VAVENBY, B.C. - A stretch of Highway 5 North is closed in both directions Monday (Jan. 6) morning. DriveBC first reported of a vehicle incident on Highway 5 nearly five kilometres south of Vavenby. An assessment is in progress and another update is due at 11:30 a.m. More to come.

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are leaving Spokane without a point. After losing 3-2 the night prior, the Blazers fell to the Spokane Chiefs again Sunday (Jan. 6) 5-2. The Blazers surrendered the first three goals before getting on the board late in the second period. Vit Zahejsky - the second overall pick in the 2024...

KAMLOOPS - Residents in Kamloops and area may have some visibility difficulties on their Monday (Jan. 6) morning commute. Environment Canada issued a fog advisory for the 100 Mile, Cariboo, Shuswap and North and South Thompson regions, along with the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt and Highway 97 from Clinton t...

OTTAWA - Kamloops Blazers defenceman Matteo Koci is a two-time World Juniors bronze medalist. The 19-year-old was playing for his native Czechia, who needed a 14-round shootout to beat Sweden 3-2 in Sunday's (Jan. 5) bronze medal game at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. It's Czechia's third consecutive medal at the ...

VANCOUVER - The company that operates a cable ferry service in British Columbia's Kootenay region says sailings will be running as normal this week "and indefinitely." Western Pacific Marine says that comes after it applied for and received a stay from the province's Labour Relations Board of an earlier rulin...

OTTAWA - Monday could mark a historic week in Canadian politics if the growing chorus calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gets its way. The Globe and Mail is reporting that Trudeau is expected to announce he is stepping down as Liberal party leader as early as Monday. Trudeau has faced mounting...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered WestJet to hand over all its files on harassment of flight attendants, in a class-action lawsuit alleging widespread misconduct by pilots. The ruling by Justice Jacqueline Hughes says WestJet has been slow and "potentially adversarial" regarding the documents and...

Vancouver Police say they arrested an armed man in Kitsilano who tried to hide from officers in a dumpster. The Vancouver Police Department says officers used a police dog and a beanbag shotgun in the arrest of the man who had reportedly been in people's backyards in the area of the Arbutus greenway. Police say the man...

KAMLOOPS - You've got a little less than four weeks to get your bets in on what you think B.C.'s most popular baby name in 2025 will be.BC Lottery Corporation (BCLC) spokesperson Matt Lee says the betting favourites right now are Olivia at 3-to-1 odds followed by Noah and Oliver at 4-to-1 each."Olivia has been a p...

SURREY, B.C. - Police in Surrey, B.C., say they arrested the driver of a vehicle with Washington state licence plates who failed to stop at the Pacific Highway border crossing Sunday. The Surrey Police Service says the Canada Border Services Agency flagged a white pickup truck that drove through the border around 8:45 ...

OTTAWA - Analysts say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will leave the world stage with a legacy of pushing for feminist causes and international rules, and criticism that his actions fell short of rhetoric. Vina Nadjibulla, the research vice-president for the Asia Pacific Foundation, says Trudeau boosted Canada's focus on...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump says Justin Trudeau resigned because he knows the U.S. will not put up with trade deficits with Canada and says many Canadians would love being the 51st state. Trump reiterated his rhetoric about Canada joining the United States in a post on Truth Social after Trudeau's announc...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau announced Monday he will step down as prime minister and Liberal leader once the party chooses his successor. Here are some quotes: "Canadians deserve a real choice in the next election and it has become obvious to me, with the internal battles, that I cannot be the one to carry the Liberal...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that he plans to step down as Liberal leader and prime minister once the party has chosen his replacement. He's asked the Liberal party president to immediately begin the process of selecting a new leader and he has prorogued Parliament until March 24. Here's Trud...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says he will resign as prime minister and the leader of the Liberal party following a leadership contest. He is speaking to reporters outside his residence in Ottawa this morning. He also says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has agreed with his request to prorogue Parliament until March 24. Trudeau says he...

MONTREAL - A second attempt to free a ship that ran aground on Christmas Eve in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal could take place Wednesday morning. The Canadian Coast Guard says part of the ship's cargo of corn has been unloaded onto a barge, and a second barge is in transit toward the ship, with another u...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress convened Monday under heavy security and a snowstorm to certify President-elect Donald Trump's election, the legacy of Jan. 6 leaving an extraordinary fact: The candidate who tried to overturn the previous election won this time and is legitimately returning to power. Lawmakers gathered as la...

NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump asked a judge Monday to halt this week's sentencing in his hush money case while they appeal a ruling upholding the verdict. Trump's lawyers said they plan to ask a state appeals court to reverse Judge Juan M. Merchan decision last week, which set the case for sentencing on ...

NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump asked a judge Monday to halt this week's sentencing in his hush money case while they appeal a ruling upholding the verdict. Trump's lawyers said they plan to ask a state appeals court to reverse Judge Juan M. Merchan decision last week, which set the case for sentencing on ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year's presidential election will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday at the White House, a senior administration official confirmed to The Associated Press. The meeting comes as Edmun...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year's presidential election will visit the White House on Monday, a senior administration official confirmed to The Associated Press. The official did not immediately confirm whether U.S. Pres...

PARIS (AP) - A trial of France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants started Monday over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, did not speak to the press at arrival. He ha...