100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) has partially rescinded its evacuation alert in relation to the Bonanza Creek wildfire. Effective 10:00 a.m. Friday (Aug. 28), the CRD says properties in the west side of its Bonanza Creek Fire Area, which includes Big Creek Provincial Park, have been given the...

MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt is lifting its closure of the forested areas around the community as wildfire risk in the region has eased. The city said the closure will be lifted at 12:00 p.m. noon on Friday (Aug. 28), after the area has experienced cooler temperatures with some precipitation in recent days. The ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Airport (YKA) is sharing details of how it plans to use $1.3 million in federal funding it recently received. In a news release issued Thursday (Aug. 27), YKA says the funding from Transport Canada's Airports Capital Assistance Program will cover 50 per cent of a new Field Electrical Centre, a stand...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's soccer team got off on the right foot, and head, to start the 2026 Canada West season. The WolfPack shut out the University of Victoria (UVic) Vikes 1-0 in their home opener Thursday (Aug. 27) at Hillside Stadium. Kaelin Nguyen, a fourth-year striker from ...

It's hot, everything is growing, and it'll soon be time to pick those fruit and veggies! Here's a collection of tips from Art Knapp Home & Garden for landscaping, planting in shade, and adding air plants that don't need soil at all!

If you have a bit of shade in your garden, take advantage of it! Here's Shawn to let you know what to plant.

What happens when a natural area on your property gets damaged by construction or wildfire? According to Shawn, it's got a lot higher chance of sticking around if you plant what's native to the area.

British Columbia legislator and Indigenous leader Joan Phillip has died, with Premier David Eby honouring her as an "epic fighter." The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs said in a statement on Friday that the NDP MLA died peacefully Friday aftern...

NELSON - A third grizzly bear from the same family group has been killed after it was relocated away from Nelson, B.C., but then turned up with its sister at a recreational area and showed a "high degree of comfort" around people. Conservation officers...

VANCOUVER - One of the men found guilty in the so-called "Surrey Six" killings in 2007 has lost his bid for a stay of proceedings, meaning his convictions for first-degree murder still stand. Cody Haevischer alleged he suffered an abuse of process, but...

KAMLOOPS - Kaeden Tate of Huntington Beach, Calif., is 6-foot-4 and entering his 17-year-old season with lofty goals. "Yeah, coming for that starting position, coming for Eddy's spot," Tate said with a smile. Competition in the crease is a storyline for the Kamloops Blazers, whose on-ice training camp sessio...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's soccer team got off on the right foot, and head, to start the 2026 Canada West season. The WolfPack shut out the University of Victoria (UVic) Vikes 1-0 in their home opener Thursday (Aug. 27) at Hillside Stadium. Kaelin Nguyen, a fourth-year striker from ...

KAMLOOPS - Videos sent to CFJC tell part of the story of Ty Bonkowski's off-season, one that began with him under the knife. The 18-year-old Kamloops Blazers' forward from Richmond was seen rehabbing at Yard Athletics in Vancouver, dedicating himself to recovering from a fractured right fibula, the injury that took pl...

British Columbia legislator and Indigenous leader Joan Phillip has died, with Premier David Eby honouring her as an "epic fighter." The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs said in a statement on Friday that the NDP MLA died peacefully Friday aftern...

OTTAWA - Canada's privacy commissioner is asking the Federal Court to order Google to de-list specific search results, after Google refused to comply with the watchdog's recommendations. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne's office said a year ago t...

VANCOUVER - One of the men found guilty in the so-called "Surrey Six" killings in 2007 has lost his bid for a stay of proceedings, meaning his convictions for first-degree murder still stand. Cody Haevischer alleged he suffered an abuse of process, but...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno was sentenced Friday to 5 years in prison after a court found him guilty of accepting bribes from a Chinese company in exchange for helping it secure a contract to build a hydroelectric pla...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays got county approval Friday on a financing plan that will allow them to build a new stadium, a day after city officials approved their part for the $2.3 billion ballpark project that will replace the domed Tropicana...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is dropping a categorical hiring ban on applicants who have had sexual encounters with prostitutes and will instead consider in a more holistic manner at least some candidates who have engaged in the practice in the past, acco...