KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops was recognized by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for last year's financial reporting.The City said the recognitions for its 2024 Annual Report show commitment to transparency, accountability, and high-quality financial reporting.Kamloops was g...

KAMOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers suffered a 5-1 loss Saturday night (March 28) in game 2 of their Western Conference Quarter-Final series against the Kelowna Rockets.Blazers' right wing JP Hulbert scored the team's lone goal in the second period.The Rockets had 49 shots on net through the game while the Blazers had 35.Th...

KAMLOOPS - An abandoned bear cub found near Heffley Lake, about 43 kilometres north of Kamloops, will now live in the care of BC Wildlife Park after being transported to northern B.C. for emergency care.The Northern Lights Wildlife Society said the male cub was found alone on Sunday (March 22). Rescue volunteers left t...

KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government is launching a new pilot project aimed at helping Indigenous people with developmental disabilities, those with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and autism in Kamloops.Provincial officials said the project aims to strengthen pathways to cultural, housing and community supports for people w...

Police in New Westminster are asking for the public's help after a hit and run Saturday evening between a van and a motorcyclist. They say officers responded to a crash in the 200 block of McBride Boulevard at about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Police say th...

PORT HARDY - A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck off the northern coast of Vancouver Island, B.C. Earthquakes Canada says it hit about 183 kilometres west of Port Hardy around 10:50 a.m. on Sunday. The agency says the earthquake was recorded at a dep...

SURREY - British Columbia's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been deployed to Surrey after a fatal shooting in the city. The Surrey Police Service says in a news release that officers responded to reports of shots being fired in the 15100 blo...

VICTORIA - The number of candidates running for the leadership of the British Columbia Conservatives has shrunk to six, with candidate Darrell Jones announcing he will be throwing his support behind Caroline Elliott. The former Save-on-Foods executive ...

It was supposed to be a joyful family reunion, but instead a British Columbia grandmother is stranded in China in a coma, her family unable to pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring her home via air ambulance. Her family says Lilia Avoutova,...

WINNIPEG - The next NDP leader will be announced on Sunday. There are five candidates on the ballot and voting concludes Saturday. Here's a quick look at the candidates and how the last six months have gone for them. Avi Lewis Work: Lewis is a document...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Lewis begins NDP leadership with Prairie tension and a big rebuilding task ahead New NDP Leader Avi Lewis begins his term in earnest with two major tasks ahead --...

WINNIPEG - NDP Leader Avi Lewis begins his term with the task of rebuilding the federal party in his unapologetically progressive vision, but there is already resistance from the leadership of the Alberta and Saskatchewan branches. Lewis won a first-ba...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has dismissed a Toronto man's proposal to keep politicians honest in an age of misinformation, saying there are already several ways to fight falsehoods. Federico Sanchez initiated an electronic petition to the House of ...

OTTAWA - Major Canadian banks and pension funds have provided tens of billions of dollars to American contractors for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, an investigation by the non-profit Stand.earth has found. The environmental advoc...

MONTREAL - Fraser Place says gender-affirming surgery will finally allow him to feel comfortable in his own body. But the 26-year-old Montrealer says that sense of comfort feels excruciatingly far away. Recently, GrS Montreal, the sole clinic in Queb...

EDMONTON - Alberta's premier says she welcomes diverse opinions in her caucus after a legislature member of her United Conservative Party opined a referendum on separation is good for the province. Danielle Smith also reiterated on her provincewide rad...

ABOARD AIRFORCE ONE (AP) - President Donald Trump on Sunday night said he has "no problem" with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade. "We ha...

LAVAL - The two candidates vying to replace François Legault as Coalition Avenir Québec leader and Quebec premier are meeting today in a second and final debate. Bernard Drainville and Christine Fréchette exchanged friendly greetings ahead of the start...

WIGGINS, Miss. (AP) - Five people were killed when a train and van collided in rural Mississippi, authorities said Friday. All five killed were in the van, Stone County Coroner Wayne Flurry said. The lone surviving van passenger, a 23-yea...

JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods' arrest Friday for a car crash in Florida was at least the fourth auto-related incident involving the golfer and the second in which he was charged with driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - An Iranian missile attack Friday wounded at least 10 U.S. service members and damaged several planes at a military base in Saudi Arabia, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the situation. Two of the troops were...

HUNTINGDON, Tenn. (AP) - A school bus crash in west Tennessee on Friday killed two students and injured at least seven other people, officials said. The crash involving a Tennessee Department of Transportation dump truck, a Chevrolet Trai...