KAMLOOPS -- A question from a dying friend spurred Justin Griffore into the squared-circle: If you were on your death bed, what would you regret not doing? "The answer was simple," Griffore said. "I would regret not trying professional wrestling." Griffore, a lifelong wrestling fan, strapped on boot...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue surpassed one of its public safety goals in 2024, installing more than 600 smoke alarms in homes around the city. The free smoke alarms were supplied through a one-year program with the Office of the Fire Commissioner and KFR's own in-house program. And the installations proved to be ext...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city councillors are set to return to chambers on Tuesday (Jan. 14) for what could be a marathon first meeting of 2025. On the docket in front of mayor and council are changes to the procedure bylaw, including the possible removal of public inquires for a six-month period.The idea of removing public...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) will be getting more money from Recycle BC as part of a new five-year contract that took effect this year. TNRD Manager of Solid Waste and Recycling Adriana Mailloux says using 2023 tonnage collected at the proposed new rates, the regional district is expecting to...

Grizzly bears that visited ecotourism areas along a river on the province's central coast were less likely than others to encounter conflict with people in communities downstream, a new study by British Columbia-based researchers has found. Jason Moody with the Nuxalk Nation's fisheries and wildlife program said the re...

VICTORIA - Elections BC says it hasn't asked the RCMP to investigate a complaint from the B.C. Conservatives about alleged "voting irregularities" in the October provincial election, despite a call from the party for police to get involved. The election agency's spokesman, Andrew Watson, says it has referred ...

A Federal Court judge has thrown out a legal challenge by environmental groups that claimed allowing the expansion of a massive container facility on British Columbia's waterfront would threaten the survival of southern resident killer whales and salmon. The David Suzuki Foundation, the Georgia Strait Alliance, the Rai...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver are looking for witnesses after a man was injured in a fire outside a SkyTrain station in the city. They say the 40-year-old man was found by a driver around 2 a.m. on Sunday outside the Main Street-Science World station. Police say that the motorist helped put the fire out before callin...

A British Columbia doctor who treated a 13-year-old avian flu patient says the case has made him concerned about the potential for more human H5N1 infections. While the patient was recently discharged from hospital with her case deemed rare, the two-month ordeal is being examined to better understand the path of avian ...

BURNABY, B.C. - Florence Girard was so small when she died that she "looked like a child" in her casket, her sister told a British Columbia coroner's inquest into the death of the woman. Sharon Bursey told the inquest jury in Burnaby, B.C., that she was ready to quit her job to take care of Girard - who requi...

One in 10 Canadians live in communities susceptible to workforce disruption from the transition to a greener economy, a new report suggests while underlining solutions that could help those regions adapt. The Institute for Research on Public Policy says governments in Canada have work to do to support the 68 communitie...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Champagne to announce leadership intentions today Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne plans to reveal his intentions for the Liberal leadership race today. So far, Ontario MP Chandra Arya and former Montreal MP Fr...

Grizzly bears that visited ecotourism areas along a river on the province's central coast were less likely than others to encounter conflict with people in communities downstream, a new study by British Columbia-based researchers has found. Jason Moody with the Nuxalk Nation's fisheries and wildlife program said the re...

OTTAWA - Elon Musk's increasing "meddling" in politics and recent changes at Meta to eliminate fact-checking make Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's promise to defund the CBC even more consequential, said Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge. She said the issue isn't about left or right-wing politics, or &qu...

OTTAWA - Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne plans to reveal his intentions for the Liberal leadership race today. So far, Ontario MP Chandra Arya and former Montreal MP Frank Baylis are the only two to officially join the contest. However, The Canadian Press confirmed that former finance minister Chry...

OTTAWA - Mark Carney went on late night television in the U.S. Monday night to talk Trump, tariffs and carbon tax, but played coy on any plans to seek the Liberal leadership. The former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor appeared on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart for a 20 minute sit-down interview...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators opened a potentially explosive confirmation hearing Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who calls himself a "change agent" as senators determine whether the former combat veteran and TV news show host is fit to lead the U.S. militar...

HELSINKI (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Tuesday that the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region. Rutte said at a meeting in Helsinki with the leaders of NATO countries located on the Baltic Sea that the effort would be dubbed Baltic Sentry. "It w...

HELSINKI (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Tuesday that the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region. Rutte said at a meeting in Helsinki with the leaders of NATO countries located on the Baltic Sea that the effort would be dubbed Baltic Sentry "It wi...

JERUSALEM (AP) - A missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted central Israel early Tuesday, sounding sirens and causing people to flee into bomb shelters. Several Israeli strikes also hit the Gaza Strip overnight and early on Tuesday while Israel and Hamas appear to be inching closer to a phased ceasefire agreemen...

JERUSALEM (AP) - A missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted central Israel early Tuesday, sounding sirens and causing people to flee into bomb shelters. The Israeli military said "several attempts were made to intercept a missile that was launched from Yemen." It later said "the missile was likely...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Tuesday test-fired at least one unidentified projectile toward its eastern waters, South Korea's military said, as it continued its weapons demonstrations ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff didn't immediately confirm whether th...