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Large police presence in Westsyde Tuesday triggered by weapons call; suspicious vehicle not located
KAMLOOPS - Despite an extensive patrol of the area, police were unable to locate a suspicious vehicle where an occupant may have had a gun.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP say at roughly 6:45 p.m. Tue...
Aug 21, 2019 Image Credit: Twitter / Jamie Rye
Politicians say elections law restricting partisan ads is 'absurd,' 'lunacy'
OTTAWA - The man whose position on climate change is at the centre of a controversy over partisan campaign rhetoric weighed in Monday, saying Elections Canada is stifling free speech if environmental ...
Aug 21, 2019
US prisons chief removed from position after Epstein's death
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr removed the acting director of the Bureau of Prisons from his position Monday, more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life...
Aug 21, 2019
Large outage affecting 3,400 Hydro customers in Sun Peaks, North Thompson
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - UPDATE: Power has been restored to the North Thompson.The cause for both outages was birds contacting the wires, according to BC Hydro.There is not yet an estimated time on for Sun P...
Aug 21, 2019 Image Credit: BC Hydro
Streveler the Bombers' starter now with incumbent Nichols injured
Chris Streveler is again the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' starting quarterback. The second-year pro will be under centre for the foreseeable future with incumbent Matt Nichols (upper body) on the ...
Aug 21, 2019
Canadian woman focusing on memories shared with slain fiance: New Zealand police
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A grieving Canadian woman is focusing on the memories she shared with her Australian fiance before he was murdered Friday in a seemingly random attack, police said Monda...
Aug 21, 2019
SNC-Lavalin controversy tails PM to Quebec, where affair has different impact
OTTAWA - Questions about the SNC-Lavalin affair Monday trailed Justin Trudeau to Quebec - the seat-rich province at the centre of the controversy, and a place&n...
Aug 21, 2019
Oakland Raiders' Luke Willson finally gets to play another game in Canada
Luke Willson figures he'll have a smooth travel day when his Oakland Raiders head to Winnipeg for Thursday's NFL pre-season game against the Green Bay Packers. "I think I'm going to have the easiest t...
Aug 21, 2019
Record number of fish choppered above the Big Bar slide Monday
CLINTON,B.C. - Officials working at a rockslide in northwest B-C say a record number of more than two-thousand-five-hundred salmon -- the most in one day -- were transported by helicopters on Monday (...
Aug 21, 2019 Image Credit: Government of B.C.
Inflation unchanged in July
Ottawa - Statistics Canada says the rate of inflation in July came in at two per cent. That matches a similar year-over-year increase in June. The agency notes the highest rates were measured in Montr...
Aug 21, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
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