Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Passenger jet with 64 aboard collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Airport near DC
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting ...
Jan 30, 2025
Merritt's Sherry Peterson awarded King Charles III Coronation medal for unwavering community service
MERRITT, B.C. -Throughout Canada, the backbones of their communities have been getting honoured with the King Charles III Coronation Medal. In Kamloops, people such as 104-year-old WWII veteran John K...
Jan 29, 2025
RCMP seize drugs from vehicle in Valleyview bearing paper license plates
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say paper plates are for barbecues, not vehicle tags.In a news release issued Wednesday (Jan. 29), Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says officers were working in the 2100-block of East Tra...
Jan 29, 2025
Ottawa revamps disaster relief program with new focus on mitigation, rebuilding
OTTAWA - The federal government is overhauling the way it reimburses provinces and territories after natural disasters, with a new focus on funding rebuilding efforts that try to prevent the same leve...
Jan 29, 2025
Kamloops council clears a path for hundreds of new rental units
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council was set to consider a trio of purpose built rental buildings on Tuesday (Jan. 28), as the community works toward housing targets imposed by the provincial government. ...
Jan 28, 2025
Kamloops Airport passenger traffic steady in 2024
KAMLOOPS - It was level flight for Kamloops Airport in 2024, with its year-end passenger totals showing almost no change from the previous year.Statistics distributed to media on Tuesday (Jan. 28) sho...
Jan 28, 2025
B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau stepping down
VICTORIA - B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau says she is stepping down. Furstenau says she never aspired to be an elected official but is leaving her role as leader of the province's third party...
Jan 28, 2025
Union representing CVSE officers calls for improved safety measures after Kamloops weigh scale assault
KAMLOOPS - An assault in Kamloops has the union representing Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) officers calling on the B.C. government to improve their safety. While an investigation in...
Jan 28, 2025
Highlights of the foreign interference commission's final report
OTTAWA - After 18 months of hearings and testimony from more than 100 witnesses, the Commission on Foreign Interference released its final report Tuesday. Here are some of the highlights: - Commission...
Jan 28, 2025
Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say
For more than a decade, Wisconsin native Douglas Cowgill has helped Americans in Canada navigate the complex task of renouncing their U.S. citizenship, cutting themselves loose from that nation's Inte...
Jan 28, 2025
