KAMLOOPS - DriveBC is reporting a vehicle accident along Highway 97 east of Westwold. According to DriveBC, the highway is closed in both directions between Wetaskiwin Road and Back Road. A caller to CFJC Today, said the accident involved a motorcycle and a truck. The caller also stated an air ambulance had been deploy...

KAMLOOPS - The real estate market in Kamloops saw a marked improvement in units sold and new listings in April. In total 218 units were sold last month, an increase from the 174 units sold in March. The April figures is a slight decrease, 1.8%, from the April 2023 numbers. The region also had 559 new listings, a 33.7% ...

MERRITT, B.C. - A special weather statement has been issued for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt, as well as section of Highway 3. "Snow levels will remain at or below mountain pass levels in southern BC from tonight into Monday. A Pacific frontal system is approaching the South Coast. It will cross...

WILLIAMS LAKE - Due to a labour shortage in the Williams Lake area, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is creating a new early childhood education program.The new course will fast-track students through the diploma program in 12 months, compared to the usual 18. "This is a one-time intake of this program in Williams...

VICTORIA - Princess Anne saluted Canadian veterans and current forces members today during a ceremony at British Columbia's legislature cenotaph commemorating the Second World War's Battle of the Atlantic. The princess, King Charles's sister, laid a wreath during the ceremony to mark the war's largest and longest battl...

VANCOUVER - In the 10 years since John William started to lose his vision, he's been finding new ways to enjoy his vast personal library. Right now, that involves glasses and a magnifying glass with bright lights illuminating the pages. But he says it's time to say goodbye to much of his collection, about 3,500 books...

ESQUIMALT, B.C. - Princess Anne paid tribute to veterans buried at a cemetery in British Columbia today, laying a wreath to honour the more than 2,500 military personnel and family members buried there. The princess spent more than an hour touring the God's Acre cemetery, a national historic site in Esquimalt, B.C., th...

WHITE ROCK, B.C. - Mounties say a man has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing that shook the community of White Rock, B.C., last month. A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 27-year-old Dimitri Hyacinth from nearby Surrey is accused of killing Kulwinder Singh Sohi on A...

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The Fisheries Department says its monitoring and patrolling ocean waters off northwest Vancouver Island to ensure boat traffic doesn't interfere with an orphan killer whale calf's ability to reunite with her extended family. The Fisheries Department says in a statement it will be monitoring the locatio...

SURREY, B.C. - Homicide police in British Columbia say they will be providing a "significant update" on the killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, amid reports that arrests have been made in the case. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he has been informed about the update by the RCMP in the ...

VICTORIA - Princess Anne saluted Canadian veterans and current forces members today during a ceremony at British Columbia's legislature cenotaph commemorating the Second World War's Battle of the Atlantic. The princess, King Charles's sister, laid a wreath during the ceremony to mark the war's largest and longest battl...

MONTREAL - A group of pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment at McGill University's downtown Montreal campus say they're better organized and prepared than ever as the protest stretches into a second week. Protester Ari Nahman says the encampment has become a "tiny city" complete with dozens...

OTTAWA - Advocates are calling on Ottawa to profoundly change the powers of the watchdog who monitors Canadian corporations operating abroad, as the Liberals review how a new ombudsman should take on the job. The Trudeau government replaced a monitor for the mining sector five years ago with what it called the Canadian...

VANCOUVER - In the 10 years since John William started to lose his vision, he's been finding new ways to enjoy his vast personal library. Right now, that involves glasses and a magnifying glass with bright lights illuminating the pages. But he says it's time to say goodbye to much of his collection, about 3,500 books...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is telling business leaders to fight their own battles when it comes to the Liberals' proposed changes to capital gains taxation. But even as he characterizes their plan as an "attack," his office is keeping tight-lipped about whether or not his party will vote in...

OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem navigates a political minefield every time he testifies before the House of Commons finance committee. Four times a year, members of Parliament get the chance to question the governor on monetary policy. At a time when inflation and interest rates are both high, MPs - par...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities said Sunday that relatives have positively identified three bodies found in a well as those of two Australian surfers and one American who went missing last weekend. Baja California state prosecutors said relatives from the two countries had viewed the corpses recovered from a rem...

PANAMA CITY (AP) - José Raúl Mulino, the stand-in for disqualified ex-President Ricardo Martinelli in Panama's presidential election, took the lead in early returns Sunday night, holding 34% of the votes and a nearly 10-point lead over his four competitors. Though only 60% of the votes had been counted, s...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico's Baja California state are likely to be those of the two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping and surfing trip, the state prosecutor's office said Saturday. While there has not yet been confirmation based on forensic e...

MIAMI (AP) - Airport security officers in Miami found a slithering surprise last week - a bag of snakes hidden in a passenger's pants. According to an X post by the Transportation Security Administration, officers at the Miami International Airport found the small bag of snakes hidden in a passenger's trousers on April...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities said Friday that three bodies were recovered in an area of Baja California near where two Australians and an American went missing last weekend. The state prosecutors office did not say whether the bodies were those of the three foreigners, but said the bodies were discovered duri...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday after just two seasons in charge. The Lakers announced on social media that they were dismissing Ham four days after their season ended with a first-round playoff loss to Denver in five games. Ham led Los Angeles to the Western Conference finals...