KAMLOOPS - For an additional $40 a year, Kamloops homeowners can now opt in to keep bears out of their trash and compost bins. During Tuesday's (June 25) regular council meeting, Kamloops council voted to purchase a batch of bear-resistant garbage and organics carts."We're not quite a year into our organics progra...

KAMLOOPS - The Build Kamloops plan has taken a step forward with council voting to approve an alternative approval process to borrow up to $275 million. The funding is targeted at bringing the two highest priorities to reality - first, a performing arts centre, and second, a multiplex ice facility, slated to bring four...

KAMLOOPS - The developers behind the Gateway 286 project on the outskirts of Merritt say they have submitted an application for a development permit, marking a milestone for the venture.The development will arise at the intersection of Highways 5 and 97C, the site of the former tourist information centre. It is expecte...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has revealed details about its much-touted Build Kamloops strategy, including a performing arts centre, an arena multiplex and a plan to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars.The details came forward at Kamloops council's regular meeting Tuesday (June 25) and were subsequently distribut...

The Canadian Press has spent the past month interviewing some of Canada's more than 11,000 centenarians and their families. These are some of their stories. 'EVERYONE LOOKS AT YOU AS IF YOU SHOULD HAVE WRINKLES' When asked how it feels to be 100 years old, Betty McGowan answered, "it's terrible!" "Everyo...

TERRACE - The head of British Columbia's Treaty Commission says the latest draft treaty signed in the province will allow the First Nation to "break free from the shackles of the Indian Act" and take control of their future. Chief Commissioner Celeste Haldane says the agreement represents 30-plus years of har...

VICTORIA - One of the two Green Party members in British Columbia's Legislature has announced he will not seek re-election in this fall's provincial vote. Adam Olsen, who represents Saanich North and the Islands, says in a statement that he is stepping down because "it's the responsible and ethical thing" to ...

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is working with 17 First Nations in British Columbia as well as the provincial government to expand protection for marine ecosystems off the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest. He says the initiative will add about 14,000 square kilometres of newly protected...

VANCOUVER - Vi Roden said she reads an average of 50 books a year, attends history lectures at her local seniors centre, and does yoga twice a week. She's 101, and still lives in her own condo in West Vancouver, B.C. "It never occurred to me that I would live this long," said Roden, a former Air Force typist ...

The Canadian Press has spent the past month interviewing some of Canada's more than 11,000 centenarians and their families. These are some of their stories. 'THEY HAD TO FLY IN DOCTORS TO NAIROBI' Bill Hamill has worn many hats in almost 101 years, including air gunner with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, ...

Angeline Charlebois keeps a busy schedule. The 105-year-old Levack, Ont., woman spends Tuesday afternoons in town playing cards with her friends at the golden age club, often bringing home-baked treats to share with her friends. Charlebois is an avid reader and loves to sew. She makes hats for babies at the nearby hosp...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Did views on antisemitism sway Toronto byelection? An organizer who encouraged Jewish residents to vote against the Liberals in this week's Toronto byelection suggests a rise in antisemitism motivated many to show up at the polls....

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Mounties and a Crown prosecutor are set to provide an update today on an investigation into a bus crash that killed 17 people. RCMP say the prosecutor is to discuss a decision about charges relating to the crash last June near Carberry, west of Winnipeg. The bus, carrying seniors to a casino, collid...

OTTAWA - It has impressive research bench strength. It has billions of federal dollars for the taking. It's kind of a nice place to live. But when it comes to turning knowledge of artificial intelligence into companies, products and investment, Canada is lagging behind - and, some experts argue, actively shooting itsel...

MONTREAL - The world is full of dangers when you're a falcon chick less than six weeks old and learning to fly - even if you're a member of the fastest species on Earth. This week, three falcon chicks named Hugo, Polo and Estebane started to spread their wings around the nest site on the 23rd floor of the Universit&eac...

The Canadian Press has spent the past month interviewing some of Canada's more than 11,000 centenarians and their families. These are some of their stories. 'EVERYONE LOOKS AT YOU AS IF YOU SHOULD HAVE WRINKLES' When asked how it feels to be 100 years old, Betty McGowan answered, "it's terrible!" "Everyo...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga. The criminal case of intern...

BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world's biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine. Rutte's appointment was sealed by NATO ambassadors during a meeting at ...

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested in Russia on espionage charges, appeared in a court in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday for the opening hearing of his trial. Gershkovich was detained while on a reporting trip to the Ural Mountains city in March 2023. The Russian authorities alleged he was "gather...

PROVO, Utah (AP) - Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is likely to win a second term after he beat his primary challenger on Tuesday. Cox, a moderate Republican who took office in 2021, prevailed in the primary after he was booed earlier this year by GOP convention delegates, who tend to lean farther right. Utah's more muted Republ...

George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeated U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, of New York, on Tuesday in a Democratic primary that highlighted the party's deep divisions over the war in Gaza. With the victory, Latimer has almost certainly ousted one of the most liberal voices in Congress and one of its most outspoken critic...

DENVER (AP) - U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert won the Republican primary in a U.S. House race that she jumped into last year, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of carpetbagging after fleeing what could have been a tough reelection bid in her current district. Boebert built national ha...