expire in July.
In both cases, the ask was for a three year permit.
Here's today's story with on the Q’wemtsin Health Society's silver jubilee celebrations. #Kamloops
Final score aside, the first-ever visit to the Rink on Renfrew didn't disappoint.
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There are designated parking spots on the Bird Canada app, which shows where the bikes are along with the battery status.
Light blue dots are bikes while dark blue dots are parking locations. #Kamloops
NEW - 255 rentable e-scooters and 45 e-bikes will be gradually deployed on the streets of #Kamloops as a new partnership with Bird Canada takes effect.
The city says the initial deployment will focus on high-demand areas like downtown core and the Tranquille Market Corridor.
Here is the WolfPack's winning moment over the Manitoba Bisons.
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NEW - The TRU WolfPack women’s volleyball team is off to USPORTS nationals for the very first time.
They beat Manitoba in three sets to win a best-of-three QF series 2-1.
Next up is the Canada West Final Four in Edmonton, but all four teams will move on to nationals.
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Members of the Iranian community in #Kamloops were out this afternoon as news filtered in about Ali Khamenei's now confirmed death in a major attack launched by Israel and the United States.
More @cfjctoday.bsky.social in the days ahead.
NEW - A portion of a planned 17 hectare prescribed burn in the Peterson Creek Nature Park in #Kamloops could begin on March 2, if conditions allow.
According to the BC Wildfire Service, work this spring will only cover six hectares.
More details about the burn are in this story from December.
The City of #Kamloops says funding for the nationally coordinated count came via a federal government grant.
It notes the federal government now requiries Reaching Home-funded communities to complete a homeless count every year and a full demographic survey every three years.
The results of the 2025 Point-in-Time count will be going before Tuesday's city council meeting.
Conducted over a 24-hour period on Oct. 15 and 16, it shows 419 people experiencing homelessness in #Kamloops, up from 313 found during the 2024 count.
Three former #Kamloops Blazers have been included in the list of the CHL's Top 50 players of the last 50 years:
Jarome Iginla
Scott Niedermayer
Mark Recchi
Tommy Lafreniere (2G) & Owen Cooper had the other goals for the Blazers, while Ty Bonkowski (2A) also recorded a multi-point night.
Blazers' previous best was a 9-5 win over the Calgary Hitmen at Sandman Centre on Dec. 28.
They play the Royals again on Wednesday (Feb. 4) night.
The #Kamloops Blazers erupt for a season-high 11 goals to brush Victoria aside 11-1.
Jordan Keller (4G, 1A) & Nathan Behm (5A) led the way, while Ty Coupland scored his first two as a Blazer.
JP Hurlbert (2G, 1A), Josh Evaschesen & Joaquin Geras (3A each) also starred.
Here's the latest on Rogelio "Butch" Bagabuyo's first-degree murder conviction.
The former #Kamloops lawyer sat motionless for hours as Justice Ker summarized the evidence and read out her analysis of the case.
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This was the @cfjctoday.bsky.social report in October after closing arguments in the lengthy trial wrapped up. #Kamloops
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During the trial, Bagabuyo admitted to killing Abdullah at his Victoria street office, but his lawyer argued it was manslaughter, as he did so out of fear.
However, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker ruled she has no doubt the murder was "planned and deliberate."
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Former #Kamloops lawyer Rogelio “Butch” Bagabuyo (pictured on the left) has been convicted of first-degree murder in the 2022 death of TRU lecturer Mohd Abdullah.
A first-degree murder conviction comes with an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.
I'm told the City of #Kamloops, through Kelowna-based Okanagan Affordable Rentals, plan to offer these rentals for the rest of this season.
The plan next year is to issue a bid for these services and choose a provider from among the applicants.
