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Vancouver police cancel Amber Alert for 2-year-old boy, saying he's safe
VANCOUVER - (UPDATE 2:30 p.m.): Vancouver police say they have located a two-year-old boy who was allegedly abducted by his father on Thursday. Police say the boy is safe after they issued an Amber Al...
James Peters Mar 13, 2025

RCMP look to identify thief who took items from North Shore construction site
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have obtained a photo of one of two suspects in a North Shore break-and-enter investigation from last week. The incident was reported to police from a construction site in the 400-bloc...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025 Image Credit: Contributed / Kamloops RCMP

Can you identify this alleged Kamloops booze thief?
KAMLOOPS - RCMP would like your help tracking down a man accused of stealing a bottle of booze from a North Shore liquor store. In a news release issued Wednesday (March 12), Kamloops RCMP spokesperso...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025 Image Credit: Contributed / Kamloops RCMP

Westsyde Secondary garners silver medal in BC High School Curling Championships
KAMLOOPS - Westsyde Secondary earned a silver medal in the girls' division at the B.C. High School Curling Championships, which wrapped up earlier this month in Kimberley. Moscrop Secondary of Burnaby...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025 Image Credit: Contributed

Fires at Kamloops recycling plant prompt reminder about proper battery disposal
KAMLOOPS - Three fires at a local recycling plant have city officials reminding Kamloops residents of items they should and should not throw into their recycling bins. The fires have ignited over the ...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025 Emterra Environmental (Image Credit: CFJC Today / File Photo)

Carney to be sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister Friday
OTTAWA - Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister at a ceremony at Rideau Hall Friday after the formal resignation of Justin Trudeau. A senior Liberal source says a new cabinet wil...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025

B.C.'s New Democrat government and Greens finalize confidence agreement
VICTORIA - British Columbia's NDP government and the provincial Green Party caucus have signed an agreement that consolidates the New Democrats' hold on the provincial legislature where they have a on...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025

Justice reserves decision on conflict of interest petition against Kamloops councillor
KAMLOOPS - A B.C. Supreme Court justice has reserved his decision after hearing two days of arguments - first from a group of 10 petitioners and then from Kamloops councillor Mike O'Reilly's lawyer. T...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025

Police identify victim of 2022 homicide in Lytton as 27-year-old woman from Williams Lake
LYTTON, B.C. - Police are identifying the victim of a homicide in Lytton three years after her death. In an update Wednesday (March 12), the RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) says the...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025

Red Bridge debris cleaned up; province says planning process for long-term solution to begin shortly
KAMLOOPS - Debris from the former Red Bridge has been completely removed from the South Thompson River. In a news release issued Wednesday (March 12) morning, B.C.'s Ministry of Transportation and Tra...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025

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