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Evacuation order lifted for Loon Lake, residents can return home Sunday

LOON LAKE, B.C. — It's homeward bound for Loon Lake residents. Early this afternoon the TNRD announced it's downgraded its evacuation order to an alert for properties in the Loon Lake area. Residents will be able to return home as of 1 p.m. Sunday as workers are spending all of Saturday clearing fallen trees off roads as well ensuring water, 911, Hydro and telephone services are running properly...

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Wildfires see no new growth overnight despite steady winds

KAMLOOPS — Friday's winds caused more worry than damage throughout the province. Fire Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek says the overnight wind througout the Cariboo and Southern Interior didn't have a huge impact on the 138 wildfires currently burning in B.C. "In most cases the wind arrived but wasn't necessarily as strong as what we had forecast and in many cases it came with a little bit of...

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'Free speech rally' cut short after massive counterprotest

BOSTON — Thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans converged Saturday on downtown Boston in a boisterous repudiation of white nationalism, dwarfing a small group of conservatives who cut short their planned "free speech rally" a week after a gathering of hate groups led to bloodshed in Virginia. Counterprotesters marched through the city to historic Boston Common, where many gathered...

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U.S. signals Trump's Buy American agenda non-negotiable in NAFTA talks

OTTAWA — The U.S. appears to be signalling that President Donald Trump's vow to aggressively promote a "buy American, hire American" agenda is not open to discussion during negotiations on a new North American Free Trade Agreement. The Trump administration has served notice that it's dealing with the issue outside NAFTA.  While it's being pulled in one direction by Canada and...

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