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Joel Wood 🇨🇦
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Environmental Economist at Thompson Rivers University. Biking enthusiast. Great horned owl attack victim. Kamloops 🇨🇦
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Do we really need to give the guy leading a campaign to destroy higher education a glamour shot on the premier magazine for higher education?
Chris Rufo glamour shot
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Pretty cool chocolate bar my kid got from the Santa parade in Kammloops. Newgold giving out gold bars!
Gold bar from Newgold
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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In Kamloops, Santa arrives being pulled by his reindeer AND a dumptruck
A dumptruck pulling a flatbed trailer with reindeer and a sleigh with Santa and Mrs Claus. Everything has xmas lights on it
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Super tangential, but this reminds me of a wikipedia article I was reading about pirates
They were all quickly captured by Justice Joseph Doane and his posse and locked up in Barnstable Gaol. On 18 October 1717, six were tried in Boston for piracy and robbery. The following were found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging: John Brown of Jamaica, Thomas Baker and Hendrick Quintor of the Netherlands; Peter Cornelius Hoof of Sweden; John Shaun of France; and Simon van der Vorst of New York.
November 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Canada’s mens rugby team loses a close one to Portugal in Coimbra

27-33

Wing Morgan Di Nardo gets his first cap and a try!
Canadian rugby player and the 27-33 scoreline
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Today on FB Marketplace in Kamloops: A guy is selling his homemade trebuchet to help pay for university
Shows a trebuchet that is clearly homemade. Listing says “Trebuchet (catapult) for sale $500” I am selling my medieval counterweight trebuchet, probably the only one on the market! I've recently become a university student, and have become very busy with that in the last month and just don't have time or space for this awesome machine anymore. If interested, I have plenty of footage, helpful calculations, and personal experience to share about it and the process I went though making it. It stands approximately 13ft with the arm fully raised, and can toss various items up to a range 144ft (that I have achieved) using a 355lb counterweight. It is now a year old and does have its share of wear and tear, can provide pictures/details with if wanted. The weights are interchangeable plates and the frame is constructed of 3/4" plywood (with wooden wheels!) and 2" x 6" wooden beams. $500.00 OBO (including 250lbs counterweight) *will also consider trade for high-quality road/touring bike* If interested in only the frame, can negotiate this too. PM me for more information! Price is negotiable, I would like it gone sooner rather than later. Thanks for reading
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Rode out to Cooney Bay today. Just a beautiful fall day in Kamloops
Bike on sand with river and hills in background
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Post-ride dinner. Shin bonebroth ramyun with spinach, a poached egg, and pork tenderloin
Ramen with egg, spinach and pork
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Elaine Benes wearing a Baltimore Orioles hat while sitting in the New York Yankees owner's seats
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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UBC beats UVIC 15-13 to win the USports Womens Rugby Championship
Womens rugby players around a championship banner
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Yup
Gray sweatpants
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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UBC vs UVIC for the USports Womens Rugby title. The way it should be
Shows the brackets of the Womens Rugby USports Championship, with UBC vs UVIC in the title match
November 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Going to crack some Hawkins Cheezies for some Canadian good luck for the Bluejays
Hawkins Cheezies
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Right on! The Full Bar Club 👊
This year I am upping the ante: Full sized chocolate bars AND Hawkins Cheezies
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Widget Production Day in Principles of Micro!
Five staplers on top of paper
October 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Here is my recipe if you are interested . It is adapted from this one www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyle...
October 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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#SoupSeason continues with roasted tomato soup
A bowl of orange looking roasted tomatoes soup with a spoon in the bowl
October 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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The vibe right now
Oh my god. Oh my god
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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We are all this guy
Soldier with disgusted face
October 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Just the best Thanksgiving beer.

Squash Gourdon by Red Collar Brewing
An orange beer label with an elongated pumpkin and it says Squash Gourdon in black letters
October 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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and my house smells like the Thanksgiving dinner I am making. The kids have put on Xmas music….
October 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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The unemployment rate in neighbouring Kelowna increased in September to 7.1% in September compared to 4.1% in August. We can no longer conclude that the unemployment rate in Kelowna is lower than the unemployment rate in Kamloops
Line graph showing the difference in unemployment rates between Kelowna and Kamloops including a 95% confidence interval. In August 2025 Zero fell outside of the 95% confidence interval, while in Sept zero falls within the 95% confidence interval.
October 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Statistics Canada released the results of the September Labour Force Survey today. The Kamloops unemployment rate remained high in September. The estimate did fall from 10.3% in August to 9.5% in September, but the change is not statistically significant.
Blue line graph of the Kamloops unemployment rate from Sep 2011 to Sep 2025. Shows the recent rate is lower than during COVID, but still relatively high historically. Similar to the rate in the fall months of 2017
October 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Tonight’s soup was roasted butternut squash. Hooray for soup season
White bowl with orange soup in it. Mini pumpkins nearby
October 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Amazing field tomatoes I picked up at Desert Hills Ranch in Ashcroft on the weekend
Very red sliced tomatoes
October 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM