May is Invasive Species Action Month in B.C. The Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society is taking part, with a series of webinars throughout the month. Topics include how to support pollinators in gardens, impacts of invasive goldfish and prevention of whirling disease.A pair of invasive plants were recently priorit...

KAMLOOPS -- Environment Canada is calling for snow on several Interior mountain passes, with a special weather statement in effect until Sunday (May 19) morning.Between two and five centimetres of the white stuff may fall on the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Kamloops, Highway 3 from Hope to Princeton on the Allis...

KAMLOOPS- Tory Maltaise opened the Valleyview Bosley's store a year ago, and since then, he's seen a side of Valleyview he didn't expect. "When you're spending, you know, eight, ten, 12 hours in the same location every single day, your eyes get opened to more of what's happening in the immediate area," Maltai...

KAMLOOPS - On Sunday (May 19), thousands of dapper gentlefolk will ride their classic and vintage style motorcycles across the world to raise funds for men's mental health and prostate cancer research.The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride happens every year and for the second consecutive time Kamloops will host its own pa...

VANCOUVER - Francis Silva watches the blood flow through astraw-like tube in his left arm to a dialysis machine where it's cleaned of toxins and returned to his body through a second tube. The 60-year-old chef endures the four-hour process every Tuesday, Thursday and Sundayat St. Paul's Hospital where a 42-bed unit is ...

VANCOUVER - The president of the University of British Columbia has told pro-Palestinian protesters that the school must remain neutral on the Gaza conflict. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says in response to demands by the organizers of a protest encampment on the Vancouver campus that professors and students hold a broad range...

FORT NELSON, B.C. - A rainy Thursday in and around Fort Nelson was exactly what fire crews were looking for. In a video released late Thursday night by the B.C. Wildfire Service, fire behaviour specialist for the Parker Lake and Patry Creek blazes Evan Peck said recent rain was much needed and made for excellent condit...

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - The mother and stepfather of six-year-old Dontay Lucas have been sentenced to 15 years each in prison by a B.C. Supreme Court judge. Mitchell Frank and Rykel Frank stood in shackles in a court in Port Alberni as they were sentenced for the death of the boy who was found in medical distress inside ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief veterinarian has issued an order making it illegal to transport boats or other watercraft without removing the drain plug to prevent the spread of whirling disease. The Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says the order takes effect on Friday and is also intended to keep...

VICTORIA - Premier David Eby delivered an election-style speech to his New Democrat caucus, warning of the potential merger between the opposition BC United and B.C. Conservative parties, saying the fall election is shaping up to be the "starkest choice in a generation." Eby says BC United Leader Kevin Falcon...

MONTREAL - It's 2:55 a.m. on a recent evening at Blue Dog bar, in Montreal's Plateau district. A bell rings, the bartender shouts, "last call," and a handful of people wander to the bar for one more drink. Slight variations of this scene occur across the city every night, as bars and venues are prohibited - m...

OTTAWA - A major international report on the safety of artificial intelligence says experts can't agree on the risk the technology poses - and it's unclear whether AI will help or harm us. The report, chaired by Canada's Yoshua Bengio, concludes the "future trajectory of general-purpose AI is remarkably uncertain....

VANCOUVER - Francis Silva watches the blood flow through astraw-like tube in his left arm to a dialysis machine where it's cleaned of toxins and returned to his body through a second tube. The 60-year-old chef endures the four-hour process every Tuesday, Thursday and Sundayat St. Paul's Hospital where a 42-bed unit is ...

Dialysis is one of the most resource-intensive therapies but patients with kidney failure have no other option, except for a kidney transplant. Nephrologists are trying to quantify the waste as they advocate for environmentally sustainable kidney care, noting the lifesaving therapy generates hundreds of litres of wast...

CALGARY - The bodies of four girls and women were found outside Calgary in 1976 and 1977. For nearly 50 years, their killings were unsolved. On Friday, RCMP identified Gary Allen Srery, an American sex offender, as the killer. He died in an Idaho prison in 2011. Here's a look at the police investigation: Feb. 12, 1976:...

OTTAWA - Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks has rejected Toronto's request to decriminalize the possession of controlled drugs, citing concerns about public safety. More coming. The Canadian Press

Seize the Grey went wire to wire to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas a seventh victory in the race and ending Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid. The grey colt took advantage of the muddy track just like Lukas hoped he would, pulling off the upset in a second conse...

Arizona's attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state's fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes posted the n...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's three-man War Cabinet, has threatened to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza, a move that would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies. His announcement on Saturday escalate...

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgia's president on Saturday vetoed the so-called "Russian law" targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests. The law would require media and NGOs to register as "pursuing the interests of a foreign power" if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abro...

PEZINOK, Slovakia (AP) - The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico made his first court appearance Saturday as the nation's leader remained in serious condition recovering from surgery after surviving multiple gunshots, Slovak state media said. Fico, 59, was attacked as he greeted s...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Someone's plans to harvest dozens of apparent marijuana plants grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke. The plants sprouted in a tulip garden outside the Capitol, WMTV-TV reported Thursday. Tatyana Warrick, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Administration, told Th...