KAMLOOPS - RCMP would like your help tracking down a recent arrival to Kamloops who has been reported missing.In a news release, spokesperson Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet says Gene Siedekum, 61, was last seen Monday (April 20) around the 300-block of Columbia Street."Gene recently moved to Kamloops and may attempt t...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The City of Williams Lake will implement a campfire ban within city limits as of noon on Friday (April 24).This follows a ban on Category 2 and 3 burns in the Cariboo Fire Centre introduced on Thursday.The Williams Lake campfire ban will remain in place until October 31, or it could be rescinded e...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Rotary Spring Food Drive in support of the Kamloops Food Bank is slated for this Saturday (April 25). After back-to-back record-breaking food drives, the food bank is in need of another, as the shelves in their Kamloops warehouse are bare. This Saturday volunteers will be collecting the patented...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is inviting residents, business owners and other community partners to take part in a public engagement initiative aimed at shaping the future of the city's downtown area.The plan, dubbed Reimagine Downtown!, will bring together sever other municipal planning documents and explore how st...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... CRTC chair defends Online Streaming Act work after critics say regulator too slow CRTC chairperson Vicky Eatrides says the regulator would like to move faster to m...

VICTORIA - All five remaining candidates for the leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C. will face off against each other for the first time during a debate Friday in Vancouver. Former B.C. Liberal cabinet minister Iain Black, commentator Carolin...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his province will keep U.S. liquor off store shelves because British Columbians are still angry over tariffs on various industries, including softwood lumber. The premier made the comments in light of ...

VANCOUVER - The federal government has made an application to exclude some evidence over national security risks at the trial of Iain Hunt, whose wife was reported missing in 2021 from their home in Port Moody, B.C. The Attorney General of Canada says...

VICTORIA - B.C.'s Indigenous Relations minister says two First Nations nearing the end of their treaty process have developed "accommodation packages" with some neighbouring nations, but there's still more work to do. The Union of British Columbia Indi...

EDMONTON - Alberta took the first formal step Thursday toward ending more than a half-century of annual clock changes. Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party government introduced a bill that would see the province remain on daylight time y...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... CRTC chair defends Online Streaming Act work after critics say regulator too slow CRTC chairperson Vicky Eatrides says the regulator would like to move faster to m...

MONTREAL - About a year after coming under fire for removing the words "Go! Canadiens Go!" from the electronic signs on city buses over concerns about Quebec's language legislation, the Montreal transit agency is trying something new to show its love f...

OTTAWA - CRTC chairperson Vicky Eatrides says the regulator would like to move more quickly to modernize Canada's broadcasting system, but implementing the new rules is complex work and the CRTC must consider conflicting opinions. "We would all like to...

OTTAWA - Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk is set to head to the International Space Station later this year, joining NASA's SpaceX Crew-13. A news release from the Canadian Space Agency said it will be Kutryk's first space mission. He will be the eight...

VICTORIA - B.C.'s Indigenous Relations minister says two First Nations nearing the end of their treaty process have developed "accommodation packages" with some neighbouring nations, but there's still more work to do. The Union of British Columbia Indi...

VANCOUVER - The federal government has made an application to exclude some evidence over national security risks at the trial of Iain Hunt, whose wife was reported missing in 2021 from their home in Port Moody, B.C. The Attorney General of Canada says...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Fernando Mendoza's journey from overlooked two-star recruit to the top of the NFL draft is complete after the Las Vegas Raiders took him with the first pick on Thursday night. Turning the Raiders into a contender is the...

Washington (AP) - President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday. Trump said the meeting between the Israeli and Leb...

FIFA's resale site has four tickets on sale for the World Cup final for just under $2.3 million each. The $2,299,998.85 seats for the July 19 match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, are located behind a goal in the lower ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - An exchange of gunfire at a food court inside a Louisiana mall on Thursday killed one person and wounded five others and sent workers and shoppers scrambling for safety, police and witnesses said. Authorities descr...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Pope Leo XIV urged the United States and Iran to return to talks to end the war Thursday and condemned capital punishment, in a wide-ranging press conference en route home from his trip to Africa. Leo also as...

ROME (AP) - Italian sports officials say four-time champion Italy is not interested in replacing Iran at the upcoming World Cup following a suggestion to that effect by a Trump administration official. Iran has not withdrawn from the Worl...