KAMLOOPS - Volunteer Kamloops is gearing up to host the 13th annual Timeraiser event, a silent art action where no money changes hands.Volunteer Kamloops said the event will have participants meeting and matching their skills with non-profit agencies.Once matches are made, participants can bid on artwork, but with volu...

KAMLOOPS - The Business Improvement Areas of British Columbia (BIABC) is hailing the B.C. government's decision to halt the planned Provincial Sales Tax (PST) expansion.The BIABC said they welcome the decision, saying it is the right move for businesses, workers and communities across the province.The BIABC said it was...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers dropped their season opening game on home ice 4-2 to the Victoria Royals at Sandman Centre on Saturday night (Sept 19). The Blazers two goals were scored by centre Andrew Thomson, earning him second star of the game for his performance. Royals' Hayden Moore opened the scoreboard with the...

CLEARWATER, B.C. - UPDATE (11:30 a.m.): Interior Health (IH) said the emergency department in Clearwater's Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital reopened after four hours of being closed.IH said adequate staffing was secured, avoiding the anticipated 11-hour closure.Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital's ER reopened at 11 a.m. on S...

Kerry-Lynne Findlay has resigned as the leader of British Columbia's Conservatives, effective immediately, after weeks of upheaval in the official Opposition caucus. She says in a statement posted to social media that it was not an easy decision, but s...

PENTICTON - The City of Penticton says James Miller will not be returning to his position as a city councillor after being convicted of an indictable criminal offence. The Penticton Herald reports that Miller, who was also the managing editor of that n...

BEAVERLODGE - RCMP say two young boys who were allegedly abducted in Alberta more than two months ago by their mother and her partner have been found safe in British Columbia. The boys, ages four and six, were found Thursday at a rural property in West...

CALGARY - Canada has the potential to bolster Europe's energy security through a new alliance, but experts say it doesn't necessarily mean tankers crossing the Atlantic Ocean laden with oil or liquefied natural gas. Prime Minister Mark Carney was in St...

The self-destruction of the British Columbia Conservatives has birthed a right-of-centre alternative in the provincial legislature, which faces the prospect of an early election call by Premier David Eby to take advantage of chaos in Opposition ranks. ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's southern Interior is facing "entrenched" drought conditions despite recent rainfall. The River Forecast Centre says in its latest water scarcity bulletin that many groundwater monitoring wells in the region "continue to r...

OTTAWA - Parliament will get back to work Monday after a three-month break, with the trade war with the United States and Prime Minister Mark Carney's move to formalize closer ties with the European Union top of mind. Public opinion backs Carney's appr...

Kerry-Lynne Findlay has resigned as the leader of British Columbia's Conservatives, effective immediately, after weeks of upheaval in the official Opposition caucus. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO - "La Bola Negra," an epic film about the interconnected lives of three gay men in Spain, took home the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. Its directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, known collectiv...

OTTAWA - Parliamentarians are taking a hard look at Canada's overseas intelligence gathering capabilities as debate simmers over the need for a new foreign spy agency. The MPs and senators who make up the National Security and Intelligence Committee of...

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are making their way back to Ottawa for the fall sitting of the House of Commons that gets underway on Monday. It's set to be a busy season with the release of the federal budget, debate on legislation and looming byelect...

SAINT-PIERRE - Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to work together in the areas of space infrastructure, business and economic growth as the leaders met Sunday in the French territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Sp...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were awaiting extradition to the U.S. on Sunday, marking the end of a drawn-out judicial process in Haiti for a killing that sh...

BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suffered a bruising electoral setback in two state elections on Sunday, including a historic defeat for his party, but vowed to press ahead with potentially painful reforms to Europe's biggest economy. ...

MIAMI (AP) - A new tropical storm has formed in the northern Atlantic Ocean but does not appear to pose a threat to land. Tropical Storm Fay, which formed early Sunday, was located about 450 miles (730 kilometers) southwest of the Azores....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea's military said, days after the North threatened to bolster its nuclear deterrent capabilities and respond to what it called U.S. ho...

Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds that were launched toward Moscow, officials said Sunday, as the Kremlin was wrapping up the third and last day of its parliamentary elections. Moscow's...

CAIRO (AP) - Saudi Arabia on Saturday confirmed that Yemen's Houthi rebels tried to attack its capital with a ballistic missile, the first targeting of Riyadh since the escalation in fighting with the Tehran-backed rebels that has opened a new front in...