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'Disappointed but not surprised': North Thompson mayors didn't find provincial budget dollars to improve Highway 5N
BARRIERE, B.C. - Leaders in the North Thompson say they'll have to continue advocating for provincial dollars to improve safety along the area's main highway, after not seeing Highway 5 North listed i...
Feb 23, 2024
Canadian rugby 7s women's, men's squads lose opening match
VANCOUVER - Both the Canadian women's and men's rugby sevens team lost their opening matches at the HSBC SVNS stop at B.C. Place on Friday. Canada's women's rugby sevens team fell to France 26-14 whil...
Feb 23, 2024
Interference inquiry head says feds have signalled need for closed-door hearings
OTTAWA - The head of a federal inquiry into foreign interference says the government has told her it will be necessary to hear some evidence behind closed doors. In a notice issued today, commissioner...
Feb 23, 2024
US appeals court panel declines to delay execution of one of longest-serving death-row inmates
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A U.S. appeals court panel on Friday declined to delay Idaho's scheduled execution next week of one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates. Thomas Creech was sentenced t...
Feb 23, 2024
Ottawa appeals court decision finding its use of Emergencies Act was unreasonable
Ottawa has filed to appeal a Federal Court decision that found its invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests was unjustified. The government is asking the Feder...
Feb 23, 2024
Former educator DeDe DeRose named TRU Chancellor
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University has announced the appointment of DeDe DeRose as the next chancellor of the university, with her term beginning on March 1, 2024. She succeeds outgoing chancellor ...
Feb 23, 2024
Kamloops lawyer's latest suspension is eight months for conflict of interest
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops lawyer will have to serve yet another suspension after the Law Society of B.C. (LSBC) found he engaged in professional misconduct.Nickolaus Harold MacDonald Weiser was last suspe...
Feb 23, 2024
RCMP launches criminal investigation into 'alarming' breach of its networks
OTTAWA - The RCMP says it is "actively managing" a security breach that targeted its networks. Spokesperson Marie-Eve Breton says the police force has launched a criminal investigation. The RCMP says ...
Feb 23, 2024
Nisga'a Treaty disputes settled between B.C. and First Nation governments
VICTORIA - The Nisga'a First Nation in northwestern British Columbia says it has reached a historic out-of-court settlement with the provincial government to resolve disputes that had come up in their...
Feb 23, 2024
Police take a suspect into custody after killing of nursing student at University of Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Police say they've taken a suspect into custody in after the killing of a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. University of Georgia P...
Feb 23, 2024
