KAMLOOPS - While the Salvation Army's Kettle Campaign in Kamloops has ended for the year, its mail campaign will be running for a few more days. Major Orest Goyak says the mail campaign was impacted by the month-long strike at Canada Post, which was suspended on December 17 after federal intervention."The mail has...

KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildlife Park is another step closer to building a new accessible playground, after two successful fundraising campaigns.The park recently wrapped up a 50/50 raffle and a WestJet flight raffle, raising nearly $18,000 for the project. These funds will contribute to the estimated $1 million cost of the ...

KAMLOOPS - Christmas has come and gone but Kamloops' night sky is still aglow with more than just stars. The BC Wildlife Park's annual Wildlights extravaganza is dazzling visitors once again and according to the park, this year's mild temperatures have brought visitors in droves. "The Wildlights season so far has ...

KAMLOOPS - This weekend will be one of the busiest travel weekends of the year for drivers commuting between the Lower Mainland and the B.C. Interior.While the weather is giving drivers a reprieve on Friday (Dec. 27), Environment Canada is calling for significant snowfall beginning Friday night and throughout the day S...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based bookkeeping service Bench Accounting has announced its sudden closure, potentially putting hundreds of staff out of work. The company that has described itself as North America's largest bookkeeping service for small businesses says on its website in a "notice of closure" dated Fri...

RICHMOND, B.C. - A serial property flipper in British Columbia has been convicted of tax evasion and fined more than $2 million for failing to report nearly $7.5 million in earnings. The Canada Revenue Agency says in a statement that Balkar Bhullar of Richmond, B.C., was given a conditional sentence of two years less a...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Securities Commission says a man behind one of the province's largest investment frauds has been ordered by the B.C. Supreme Court to use two retirement accounts to pay off a multimillion-dollar fine. It says in a news release that Earle Douglas Pasquill owes the commission $36.7 millio...

VANCOUVER - The Canada Border Services Agency says a man from Sicamous, B.C., is facing firearms and drug trafficking charges after officers intercepted a package addressed to him earlier this year. They say in a news release that, on April 26, border officers at Vancouver International Airport seized three prohibited ...

SURREY, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia have approved six impaired driving charges against a 29-year-old man over a crash that killed an elderly Good Samaritan near Qualicum Beach earlier this year. The 80-year-old man from Red Deer, Alta., had stopped to help a woman whose minivan hit a power pole on Highway 19A a...

In British Columbia's real estate market, many people dream of a turnkey starter home in a prime location. Environmental researchers are hoping the same real estate principles will encourage beavers to move into prebuilt homes in some areas of the province and help improve wetlands. More than 70 manmade beaver dams hav...

MONTREAL - A childhood friend of the Quebec man killed in a Florida boat explosion earlier this week says one of the victim's sisters was among the other six passengers injured in the blast. Thi Cam Nhung Lê says she grew up with Sebastien Gauthier in Quebec City and considered him her best friend. Lê says ...

VANCOUVER - Participation in hockey in British Columbia was struggling in 2021 - the pandemic had dealt a heavy blow to player registrations, and numbers had already been flagging before COVID-19 arrived. "I think there were a lot of families that were impacted at that time," said Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey...

A young man with a buzz cut leans on a pristine countertop in a stark white kitchen and looks directly into the camera as he delivers what he presents as the secret to dating success for straight men. "Finding a girl that will do whatever you want her to do," whether that's staying home or refraining from pos...

CALGARY - Calgary police have laid charges and are checking for drug impairment in a horrific high-speed multi-vehicle crash that killed one girl and left another child in critical condition on Boxing Day. "We share the deep sadness felt by the family and loved ones who have had their lives forever changed by some...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based bookkeeping service Bench Accounting has announced its sudden closure, potentially putting hundreds of staff out of work. The company that has described itself as North America's largest bookkeeping service for small businesses says on its website in a "notice of closure" dated Fri...

RICHMOND, B.C. - A serial property flipper in British Columbia has been convicted of tax evasion and fined more than $2 million for failing to report nearly $7.5 million in earnings. The Canada Revenue Agency says in a statement that Balkar Bhullar of Richmond, B.C., was given a conditional sentence of two years less a...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a "tragic incident" following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. The plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital ...

MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a "tragic incident" following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. The plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to Grozny, the reg...

NEW YORK (AP) - Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by CBS on Friday. He was 78. "He leaves behind a legacy of love, inspiration and dedication to over 50 extraordinary years in the sports broadcast industry; and his iconic voice will never ...

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said fede...

BOSTON (AP) - The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop...

NEW YORK (AP) - The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on state charges, a prosecutor said on Friday. The development comes days after Sebastian Zapeta's arrest and subsequent police questioning, in which authorities say he claimed not to know what had happened...