BC Prosecution Service
Charges approved against Revelstoke RCMP officer after 2025 collision near Sicamous
SICAMOUS, B.C. - A Revelstoke RCMP officer has been charged under the Motor Vehicle Act after an incident in the Shuswap last year. The BC Prosecution Service announced Cst. Rachel Mandel has been charged with one count of driving without due care and attention. The prosecution service says the charges were approved by...
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'We can achieve great things': Canada calm, confident ahead of home World Cup
A World Cup frenzy has slowly enveloped Canada in recent months. As signs of the looming tournament arrived on the streets of Toronto and Vancouver, as commercials starring the country's top soccer stars appeared on every channel, as buzz around ticke...
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Man wanted in Kamloops and Williams Lake nabbed driving without license plates in Forest Grove
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - 100 Mile House RCMP arrested a man with outstanding warrants in Kamloops and Williams Lake after he was pulled over for driving without license plates.Police officials said a patrolling officer was travelling along Canim Hendrix Lake Road in Forest Grove on June 2 when they spotted the vehicle.On...
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Sa-Hali soccer
With seniors sidelined for bronze-medal match, Sabres make school history at provincials
KAMLOOPS - They needed junior magic to secure their school's first medal at a provincial senior girls' high school soccer championship. Grade 9 striker Sophie Reed delivered for the Sa-Hali Sabres, her left-foot belter from distance the only goal in a 1-0 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas of North Vancouver in the bronz...
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Cooling requirements
Kamloops councillor Bass asks staff to investigate mandating air conditioning units in rentals
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city staff are set to investigate tools available for adoption of a bylaw that would require existing rental units to have proper cooling equipment. Already within the 2024 B.C. building code, new buildings are required to be able to keep the interior temperature below 26 C. The motion from Councill...
17h ago
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Housing
Search underway for inaugural Kamloops Community Land Trust executive director
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Community Land Trust Foundation is searching for its first full-time executive director who will be tasked with helming the organization working to provide and preserve attainable housing opportunities. The non-profit signed a long-term service agreement in April that formally established the fo...
18h ago
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British Columbia
Metro Vancouver workers closer to 'full-scale strike' with no contract progress
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's unionized outside workers are threatening a full-scale strike after no progress toward an agreement during weeks of rotating pickets. Jesse Medeiros, the president of the Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees' Uni...
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Ontario murder suspect believed to be in rural B.C.: police
PERTH, ONT. - A suspect wanted for second-degree murder in the death of a man in southern Ontario may be camping somewhere in rural British Columbia. Ontario Provincial Police say 34-year-old Christo Richards of Ottawa died in hospital after being fou...
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A new unit aims to help B.C. First Nations navigate police accountability processes
WEST KELOWNA - The First Nations Justice Council in British Columbia has officially launched an effort meant to help Indigenous people navigate the police accountability process in the province. Judith Sayers, a director with the group, says the Polic...
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Local Sports
Sa-Hali soccer
With seniors sidelined for bronze-medal match, Sabres make school history at provincials
KAMLOOPS - They needed junior magic to secure their school's first medal at a provincial senior girls' high school soccer championship. Grade 9 striker Sophie Reed delivered for the Sa-Hali Sabres, her left-foot belter from distance the only goal in a 1-0 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas of North Vancouver in the bronz...
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West Coast League
Wine, beer and baseball: NorthPaws aiming to lure fans to Norbrock for six-game homestand
KAMLOOPS - Nothing screams baseball like a glass of discounted chardonnay. That phrase is not often uttered and is not true, but the Kamloops NorthPaws are aiming to add it to local lexicon at Ladies Wine Wednesday presented by Arterra Wines home games, the first of which is slated for June 10 at Norbrock Stadium. &qu...
Jun 10, 2026
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Provincial excellence
Turvey of NorKam Secondary among winners of Premier's Awards for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport
KAMLOOPS - The Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Council last week named 10 provincial recipients of the 2025 Premier's Awards for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport. NorKam Secondary student Daniel Turvey is among the award winners. Turvey excelled on the rugby pitch last year. He helped under-17 T...
Jun 09, 2026
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Canada
Senators say changes to labour law could make Canada a more reliable trading partner
OTTAWA - A group of senators is arguing Canada needs to overhaul its labour laws to avoid work stoppages in critical sectors if it wants to be seen as a reliable trading partner on the global stage. The Senate Committee on Transportation and Communicat...
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Former Montreal officer cleared in Nicholas Gibbs killing suing ethics commissioner
MONTREAL - A former Montreal police officer cleared of wrongdoing after he killed a Black man while on duty is suing the police ethics commissioner for $1.1 million. Philippe Bertrand alleges in a complaint filed June 2 at the Montreal courthouse that ...
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Quebec lowers electric vehicle sales targets for second time
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has once again lowered its target for electric vehicle sales. It is now aiming to have 80 per cent of new vehicle sales be zero-emission by 2035. The Coalition Avenir Québec government had already signalled its intentio...
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World
Man pleads guilty to killing a top Minnesota Democrat and her husband while posing as an officer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The man charged in the political assassinations of the top Democrat in the Minnesota House and her husband, as well as the nonfatal shootings of a state senator and his wife, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday after prosecutors...
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House vote to extend FISA spy tool fails and it could lapse as Friday deadline looms
WASHINGTON (AP) - A rare lapse in a law that allows the United States to gather intelligence abroad appears likely after the House failed on Thursday to temporarily extend the program, in a protest of President Donald Trump 's refusal to name a permane...
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Somali ref Artan picked for showpiece UEFA game after being barred by US from World Cup
GENEVA (AP) - Somali referee Omar Artan who was barred by the United States from the World Cup was picked on Thursday for the showcase UEFA Super Cup game in August. European soccer body UEFA said Artan will referee the Aug. 12 game betwe...
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