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WestJet to revive direct flights between Kamloops and Edmonton
KAMLOOPS - WestJet is adding a new direct flight between Kamloops and Edmonton, starting July 6. WestJet Encore will use its De Havilland Dash 8-400 (Q400) aircraft for the twice-weekly flights to Kam...
May 19, 2025
Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday. Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found...
May 18, 2025
WolfPack settle for silver at 2025 Canadian College Baseball Conference championships
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack had to settle for a silver medal after they fell 10-9 to the Okanagan College Coyotes in Sunday's (May 18) Canadian College Baseball C...
May 18, 2025
Liberal government to table federal budget this fall, PM Carney says
ROME - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Liberal government plans to table a federal budget this fall. Speaking to reporters Sunday in Rome, Carney defended his decision not to present a budget this...
May 18, 2025
Environment Canada calling for snow on B.C. mountain passes this May long weekend
KAMLOOPS - It may be the Victoria Day long weekend, but Environment Canada is calling for up to 5 cm of snow on some B.C. highway passes. The weather agency has issued a special weather statement for ...
May 17, 2025
Carney reaffirms Canadian support for Ukraine in first meeting with Zelenskyy
Prime Minister Mark Carney reaffirmed Canada's "steadfast and unwavering support" for Ukraine in his first meeting with the country's president on Saturday in Rome.His meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
May 17, 2025
Carney to meet Zelenskyy in Rome and attend Pope's inaugural mass Sunday
OTTAWA - (UPDATE 7:00 a.m.): Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in Rome Saturday, where he is meeting with other world leaders and will attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV on Sunday. Carney, a de...
May 16, 2025
B.C. sending almost 100 firefighters to Ontario, after 42 deployed to Manitoba
VICTORIA - British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province is sending almost 100 wildland firefighters to Ontario, where fires have been threatening several communities near the Manito...
May 16, 2025
Canada Post report recommends phasing out daily door-to-door mail delivery
OTTAWA - (UPDATE 11:40 a.m.): The Industrial Inquiry Commission report on the labour dispute at Canada Post recommends phasing out daily door-to-door letter mail delivery for individual addresses, whi...
May 16, 2025
Merritt Central named as SD58 begins process to evaluate school closures amid budget pressures
MERRITT - Much like school districts across the province, the Nicola-Similkameen Board of Education (SD58) has been forced to make some hard decisions, as it needs to subtract $1.5 million from its bu...
May 15, 2025
