CELISTA, B.C. - A 62-foot paddle wheeler that sank in the North Shuswap nearly five years ago was removed from the water by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) and Transport Canada last month.In a news release, the CSRD says the Jan. 2020 sinking of the Spirit of Kelowna "created a safety and environment...

SALMON ARM, B.C. - Salmon Arm RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying a mischief suspect from last week. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, RCMP say a business on the 300-block of Ross Street NE reported their windows had been damaged overnight. In a news release issued Monday (Nov. 18) morning, RCMP say the suspect a...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) is asking residents for feedback on the 2025 budget, which is currently proposing an 8.5 per cent global tax increase next year.That proposed increase is down from the initial 12.8 per cent hike, with a staff report stating that the 4.3 per cent reduction was made...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (2:15 p.m.): DriveBC says the crash on the Coquihalla has been cleared. It is also still warning drivers to be careful as road conditions are described as being slushy with slippery sections. A commercial chain up at Box Canyon that was put in place around 9 a.m. Sunday has also been lifted, according...

VICTORIA - There's been a near total shakeup of British Columbia's government cabinet, with few ministers retaining their jobs and some longtime backbenchers and newly elected members moving in. Here is a list of British Columbia's cabinet: Premier: David Eby Attorney general and deputy premier: Niki Sharma Health: Jos...

SURREY - Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say they are investigating a fiery overnight crash that killed two people and caused a partial shutdown of Highway 99. RCMP say officers responded to a report of a vehicle rollover at 3:38 a.m. in the highway's northbound lane between 16 and 32 Avenue, where they found a vehicle fully...

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning about an intensifying storm that is expected to bring powerful winds to Vancouver Island and the British Columbia coast this week. Matt MacDonald, the lead forecaster for the BC Wildfire Service, says models predict "explosive cyclogenesis," which is also known as a b...

Doctors on Vancouver Island say they're setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites on the grounds of Nanaimo General and Royal Jubilee hospitals this week because the B.C. government hasn't lived up to its promise to set aside space for the sites. Dr. Jess Wilder, an addictions and family medicine practitioner i...

VANCOUVER - Orla Mining Ltd. has signed a deal to buy the Musselwhite gold mine in Ontario from Newmont Corp. Under the deal, the company will pay US$810 million plus up to an additional US$40 million, depending on the price of gold after the deal closes. Musselwhite is an underground gold mine in northwestern Ontario ...

VICTORIA - Premier David Eby will introduce his new cabinet in British Columbia today after last month's tight election win that gave his New Democrats a slim, one-seat majority. Eby's NDP government holds 47 seats in the 93-seat legislature. His cabinet is expected to include veteran New Democrats, but with up to a do...

VANCOUVER - Prince Harry is in Vancouver for the launch of a campaign to raise awareness of the Invictus Games among children and youth, one day after surprising Canadian football fans by appearing at the Grey Cup in the city. The prince visited Vancouver-area elementary and high school students at Seaforth Armoury. Th...

OTTAWA - The House of Commons has condemned an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler. MPs in the House unanimously supported a Bloc Québécois motion saluting Cotler's human rights work and recognizing his political contributions, and condemning what it termed dea...

FERGUS FALLS - Jury selection got underway Monday in the trial of two men accused of smuggling migrants across the Canada-U.S. border. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel and Steve Shand are accused of being part of an operation that brought people from India to Canada then across the border from Manitoba to Minnesota. One of th...

OTTAWA - An Ottawa man is pleading not guilty to charges of terrorism and hate-speech related to the promotion of a far-right group. RCMP charged Patrick Gordon Macdonald in July 2023, alleging he took part in activities of a listed terrorist organization. It's the first case in Canada where the government laid charges...

MONTREAL - A Quebec political party has voted to support one of its members facing backlash for saying that racialized people are regularly disparaged at the provincial legislature. Québec solidaire members adopted an emergency resolution at the party's convention late Sunday condemning the hate directed at Haro...

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning about an intensifying storm that is expected to bring powerful winds to Vancouver Island and the British Columbia coast this week. Matt MacDonald, the lead forecaster for the BC Wildfire Service, says models predict "explosive cyclogenesis," which is also known as a b...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee to be transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet. Duffy is a former reality TV star who was one of Trump's most visible defenders on cable news - a prime co...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee to be transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet. Trump said in a statement, "Sean will use his experience and the relationships he has built over many...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The Kremlin warned Monday that President Joe Biden's decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles adds "fuel to the fire" of the war and would escalate international tensions even higher. Biden's shift in policy added an uncertain, new fact...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is requesting nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters. In a letter Monday to House Speaker Mike Johnson, Biden said he has met firsthand with those harmed by the storms and heard what they need from the federal g...

NEW YORK (AP) - A man carried out a string of stabbings across a swath of Manhattan on Monday morning, killing two people and critically wounding a third without uttering a word to his victims, officials said. The 51-year-old suspect was in police custody after being found with blood on his clothes and the two kitchen ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is requesting nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters. In a letter Monday to House Speaker Mike Johnson, Biden said he has met firsthand with those harmed by the storms and heard what they need from the federal g...