KAMLOOPS - An agreement is in place for Thompson Rivers University (TRU) to disclose investments that may support companies that do business with Israel. In a news release, TRU states it agreed to process any Freedom of Information requests related to its investments within 30 days, the time required by B.C.'s Freedom ...

WESTWOLD, B.C. - One person was killed in a collision on Highway 97 in Westwold Sunday (May 5) morning. Cpl. Melissa Jongema with BC Highway Patrol told CFJC Today that RCMP were told of a two-vehicle collision between a pickup truck and a motorcycle just after 10:00 a.m. Sunday where the motorcyclist passed away. &quo...

KAMLOOPS - DriveBC is reporting a vehicle accident along Highway 97 east of Westwold. According to DriveBC, the highway is closed in both directions between Wetaskiwin Road and Back Road. A caller to CFJC Today, said the accident involved a motorcycle and a truck. The caller also stated an air ambulance had been deploy...

KAMLOOPS - The real estate market in Kamloops saw a marked improvement in units sold and new listings in April. In total 218 units were sold last month, an increase from the 174 units sold in March. The April figures is a slight decrease, 1.8%, from the April 2023 numbers. The region also had 559 new listings, a 33.7% ...

SURREY, B.C. - Three suspects accused of murdering British Columbia Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year are scheduled to appear in court in Surrey on Tuesday. Indian nationals Karanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh, and Karan Brar are due to face charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to murder at Surrey Pr...

RICHMOND, B.C. - London Drugs is gradually reopening its stores across Western Canada more than a week after a cybersecurity breach forced the retailer to close. The company says it is working with independent cybersecurity experts to securely bring its systems back online after it was discovered April 28. The Richmond...

Grammy-award winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau connects the dots as though they were so many 16th notes. His two new albums, "After Bach II" and "Après Fauré," use classical music as a foundation for solo explorations that draw a through line from Art Tatum to Thelonious Monk to Bill E...

VICTORIA - Princess Anne saluted Canadian veterans and current forces members today during a ceremony at British Columbia's legislature cenotaph commemorating the Second World War's Battle of the Atlantic. The princess, King Charles's sister, laid a wreath during the ceremony to mark the war's largest and longest battl...

VANCOUVER - In the 10 years since John William started to lose his vision, he's been finding new ways to enjoy his vast personal library. Right now, that involves glasses and a magnifying glass with bright lights illuminating the pages. But he says it's time to say goodbye to much of his collection, about 3,500 books...

ESQUIMALT, B.C. - Princess Anne paid tribute to veterans buried at a cemetery in British Columbia today, laying a wreath to honour the more than 2,500 military personnel and family members buried there. The princess spent more than an hour touring the God's Acre cemetery, a national historic site in Esquimalt, B.C., th...

SURREY, B.C. - Three suspects accused of murdering British Columbia Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year are scheduled to appear in court in Surrey on Tuesday. Indian nationals Karanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh, and Karan Brar are due to face charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to murder at Surrey Pr...

RICHMOND, B.C. - London Drugs is gradually reopening its stores across Western Canada more than a week after a cybersecurity breach forced the retailer to close. The company says it is working with independent cybersecurity experts to securely bring its systems back online after it was discovered April 28. The Richmond...

The federal government announced $574 million in funding on Monday for 19 projects across the country to prepare for health emergencies, including the next pandemic. One of them is a national network of existing emergency departments and primary-care clinics that will screen for any new viruses or pathogens that start ...

OTTAWA - Jewish leaders in Canada are warning of a national crisis as the number of hateful incidents targeting Jews doubled in one year. B'Nai Brith Canada says it documented nearly 5,800 incidents of antisemitism in 2023, including acts of violence, harassment and vandalism. In 2022 there were fewer than 2,800 such i...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is poised to introduce an array of legislative changes to help counter foreign interference. Federal officials have scheduled a technical briefing this afternoon on the bill, which was recently added to the parliamentary notice paper. Proposed measures are expected to include a foreign i...

WINNIPEG - Jeremy Skibicki has admitted in court that he killed four women in Winnipeg in 2022. His lawyers are asking he be found not criminally responsible because of mental illness. More coming. The Canadian Press

DENVER (AP) - Colorado lawmakers passed a sweeping bill Monday to overhaul the state's lax oversight over funeral homes after a series of horrific incidents, including sold body parts, fake ashes and the discovery of 190 decaying bodies. The cases have devastated hundreds of already grieving families, and encouraged la...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Eighty-two-year-old liberal U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced Monday that he is running for re-election, saying American democracy is in question during difficult times for the country and the world. Sanders, seeking a fourth Senate term, is an independent. He was a Democratic congres...

NEW YORK (AP) - The judge in Donald Trump's hush money trial sanctioned him Monday morning for violating his gag order for a second time. Judge Juan M. Merchan fined the former president $1,000 and warned that going forward, additional violations could result in jail time. Prosecutors had accused Trump of four violatio...

NEW YORK (AP) - The judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial has fined him $1,000 for violating his gag order and sternly warned the former president that additional violation could result in jail time. The fine marks the second sanction for Trump for inflammatory comments about witnesses since the start of...

NEW YORK (AP) - Columbia University is canceling its large university-wide commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests but will hold smaller school-based ceremonies this week and next, the university announced Monday. "Based on feedback from our students, we have decided to focus attention on our C...

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli army on Monday ordered tens of thousands of people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to begin evacuating, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion could be imminent. The announcement complicated last-ditch efforts by international mediators, including the director of the CIA, to brok...