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Canada hangs on for 5-3 win over Finland, advances to 4 Nations Face-Off final
BOSTON - Canada is off to the 4 Nations Face-Off final. An old - and familiar foe - waits on deck. Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon scored 46 seconds apart in the first period, and Canada held on l...
Feb 17, 2025
Trump in the drivers' seat as B.C. buckles up for new legislative session
VICTORIA - When British Columbia's Legislature opens for the first time in nine months tomorrow, the driving force behind the province's politics and the government's upended agenda will be thousands ...
Feb 17, 2025
B.C. premier defends scrapping tax rebate amid Trump tariff threats
VICTORIA - After the B.C. NDP government scrapped a tax rebate that was a signature plank in the party's election campaign, Premier David Eby is defending the decision.With the B.C. budget just weeks ...
Feb 16, 2025
Late Lafreniere winner powers Blazers to comeback win over Rockets
KELOWNA - The Kamloops Blazers scored three third period goals as they completed the weekend sweep over the Kelowna Rockets with a 4-3 come-from-behind win Saturday (Feb. 15) night at Prospera Place. ...
Feb 16, 2025
UPDATE - Trans-Canada Highway reopens east of Sicamous after lengthy closure
SICAMOUS - (UPDATE Feb. 16, 7:00 a.m.): The Trans-Canada Highway was fully reopened in both directions just before 6:00 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 16. The highway was opened to a single lane of alternating tra...
Feb 15, 2025
Tobiano Golf Course sold to Coquitlam-based JK World Group
TOBIANO B.C. - The Tobiano Golf Course has been sold to JK World Group, a Coquitlam-based company that recently bought the Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club in Coquitlam. The Kamloops-area golf c...
Feb 15, 2025
Merritt community marches for MMIGW2S awareness
MERRITT - Community members in the Nicola Valley gathered Friday afternoon (Feb. 14) for a march to honour and acknowledge missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirited people. Starti...
Feb 14, 2025
Kamloops working on rebate program to incentivize FireSmart work
KAMLOOPS - There may soon be some financial incentives offered to Kamloops homeowners who complete FireSmart initiatives on their properties. The City of Kamloops is working on a pair of rebate progra...
Feb 14, 2025
Status quo for policing services in Merritt after council mulls options
MERRITT, B.C. - There will be no changes to policing services for the City of Merritt. At Tuesday's (Feb. 11) monthly council meeting, Merritt councillors voted 5-2 in maintaining the status quo, whic...
Feb 14, 2025
B.C. cancels $1,000 grocery rebate and pauses some hiring over Trump's tariff threats
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is cancelling a promised $1,000 grocery rebate and will freeze hiring of some public service positions to "find dollars" in its budget as it prepares for "fo...
Feb 13, 2025
