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'Just destroyed': Three members of family from Colombia died in B.C. attack, says son
April 29, 2025 - 4:20 PM

VANCOUVER - Alejandro Samper was getting ready for work on Saturday night when he received a call from his sister's fiancé about a "terrible accident," and he rushed to the scene of the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver.
Kamloops Filipino Canadian says community 'shaken to its core' by festival tragedy
April 29, 2025 - 4:00 PM

Kamloops resident Dylan Pushak was in the Philippines with his family when a horrific and deadly crime took place at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day Festival.
Festival suspect had mental health team, no sign he needed hospitalization: ministry
April 29, 2025 - 3:46 PM

VICTORIA - The man accused of killing 11 people at a Vancouver festival was under the care of a mental health team, but there was nothing to indicate a change in his condition that warranted involuntarily hospitalization, British Columbia’s Health Ministry said Tuesday.
Trump signs executive orders to give automobile industry some tariff relief
April 29, 2025 - 3:39 PM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday that he said will give some temporary relief to an automotive industry besieged by multiple tariffs that have caused anxiety and concern throughout the deeply integrated North American market.
IT'S OFFICIAL: Liberal Stephen Fuhr is Kelowna’s next MP
April 29, 2025 - 3:14 PM

After a delay in counting the votes from one of the Kelowna riding’s polling stations the final results are in and the Liberals have taken the seat.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre loses his long-held seat in Ottawa
April 29, 2025 - 2:56 PM

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will not have a seat in the next Parliament after a stunning upset by his Liberal opponent, raising questions about his ability to continue as party leader and the role he will play when the House of Commons reconvenes.
RCMP shutdown 3D gun printing operation in Chase
April 29, 2025 - 2:54 PM

RCMP took down an operation in Chase last week that was using a 3D printer to make guns.
Liberals projected to finish just short of a majority after very close election race
April 29, 2025 - 2:44 PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will lead a minority government after a very close general election race that left the Liberals just three seats shy of a majority.
Body found in Paul Lake area near Kamloops sparks homicide investigation
April 29, 2025 - 2:15 PM

RCMP officers looking into a stolen vehicle case in the Paul Lake area near Kamloops last week found a body and now there's a homicide investigation as well as a property crime probe.
With no leader or party status, NDP could hold balance of power with Liberal minority
April 29, 2025 - 1:57 PM

OTTAWA - After a brutal election night Monday, the NDP finds itself without a leader or official party status — but with the prospect of holding the balance of power with a minority Liberal government.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the week of April 28. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at

$5M for wind machines, heaters to protect tree fruit in Okanagan, Kootenays
Following some extremely challenging years for B.C. farmers the provincial government has allocated $5 million for tree fruit growers in the Okanagan and Kootenay regions so there can be more local fruit for everyone to enjoy. “Earlie

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Vernon homeowners to see whopping 10% tax increase
Homeowners in Vernon are set for the highest property tax increase in years with an almost 10% jump when compared to last year. With little debate, Vernon council approved the 9.91% increase – a rate four times that of inflation.

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Liberal Stephen Fuhr wins Kelowna, at least for now
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ELECTION 2025: History suggests breaking Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola blue streak a tall order
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Conservative Helena Konanz wins in Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay
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Kamloops RCMP ask for public’s help to find missing woman
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Second First Nation files dispute over Highland Valley mine expansion
Another First Nation government is challenging the proposed expansion of one of Canada's largest copper mines near Kamloops. The Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council has intervened in t
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Self-defence or murder? Trial in Shuswap car wash killing begins
John Vance died from a single, point-blank gunshot to the chest at a Shuswap car wash. Whether the car wash manager held the gun that shot him isn't in question. Crown prosecutor Laura D
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