KAMLOOPS - A sentencing date has been set for Zale Coty, 55, of Kamloops, a high-ranking member of the Throttle Lockers motorcycle gang and drug dealer. Earlier this month, a Kamloops courtroom heard Coty apologize for the harm his actions have caused and plead guilty to multiple charges of drug trafficking. Coty was o...

KAMLOOPS - Last month, during the supplemental budget process for the City of Kamloops, a new medical response vehicle for Kamloops Fire Rescue was denied.The move to deny by council was not to say the proposed SUV was not needed, but that it felt it wasn't the municipality's - and therefore the Kamloops taxpayers' - r...

KAMLOOPS - It's another dent in the growing need for childcare in Kamloops. Dozens of spaces are opening at School District 73's new Happyvale facility. Monday afternoon (April 22), the district hosted a grand opening of the centre, run by Inquiring Little Minds. The daycare mirrors what currently exists at Ralph Bell ...

KAMLOOPS - Wildfire season has seemingly begun across British Columbia. In the past seven days, there were 44 new fire starts in the province. In the past 24 hours, there were nine new fire starts. Of those, two are out, two are being held, one is out of control and five are under control, according to an update posted...

VICTORIA - The B.C. government says legislation formally recognizing the Haida Nation's Aboriginal title over the archipelago of Haida Gwaii was introduced in the legislature Monday. The province says the "Rising Tide" Haida Title Lands Agreement is the first negotiated deal of its kind in Canada, providing ...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP are requesting the public's help in locating Jackie Ray Siemens, who was last seen on Thursday (April 18) . Siemens, 48, was last seen at the Tim Hortons on Highway 97 in Williams Lake at about midnight on April 17. Family and police are concerned for his well-being. Siemens is ...

COQUITLAM, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is raising eyebrows anew over his carbon pricing stance, refusing to say today whether or not he would keep scheduled increases in place if he becomes prime minister. The federal carbon price is set to rise to $170 per tonne of carbon dioxide or equivalent by 2030. Singh says ...

VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op says the city should rethink its approach to 4-20 celebrations and sanction what c...

CARIBOO, B.C. - Evacuation alerts have been issued for properties near two wildfires burning out of control in central B.C., including the small community of Endako, as fears of a long wildfire season in the province start to materialize. The Cariboo Regional District issued an alert on Sunday night covering six parcel...

UPDATE (Monday): The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) issued an evacuation alert for six rural properties south of Quesnel at 7:45 p.m. Sunday.The CRD states an evacuation alert is issued to give residents time to prepare to evacuate their premises or property should it be required. Residents will be given as much advan...

VICTORIA - The B.C. government says legislation formally recognizing the Haida Nation's Aboriginal title over the archipelago of Haida Gwaii was introduced in the legislature Monday. The province says the "Rising Tide" Haida Title Lands Agreement is the first negotiated deal of its kind in Canada, providing ...

GATINEAU, Que. - Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan says he has appointed an Industrial Inquiry Commission to dig deeper into the underlying causes of B.C.'s port strike last summer. The federal government says in a statement the port strike was a single labour dispute that caused a major "economic disruption...

CARIBOO, B.C. - Susanne Langan first noticed the Burgess Creek wildfire from her home in British Columbia's Cariboo region on Saturday afternoon as a distant, thin column of smoke. But as winds picked up that night, the flames became more aggressive. "I could see lots of trees going up like Roman candles.... There...

COQUITLAM, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is raising eyebrows anew over his carbon pricing stance, refusing to say today whether or not he would keep scheduled increases in place if he becomes prime minister. The federal carbon price is set to rise to $170 per tonne of carbon dioxide or equivalent by 2030. Singh says ...

VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op says the city should rethink its approach to 4-20 celebrations and sanction what c...

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A former RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference is asking the court to quash the indictment over a jurisdictional issue. Lawyers for William Majcher contend that Quebec is the wrong place to hear the case and the charges should have been filed where the offences are alleg...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board, the navy said. The helicopters were rehearsing at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy's 90th anniversary celebration next month when the accident occu...

PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona judge declares a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. George Alan Kelly, 75, was charged with second-degree murder in the Jan. 30, 2023, shooting of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, who lived just south of the...

GENEVA (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency said after reviewing various media reports that it stands by its decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned heart medication before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. WADA addressed questions at a Monday news conference and acknowledged there would be skeptic...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since 2011. The review was carried out after Israel alleged that a dozen employees of the agency known as UNRWA...

NEW YORK (AP) - In opening statements in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial, prosecutors alleged Monday that the former president "orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt" the 2016 presidential election. The commencement of the proceedings set the stage for weeks of unsavory and salacious testimony ab...

NEW YORK (AP) - A prosecutor says Donald Trump "orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt" the 2016 presidential election. Matthew Colangelo, a prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney's office, made the remarks during opening statements Monday at Trump's historic hush money trial. Trump faces 34 felon...