Friday, July 3, 2026

📰 News

Kamloops Search and Rescue crews pulled a shoeless hiker from steep terrain near the Tranquille Slot Canyons. CFJC and Castanet report KSAR was called early Thursday after RCMP located the woman below a cliff; rescuers brought food, water and boots, then used rope-rescue training to get her to BC Emergency Health Services by about 6 a.m. (CFJC Today · Castanet)

A new KSAR headquarters is moving ahead after the TNRD’s elector-approval process. CFJC reports the regional district received 86 opposition forms by the June 26 deadline, well below the 14,029 needed to block borrowing up to $6.3 million for the Devick Road project in Rayleigh. (CFJC Today)

TRU data-science students turned a class project into published research. The university says Master of Science in Data Science students worked with faculty to develop a course project into a paper accepted by the peer-reviewed journal Statistical Methods and Applications. (TRU)

The TNRD is hosting an invasive-plant field day in Westwold. CFJC reports the July 9 session will have invasive-plant specialists on site to help landowners, First Nations, land managers and residents identify and manage problem plants in the Monte Lake and Westwold areas. (CFJC Today)

Kamloops-area MP Frank Caputo says Bill C-22’s data-retention rules are too broad. Castanet reports Caputo, the Conservative public safety critic, expects the lawful-access legislation to face court scrutiny and says Parliament did not get enough time to debate how long companies could be required to keep records. (Castanet)

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📅 Events

The Kamloops Rock N’ Gem Show runs Friday through Sunday at the Kamloops Curling Club. Castanet reports the show brings crystals, gems, geodes, fossils, polished stones and handmade jewellery, with a UV Night event Friday from 8 to 10 p.m. (Castanet)

Yoga in Prince Charles Park starts Tuesday. The Castanet listing has the all-levels LJ YogaNature sessions at Prince Charles Park on July 7, 14, 21 and 28. (Castanet)

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🛣️ Roads & Weather

🚧 Highway 1 has construction work between West Kamloops and Copperhead Drive. DriveBC says eastbound motorists should pull as far ahead as possible and do brake checks in the right lane at the West Kamloops Brake Check while work continues through the corridor. (DriveBC)

☀️ Friday is expected to be mainly sunny with a high near 27°C, followed by a partly cloudy night around 13°C. Saturday has a chance of showers near 26°C, Sunday looks sunny near 29°C, and the AQHI is low in the fresh staging.

🧭 Daily resource: Traffic Map. The City map is a useful quick check for cameras, traffic signals, construction and incidents before heading across town.

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🎮 Daily Game

Canuckle — Wordle, but every answer is a Canadian word or phrase.