Most of the Kamloops Blazers will return to their hometowns for the WHL holiday break at the end of their upcoming Central Division road trip, which gets underway on Friday (Dec. 13) in Calgary. Before they hit the road, the Blazers were asked the first half of the season. CFJC Today has the story.

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Foundry project is moving closer to having a physical home in the city. Foundry helps youth aged 12-to-24 years old in a hub model, bringing together supports in the fields of mental health, substance use, peer support, social support, and physical and sexual health. Foundry is a provincial init...

KAMLOOPS - A local car dealership and a philanthropic family recently pooled their resources and made an $80,000 donation to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation in Kamloops. On Tuesday (Dec. 10), Kamloops Honda staff were on hand to present the sizable cheque to the RIH Foundation. Kamloops Honda's general manager, Tr...

KAMLOOPS - For people going through a difficult time or grieving a loved one, the holiday season may not feel like 'the most wonderful time of the year.' That's why the annual Blue Christmas service at Kamloops United Church was created. Blue Christmas was started as a way for people to acknowledge their sadness or gri...

VANCOUVER - The union representing British Columbia port supervisors in a dispute with their employers has applied for a judicial review of federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon's decision last month to order them back to work. In an application dated Dec. 3, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514...

VANCOUVER - New Zealand's border agency says a woman is in custody after arriving on a flight from Vancouver with more than 10 kilograms of methamphetamine wrapped as Christmas presents. The New Zealand Customs Service says in a news release that the woman arrived in Auckland on Sunday, where she was questioned by offi...

VANCOUVER - The first commercial batch of made-in-Canada low-carbon aviation fuel sourced from non-food grade canola and tallow has been produced and quickly purchased. Fuel retailer Parkland Corp. says it has successfully produced about 100,000 litres of the fuel at its refinery in Burnaby, B.C. "using existing i...

CASTLEGAR, B.C. - Police in British Columbia's southern Interior say a crash between an SUV and a snowplow dump truck has killed an eight-year-old boy. A statement from the RCMP's highway patrol division says the collision happened on Highway 3 near Castlegar, B.C., on Saturday around 8 a.m., when road conditions were ...

TORONTO - A new report says average asking rents fell nationally on a year-over-year basis to $2,139 in November, marking a 15-month low. The monthly report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation finds average asking rents across Canada were down 1.6 per cent from the same month last year, as rents dropped for the second month...

VICTORIA - Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than a decade after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 million cubic metres of waste water into B.C. Interior waterways. A statement from the B.C. Conservation Officer Service...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... BoC widely expected to cut interest rates today, odds leaning toward half-point cut The Bank of Canada is set to make its final interest rate announcement of the year this morning. Forecasters are widely expecting a half-percentag...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to make its final interest rate announcement of the year this morning. Forecasters are widely expecting a half-percentage point interest rate cut. That would bring the Bank of Canada's key rate down to 3.25 per cent. The November labour force survey solidified those expectations, as t...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with provincial and territorial premiers this afternoon to talk Canada-U.S. relations. The premiers will virtually discuss a joint plan to tackle the threat of 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports by incoming U.S. president Donald Trump. The meeting is the first ...

Canada Post and the union representing postal workers are in a war of words as a countrywide strike enters its 27th day. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers pushed back on recent criticisms from Canada Post in a bulletin to members Tuesday evening, giving a list of proposals it said are meant to bring the two parties ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says women's rights and women's progress is under attack, pointing to the recent defeat of U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris as an example. Speaking on Tuesday night at an event hosted by the Equal Voice Foundation - an organization dedicated to improving gender representa...

VANCOUVER - The union representing British Columbia port supervisors in a dispute with their employers has applied for a judicial review of federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon's decision last month to order them back to work. In an application dated Dec. 3, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514...

CAIRO (AP) - Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli strike on a home where displaced people were sheltering in the northern Gaza Strip has killed at least 19 people. That's according to the Kamal Adwan Hospital, which received the casualties on Wednesday after the overnight strike in the town of Beit Lahiya. Ther...

CAIRO (AP) - Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli strike on a home where displaced people were sheltering in the northern Gaza Strip has killed at least 19 people. That's according to the Kamal Adwan Hospital, which received the casualties on Wednesday after the overnight strike in the town of Beit Lahiya. Ther...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's national police chief and top police officer for the capital, Seoul, were detained over the enforcement of President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law decree last week, police said Wednesday. The development comes hours before the main liberal opposition Democratic Party su...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's national police chief and top police officer for the capital, Seoul, were detained for their roles in enforcing President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law decree last week, police said Wednesday. The development comes hours before the main liberal opposition Democratic Par...

DALLAS (AP) - Star outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets have agreed to a record $765 million, 15-year contract, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement, first reported by the New York Post, was subject to a successful physical. So...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A task force looking into the assassination attempts against Donald Trump during his presidential campaign is recommending changes to the Secret Service, including protecting fewer foreign leaders during the height of the election season and considering moving the agency out of the Department of Homel...