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...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops councillor says the city is trying to attract businesses that repair and maintain aircraft as part of the push to develop the land around Fulton Field following a massive rezoning earlier this year. Bill Sarai, who is chair of the Kamloops Airport Authority Society, says the goal is to try to alle...

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 - Some B.C. charities and not-for-profits say they are worried the Canada Post strike will jeopardize their year-end fundraising efforts. Nicole Mucci, a spokeswoman for Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, says 50 per cent of the organization's revenue normally comes between Thanksgiving an...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has detected the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in commercial poultry at additional locations in two British Columbia cities. The agency says the flu has been detected at two more premises in Abbotsford and Chilliwack, both of which have seen multiple cases sin...

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...

OTTAWA - A coroner's inquest began this morning into the July 2016 death of Abdirahman Abdi, who died after he was arrested by Ottawa police. The inquest into the 38-year-old's death is mandated by law to determine how and why he died, and is set to last four weeks. The jury is not tasked with determining legal respons...

MONTREAL - Quebec wants to increase access to abortion pills as part of a new plan aimed at reaffirming the province's commitment to reproductive rights. Martine Biron, Quebec's minister for the status of women, says it's important to reinforce women's rights at a time when they are declining around the world, and that...

HALIFAX - Halifax police have determined that the death of a young woman whose body was found in a Walmart walk-in oven was not suspicious and did not involve foul play. The death of the 19-year-old employee in the store's bakery was reported on Oct. 19. Halifax Regional Police say they have informed the woman's family...

President-elect Donald Trump boasted during the campaign he would need about 15 minutes to get a deal done between the PGA Tour and the Saudi investors of LIV Golf. That started with four hours on the golf course with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan. The Washington Post reported Monahan accepted an invitation from Tr...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Canadian catcher Russell Martin, outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and pitcher CC Sabathia are among 14 new candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot released Monday, joining 14 holdovers led by reliever Billy Wagner. Pitcher Félix Hernández, outfielder Carlos González and infielders Du...

BEIRUT (AP) - An Israeli airstrike late Monday slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanon's capital close to the U.N. headquarters, Parliament, the prime minister's office and several embassies. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said two missiles hit the area of Zoqaq al-Blat neighborhood of Be...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde conceded defeat on Monday to Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin in their U.S. Senate race, saying he will not request a recount after he previously admitted he lost but floated several debunked election conspiracies. Hovde could have requested a recount because his m...

FUENGIROLA, Spain (AP) - Neither Rafael Nadal nor Spanish captain David Ferrer would say Monday whether the 22-time Grand Slam champion will play singles or doubles - or maybe not at all - at the Davis Cup Final 8, his last event before retirement. Spain is scheduled to face the Netherlands on Tuesday in the quarterfin...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two people were killed and 10 others were wounded in two separate shootings along a parade route and celebration on Sunday, authorities said. There were no immediate arrests. Officers responding to reports of gunfire shortly after 3:30 p.m. on an avenue in the city's St. Roch neighborhood found eight...