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VICTORIA - The B.C. government is extending the province's state of emergency for another two weeks, allowing officials to continue using emergency powers to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The move com...

KAMLOOPS - In order to get through to a younger audience, the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation has come forward with a visual telling of COVID-19 realities. As part of a new messaging campaign, RIH Fo...

VANCOUVER - A man convicted of first-degree murder after his wife drowned while boating has been granted a new trial.Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon of the B.C. Court of Appeal says in a decision released Tu...

KAMLOOPS - One of the main thoroughfares through the city is getting a new sheet of asphalt, as well as other improvements over the next week, or so. Columbia Street from Sixth Avenue to the Valleyvie...

MERRITT, B.C. - Mounties in Merritt had to apply a tourniquet to a profusely-bleeding break-in suspect last week.According to a news release, the incident happened Friday (Sept. 25) at a home on Belsh...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Squeezed by limits on attendance at its theme parks and other restrictions due to the pandemic, The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it planned to lay off 28,000 workers in its parks divis...

MINNEAPOLIS - Jose Altuve drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning for Houston after a two-out error by shortstop Jorge Polanco, and the Astros beat Minnesota 4-1 Tues...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Lucas Giolito dazzled in his post-season debut, stymieing the Oakland Athletics through six perfect innings and sending the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 victory in the opener of their ...

Leon Draisaitl is used to fine tuning his game and building chemistry with his Edmonton Oilers teammates at this time of the year. The star forward is usually wrapping up pre-season hockey by the end ...

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says the demand for COVID-19 tests in Kamloops has increased significantly in the month of September, partly due to the beginning of the school year. The onset of school and...