Kamloops and Area

GAS PRICE INCREASES
Analysts say Kamloops gas prices could increase 10-to-15 cents over the next week
KAMLOOPS - Twenty million barrels of oil are shipped through the Strait of Hormuz every day, but that flow has been halted with Iran pledging to attack ships trying to get through. As a result, fuel prices around the world are beginning to increase. Gas prices at stations around the Kamloops region have already shot u...
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Shuswap Crime
One injured, one charged in Salmon Arm road rage stabbing
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A 52-year-old Shuswap man is facing a pair of assault charges after an apparent road rage-related stabbing incident on the weekend.In a news release, Salmon Arm RCMP a man walked into the detachment Sunday (March 1) suffering from a 'significant laceration' and claiming he was stabbed in an altercati...
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WAR IN IRAN
TRU professor believes Iran's regime favours 'long and messy' war
KAMLOOPS - Canada's federal government is attempting to work with allies in the Middle East to help citizens get out of the region as war takes over the area. Global Affairs Canada is reporting more than 97,000 Canadians have registered as currently being in the Middle East. The fighting between Iran and the United Sta...
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12th annual radiothon
RIH Foundation secures anonymous donor to match up to $200,000 in Radiothon donations
KAMLOOPS - This Thursday (March 5) is the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation's annual Radiothon, taking place from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., broadcasting on B100 from the atrium of the Gaglardi Tower. It will be a tough task to surpass last year's record-breaking day that helped raise more than $650,000 for the foundation....
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British Columbia

Mideast war driving up Europe natural gas prices, highlighting Canada's potential
CALGARY - The widening war in the Middle East is driving up spot natural gas prices in Europe and Asia, highlighting the potential for Canada to play a greater role as a stable global supplier. Natural gas prices in Europe have spiked around 70 per cen...
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B.C.'s move to end clock changes won't be without complications
The mayor of Prince George in northern British Columbia is the father of six adult children, who got used to the struggle of getting his kids out of bed on dark winter mornings as they were growing up. Those days are now behind Simon Yu, but he still h...
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Man accused in Vancouver stabbing says found knife was a 'sign from God'
VANCOUVER - A man accused of killing another man at a Vancouver café patio says he found the knife he used in an alley and took it as a "sign from God" that he needed to protect himself. Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 34, pleaded not guilty last month to secon...
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How sticky-fingered thieves use hot glue to find break-in targets in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver are warning apartment residents of thieves using strands of hot glue to select which units they will break into. Vancouver police say that 10 apartment units in five separate buildings in the city and nearby Burnaby repo...
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B.C. expands firefighters' compensation coverage by adding eight cancers to list
VICTORIA - British Columbia has expanded its compensation coverage for firefighters in the province by adding eight cancers to the list of eligible illnesses. The province says the additions to the list of diseases "presumed to be linked to the work do...
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B.C. announces mandatory crane-related licensing after string of fatal accidents
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will make crane-related licensing and permitting mandatory in a bid to increase safety after a string of deadly accidents over the last five years. The announcement comes after a WorkSafeBC report last...
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Canada

Carney won't say whether India is engaged in interference, transnational repression
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is refusing to say whether he believes India is still behind acts of foreign interference and transnational repression in Canada. Six days after a senior official told Canadian journalists that India had stopped such...
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B.C.'s move to end clock changes won't be without complications
The mayor of Prince George in northern British Columbia is the father of six adult children, who got used to the struggle of getting his kids out of bed on dark winter mornings as they were growing up. Those days are now behind Simon Yu, but he still h...
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Man accused in Vancouver stabbing says found knife was a 'sign from God'
VANCOUVER - A man accused of killing another man at a Vancouver café patio says he found the knife he used in an alley and took it as a "sign from God" that he needed to protect himself. Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 34, pleaded not guilty last month to secon...
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How sticky-fingered thieves use hot glue to find break-in targets in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver are warning apartment residents of thieves using strands of hot glue to select which units they will break into. Vancouver police say that 10 apartment units in five separate buildings in the city and nearby Burnaby repo...
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Witness says woman accusing Quebec cardinal of misconduct felt 'tracked' by him
MONTREAL - A woman who has accused Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet of sexual misconduct once said she had felt "tracked" by him, a witness told a defamation trial in Montreal on Tuesday. Rev. Marcel Pellerin took the stand as a witness for Ouellet, a high...
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Poilievre calls for deeper ties with U.K., Australia, New Zealand during London visit
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for Canada to deepen its trade and security ties with the U.K., Australia and New Zealand in the face of an increasingly unpredictable world. In a speech in London on Tuesday, Poilievre called on...
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World

Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley clinch North Carolina Senate nods, setting up high-stakes fall fight
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley each won their party's U.S. Senate nominations in North Carolina on Tuesday, setting the bout for a fall campaign that could determine ...
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Man who fatally shot a police officer with his service revolver is executed in Florida
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop was executed Tuesday evening in Florida, becoming the third person put to death by the state this year after a record 19 executio...
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Macron orders France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean
PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday ordered France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to move from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean to help protect allied assets during the ongoing war in the Middle East. Macron s...
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Georgia school shooting suspect's father convicted of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter
WINDER, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers at a high school was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter Tuesday. Colin Gray also was found guilty of all ot...
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Iranian drones hit the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia, while hundreds are reported dead in Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran struck the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital with a drone early Tuesday as it kept hitting targets around the region, while the United States and Israel pounded Iran with airstrikes in what U.S. President Do...
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Supreme Court blocks law against schools outing transgender students to their parents in California
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell religious parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student's approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group. ...
Mar 02, 2026
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