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B.C. court to hear Charter challenge over religious exemptions to assisted dying law
OTTAWA - A trial set to begin Monday in British Columbia's Supreme Court questions whether publicly funded faith-based hospitals should be allowed to prevent patients from receiving medical assistance...
Jan 11, 2026
UPDATE: Highway 12 between Lytton and Lillooet to remain closed overnight due to rock slide
LYTTON, B.C. - (UPDATE 5:30 p.m.): Highway 12 between Lillooet and Lytton will remain closed overnight due to a rock slide.In an update around 5:15 p.m., DriveBC said a geotechnical investigation is u...
Jan 10, 2026 Rocks on Highway 12 pictured on Jan. 10, 2026. (Image Credit: Aaron Joseph/Facebook)
Remediation work at fire-damaged Westmount Elementary set to begin
KAMLOOPS - Remediation work at Westmount Elementary is expected to get underway in short order as kids are back in class after winter break. Westmount students and staff will remain in their temporary...
Jan 10, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
RCAF wants more than 1,200 security personnel to protect F-35s, other planes
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force wants to hire more than a thousand new security personnel over the next five years at bases across the country - just as it brings its new F-35 stealth fighter je...
Jan 10, 2026
'Find their community, stick together'; Kamloops Pride reaches out to community in wake of Zafar killing
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP have issued a warning anybody utilizing dating websites or apps, and in particular men-seeking-men sites, as they say there is a threat to the public. The warning comes in...
Jan 09, 2026 (Image Credit: GoFundMe)
'Substantial decrease' to property offences in 2025: Kamloops' top cop
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP Detachment Commander Supt. Jeff Pelley held his end-of-year media scrum on Thursday (Jan. 9), discussing a wide range of successes and challenges for the region. 2025 marked t...
Jan 08, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
'There is a threat to the public'; Kamloops RCMP issue warning following suspected homicide
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are clarifying their warning to the public that was issued following the suspected murder of Muhammad 'Ash' Zafar, and they say there is a threat to the public. While Mounties...
Jan 08, 2026 Supt. Jeff Pelley (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
RCMP investigating Kamloops West End homicide appeal to those using men-seeking-men online services
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are reaching out to users of men-seeking-men online services for help as they investigate this week's apparent homicide in the city's West End. Mounties found Muhammad 'Ash' Z...
Jan 07, 2026 Muhammad 'Ash' Zafar (Image Credit: Contributed / Kamloops RCMP)
Man found dead in Kamloops' West End; police suspect homicide
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a suspicious death in the Kamloops West End could be the city's first homicide of 2026. In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cpl. Dana Napier says Mounties were called to a h...
Jan 06, 2026 Muhammad 'Ash' Zafar (Image Credit: Contributed / Kamloops RCMP)
TRU professor talks impact of Maduro arrest, US actions in Venezuela
KAMLOOPS - Over the weekend, United States Special Forces apprehended Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on US federal drug trafficking charges, removing him from power and transporting him to New Yo...
Jan 05, 2026 Maduro arrested (Image Credit: CNN)
