KAMLOOPS - There will be a change in senior leadership at the Thompson Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) for the first time in nine years. Chief Librarian Judy Moore, who has been in the role for the past nine years, is moving to a new job in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her last day was Friday (June 27). "It's been an abso...

KAMLOOPS - A hiker in the Tranquille Slot Canyons in the Lac Du Bois Grasslands was rescued on Canada Day after overheating. Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) said it was called by the RCMP to find and evacuate the hiker at around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday (July 1). In a post to social media, KSAR said it provided treatment to...

LYTTON, B.C. - One of two wildfires posing a threat to life and property in the Lytton area is being held. As of Wednesday (July 2) morning, the BC Wildfire Service says the Nikaia Creek wildfire is being held at 5.73 hectares, meaning it's likely to remain within its current perimeter based on fuel and weather conditi...

KAMLOOPS - The BC Interior Community Foundation (BCICF) will be operating a month-long Pop-Up Community Centre in downtown Kamloops this month.It will be located in the grand foyer of the TNRD Library Building at 465 Victoria Street, and will be open six days a week from July 2 to July 31.In a news release, the BCICF s...

"I'm Rohit Kumar, born and raised in Kamloops, and I've witnessed our market's shifts firsthand. My mission is to keep investors ahead of the curve." As a property manager with RE/MAX Commercial Solutions, Rohit Kumar combines local insight with years of hands-on experience to ensure owners and investors maxi...

Ornamental trees like the Japanese and Korean maples are indeed beautiful to have in your yard, but where's the best place to plant them and how do you make them look like the fancy ones you see in magazines? Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops takes time to show you some of the basics about ...

Plants are indeed a wonderful thing to have in your yard. But certain areas of your yard may not be suitable for every plant, especially for under a tree! Maury Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has a number of great choices for doing just that!

ABBOTSFORD - A man and woman, both 80 years old, are dead in what police say was a murder-suicide in Abbotsford, B.C. Police say the bodies were found Monday night when officers responded to a report of a dispute in a home in the city. A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the man and woman l...

COMOX - A Vancouver Island councillor and family doctor has announced his candidacy for the B.C. Green Party leadership. Dr. Jonathan Kerr says he will officially launch his campaign on Saturday with an event in Courtenay. He is a twice-elected Comox councillor, has been a family doctor for 17 years and has served as v...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has begun accepting applications for its publicly funded in vitro fertilization program. Health Minister Josie Osborne says being able to have a child shouldn't depend on how much money a person makes and the funding will help thousands to access the life-changing treatment. The plans were ...

KAMLOOPS -- Logan Stankoven plans to repay parents Wes and Deana for investing in him after signing a life-changing contract extension with the Carolina Hurricanes earlier this week."The money they've spent on me and the time they've taken out of their lives to help me reach my goals ... now it's going to be me gi...

Logan Edmonstone has company in the Kamloops Blazers' crease. The Blazers added two players in the CHL Import Draft on Wednesday, selecting 2007-born goaltender Ivans Kufterins of Riga, Latvia, in Round 1 (13th overall) and 2008-born forward Petr Tomek of Trebic, Czechia, in Round 2 (74th overall). "We identified ...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Logan Stankoven is going to call the Tarheel State home for the next eight years. The Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed the 22-year-old Kamloops native to an eight-year, US $48 million contract extension, with an annual cap hit of US $6 million. It will kick in in the 2026-27 season, as Stankoven has o...

An independent review says last year's spill of millions of tonnes of cyanide-soaked ore at a Yukon gold mine unfolded in seconds but resulted from the "accumulation of a series of adverse conditions and events." The 156-page report released Wednesday says the June 2024 collapse was triggered by the failure o...

MONTRÉAL - Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon says the nine women suing him for sexual assault are motivated by money. The cross-examination of the disgraced former comedy mogul began this morning at his civil trial in Montreal, where he's being sued for nearly $14 million. He told the plaintiffs' lawyer the ...

OTTAWA - Former Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy is accusing Prime Minister Mark Carney of taking a "bootlicking" approach to U.S. President Donald Trump at the expense of Canadian values. "You have to be principled, you have to be tactical, you have to be pragmatic. But you also have to b...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration had deported him to in March, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Abrego Garcia was living in Maryland when he was mistakenly...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers were searching Thursday for 43 people missing in rough seas overnight after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near Indonesia's resort island of Bali. The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving East Java's Ketapang port late Wednesday, the National Search and Rescue...

MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - At least 15 people were taken to a hospital when a small skydiving aircraft went off the end of a runway at an airport in southern New Jersey and crashed in a wooded area on Wednesday evening, according to authorities. The incident at the Cross Keys Airport, about 21 miles (33.8 kilometers)...