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Fast-tracked wind power approvals raise ire of Thompson-Nicola MLAs
December 13, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A pair of wind power projects between Kamloops and Merritt got the green light from BC Hydro recently, but regional leaders call the decision a lack of oversight.
New military vessel launched in B.C. bears illustrious naval name
December 13, 2024 - 5:40 PM

VANCOUVER - A Canadian Navy vessel with the name HMCS Protecteur will again set sail, nearly a decade after the last supply ship with its respected legacy was taken out of service.
Construction may start by fall 2025 to replace controversial former Kamloops hotel
December 13, 2024 - 5:00 PM

Shovels could hit the ground by next fall for a housing project replacing a former Kamloops hotel that also hosted the city's last strip club.
Middle East latest: Syrians celebrate Assad's fall as US seeks a peaceful political transition
December 13, 2024 - 4:31 PM

Thousands of Syrians gathered in Damascus’ main square and a historic mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since former President Bashar Assad was overthrown, a major symbolic moment for the country’s dramatic change of power. The rebels are now working to establish security and start a political transition after seizing the capital on Sunday.
Crown want 19 years jail for violent North Okanagan grow-op robbery
December 13, 2024 - 4:04 PM

Armed with shotguns and with their faces covered, Edward Scott Coghill and Stewart Wayne Tkachuk had zip ties in their pockets when they broke into the Lumby home of James Jurica and Candice Kado at 1 a.m. suspecting it was grow-op.
Missing skier found dead near Sun Peaks
December 13, 2024 - 3:26 PM

The skier who went missing from Sun Peaks Resort earlier this week has been found dead.
B.C. NDP government, Greens forge confidence agreement with 'shared priorities'
December 13, 2024 - 2:02 PM

VANCOUVER - A confidence agreement between British Columbia's New Democrats and the provincial Green Party stabilizes David Eby’s bare-majority government, while putting Green election promises on the legislative agenda.
Court approves The Body Shop Canada sale, about 100 to lose jobs as some stores close
December 13, 2024 - 1:21 PM

TORONTO - An Ontario court has given The Body Shop Canada the approval it needs to sell the majority of its business to a private equity firm.
Federal minister asks labour board to intervene in Canada Post strike
December 13, 2024 - 1:13 PM

Mail could begin moving again in Canada as early as next week after the federal government moved Friday to end the nearly month-long work stoppage at Canada Post.
Former B.C. NDP MLA Dan Coulter dead at 49 after 'medical emergency'
December 13, 2024 - 11:46 AM

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Dan Coulter, a former member of British Columbia's legislature and a New Democrat cabinet minister, has died at age 49.
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iN VIDEO: How a Kamloops bakery makes its popular sourdough bread
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A growing number of Oregon cities vote to ban psychedelic mushroom compound psilocybin
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