TK'EMLUPS - As Justin Trudeau's time as prime minister of Canada begins to come to a close, questions will be posed as to what his lasting legacy will be.Trudeau came into power in 2015 with grand ambitions, including in the realm of reconciliation with First Nations communities, pledging to remove all boil water advis...

KAMLOOPS - Men's Sheds are becoming an increasingly popular way for men to stay active, maintain their social lives and give back to the community. The movement was launched in the 1990s in South Australia by a woman who wanted her father to get out of the house more. Since then, it's grown to 3,800 chapters in 18 diff...

KAMLOOPS -- With three junior B.C. titles, a junior national championship, one B.C. women's banner and three appearances at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Team Brown has a Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame resume. But the Kamloops Curling Club [KCC] rink - which includes skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Sar...

KAMLOOPS - The B.C. health ministry has updated the mask policy throughout the province, requiring them to be worn in several healthcare settings during the respiratory season. The policy applies to health authority-operated facilities and in sites contracted by the health authority for services such as hospitals, long...

VANCOUVER - Whatever your tipple, Angela Hansen's liquor store on Vancouver's Commercial Drive has stock to satisfy, from Prosecco to tequila - so long as you don't want any actual liquor. Hansen's "alcohol free liquor store" Mocktails opened last March, and just a few days into the new year, she was anticipa...

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can go ahead alleging Home Depot violated its customers' privacy when collecting and sharing their information after emailing purchase receipts. The lawsuit alleges Home Depot gathered information when B.C. customers opted for emailed receip...

The Canadian Press asked people from Halifax to Vancouver what they thought of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's idea to make Canada the "51st state" and use "economic force" to do so. Here's what they told us: "The next person who becomes the prime minister has to be able to stand up and def...

VICTORIA - Medical masks are again required in British Columbia health-care facilities as provincial authorities say cases of respiratory illness are rising. A statement from B.C.'s Health Ministry says workers, volunteers and visitors in facilities operated by provincial health authorities must wear masks in areas whe...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police say two bodies were found inside a vehicle that had allegedly been set on fire in a regional park in Abbotsford, B.C. They say officers and firefighters responded to a burning Mitsubishi Outlander on Jan. 3 in Sumas Mountain Regional Park, and when the flames were put out they discovered what ...

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Police have confirmed that the threat of an explosive device was the reason for the evacuation of a large area around the New Westminster, B.C., courthouse, including nearby Douglas College. They say officers were made aware of the threat on Tuesday morning, and people were asked to leave the ar...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Sentencing hearing for leaders of Coutts blockade A sentencing hearing is set to start today for three men convicted of helping co-ordinate a blockade at the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts, Alta., in protest of COVID-19 rules and re...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A sentencing hearing is set to start today for three men convicted of helping co-ordinate a blockade at the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts, Alta., in protest of COVID-19 rules and restrictions. Alex Van Herk, Marco Van Huigenbos and Gerhard (George) Janzen were each found guilty in April of mischief o...

VANCOUVER - Whatever your tipple, Angela Hansen's liquor store on Vancouver's Commercial Drive has stock to satisfy, from Prosecco to tequila - so long as you don't want any actual liquor. Hansen's "alcohol free liquor store" Mocktails opened last March, and just a few days into the new year, she was anticipa...

School boards in multiple provinces have been affected by a data breach involving software used by schools across North America to store student information. Ontario's Toronto, Peel and Durham district school boards issued similarly worded notices about a "cyber incident" targeting PowerSchool, a third-party ...

The Canadian Press asked people from Halifax to Vancouver what they thought of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's idea to make Canada the "51st state" and use "economic force" to do so. Here's what they told us: "The next person who becomes the prime minister has to be able to stand up and def...

OTTAWA - Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says it should be "relatively easy" to convince incoming U.S. president Donald Trump not to scuttle an icebreaker production pact with Canada. Trump said Tuesday the U.S. should go it alone and doesn't "really want a partner" on iceb...

N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - An attack on Chad's presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night occurred while Chadian President Mahamat Deby Itno was inside the palace, but authorities said the situation ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A fast-moving fire broke out in the hills above Hollywood Boulevard and threatened some of the most popular Los Angeles tourist spots as firefighters battled to get control on two other major blazes that killed five people, put 130,000 people under evacuation orders and ravaged communities from the P...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A fast-moving fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday night, threatening one of Los Angeles' most iconic spots as firefighters battled to get under control three other major blazes that killed five people, put 130,000 people under evacuation orders and ravaged communities from the Pacific ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday cancelled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in Washington to monitor the response to devastating fires raging in California. Biden was scheduled to leave Thursday afternoon, aft...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday cancelled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in Washington to monitor the response to devastating fires raging in California. Biden was scheduled to leave Thursday afternoon, aft...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump, who has alternated among praising, criticizing and even mocking Jimmy Carter, came Wednesday to the Capitol Rotunda to pay his respects as the 39th president lay in state ahead of his funeral Thursday in the nation's capital. Carter was often the target of Trump's derisio...