SAVONA, B.C. - Volunteers from Skeetchestn Indian Band will be assisting with debris cleanup in Savona following the flash flood that hit the community on Sunday (June 30). Starting Wednesday, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) says the initial focus will be on mud, organic materials and trees. The TNRD is pa...

KAMLOOPS - The 43rd annual edition of the Kamloopa Powwow took place this weekend at the Tk'emlups Powwow Arbour. One of the largest in the country, the event featured three days full of music, dance and competition - but most importantly, it was filled with fun."A lot of people just love dancing in general. They'...

SAVONA, B.C. - It took less than an hour for Sunday's (June 30) rainstorm to bring on flash flooding, according to Savona residents. "You've seen rain - but not rain like that. And for 40 minutes, continuously," explains Dave Susanj. "It was pouring. It was pouring down everybody's street. It was like ri...

KAMLOOPS - After a relatively normal month of June, the Kamloops area is expected to heat up and dry to start July. Environment Canada forecasts that temperatures in Kamloops will peak in the mid 30s by the weekend then remain above the seasonal norm into the middle of next week. As of Tuesday (July 2), the extended fo...

VICTORIA - Three levels of government say they've finalized a deal that will provide more than $1.6 billion in federal funding over the next five years to communities in British Columbia, to build and maintain "critical infrastructure." Under the new Canada Community-Building Fund deal, local governments in B...

INVERMERE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Police in southeastern British Columbia say a ranch owner is dead after the helicopter they were piloting crashed on Tuesday evening. Columbia Valley RCMP say they got the call at about 7 p.m. They say search and rescue crews were sent to the crash site south of Invermere, B.C., and found ...

RICHMOND, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver say they're looking for a man whose pants caught fire in an alleged arson attempt that went wrong. Richmond RCMP shared a photo showing two men, one on the ground with a pained facial expression as he reaches for his blazing pants, while the other man apparently tries to put o...

VANCOUVER - Greater Vancouver's real estate board says the number of homes sold in June tumbled 19.1 per cent from the previous year as inventory continued accumulating to levels not seen since the spring of 2019. Greater Vancouver Realtors says there were 2,418 home sales in the region last month, 23.6 per cent below ...

VANCOUVER - Former CBC radio journalist and personality Rick Cluff, who was the longtime host of The Early Edition morning show in Vancouver, has died at the age of 74. The public broadcaster says Cluff died shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. Cluff was host of CBC's Radio One's top-rated morning show from 1997 ...

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver labour lawyer says a group of British Columbia teachers has launched a human rights complaint against their union, saying the BC Teachers' Federation "has engaged in and enabled antisemitism." Paul Pulver, who says he represents BC Teachers Against Antisemitism, filed the complaint wit...

MONTREAL - Ireland's prime minister says he's "absolutely appalled" by an assault in the country's capital that resulted in the death of a tourist from Montreal. Simon Harris today described Neno Dolmajian's death in Dublin as "reprehensible" and "horrific" and told parliament the death is...

MAYO, YUKON - A First Nation in central Yukon is demanding an immediate halt of all mining activity in its traditional territory, and an independent investigation into the recent failure of equipment at a gold mine which it says could be catastrophic. The First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun says in a statement that the seve...

VICTORIA - Three levels of government say they've finalized a deal that will provide more than $1.6 billion in federal funding over the next five years to communities in British Columbia, to build and maintain "critical infrastructure." Under the new Canada Community-Building Fund deal, local governments in B...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals won't say whether former defence minister Harjit Sajjan intervened on behalf of any other groups trying to flee Afghanistan when Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. Sajjan has said he used "appropriate" channels to relay information to the Canadian Armed Forces about the whereabou...

RICHMOND, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver say they're looking for a man whose pants caught fire in an alleged arson attempt that went wrong. Richmond RCMP shared a photo showing two men, one on the ground with a pained facial expression as he reaches for his blazing pants, while the other man apparently tries to put o...

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's been taking calls from different members of his Liberal caucus following the party's historic byelection loss in a downtown Toronto riding last week. But he won't say whether or not he will hold a national caucus meeting to discuss the fallout, which continues to rever...

SEATTLE (AP) - Jessica Campbell will become the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL franchise after the Seattle Kraken hired her as an assistant coach Wednesday. Campbell has spent the past two seasons working as an assistant coach for Seattle's AHL affiliate in Coachella Valley alongside head coach Dan Bylsma, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House chief of staff Jeff Zients urged people during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday to tune out the "noise" and focus on the task of governing as senior aides scramble to contain the political fallout from President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance. Even as Zients acknowled...

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona abortion-rights supporters on Wednesday turned in more than double the signatures needed to put the issue on November's ballot in the key swing state. Organizers say they submitted far above the 383,923 required from registered voters. The measure would add an amendment to the state constitution ...

ROME (AP) - An Italian appeals court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of two American men in the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation but reduced their sentences. The new trial was ordered after Italy's highest court threw out their original convictions. The court convic...

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's new Cabinet was sworn in Wednesday as the country faces an ailing economy and raging conflicts in neighboring nations. The new Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly, who has been in office since 2018, included major changes, particularly in the defense and economy-related portfolios. ...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, an anti-settlement watchdog group said Wednesday, a move that could further worsen already soaring tensions linked to the ongoing war in Gaza. Peace Now said authorities recently approved the appropriation ...