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  • The long history of paddle wheelers between Kamloops and Enderby

    July 09, 2023 - 6:00 AM

    The Okanagan has many stories and displays of its paddle wheelers but other versions of those classic ships plied the rivers and lakes from Savona, through Kamloops, to Enderby.

  • Russia storms Mariupol plant as some evacuees reach safety

    May 03, 2022 - 7:38 PM

    ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill containing the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, Ukrainian defenders said, just as scores of civilians evacuated from the bombed-out plant reached relative safety and told of days and nights filled with dread and despair from constant shelling.

  • Civilians rescued from Mariupol steel plant head for safety

    May 02, 2022 - 6:59 PM

    ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia resumed pulverizing the Mariupol steel mill that has become the last stronghold of resistance in the bombed-out city, Ukrainian fighters said Monday, after a brief cease-fire over the weekend allowed the first evacuation of civilians from the plant.

  • US urges more arms for Ukraine amid fears of expanding war

    April 26, 2022 - 6:52 PM

    TORETSK, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. pressed its allies Tuesday to move “heaven and earth” to keep Kyiv well-supplied with weapons as Russian forces rained fire on eastern and southern Ukraine amid growing new fears the war could spill over the country's borders.

  • Zelenskyy: Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine has begun

    April 18, 2022 - 7:01 PM

    LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched its long-feared, full-scale ground offensive to take control of Ukraine's east on Monday, attacking along a broad front over 300 miles (480 kilometers) long, Ukrainian officials said in what marked the opening of a new and potentially climactic phase of the war.

  • Flood disaster takes bite out of B.C. economy, sends infrastructure wake-up call

    December 26, 2021 - 11:00 AM

    VICTORIA - Economic growth in British Columbia will face erosion from recent floods and slides that crippled transportation links, but the resilience of government and industry to keep supply chains open limits the damage, says an economist.

  • CP Rail aims to restore service in B.C. next week after devastating mudslides

    November 20, 2021 - 7:58 PM

    CALGARY - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it plans to restore service on washed-out tracks in southern British Columbia by midweek after torrential rain and mudslides ground train traffic to a standstill.

  • B.C. storm disrupts supply chain, could have lasting impacts on economy: experts

    November 17, 2021 - 8:50 AM

    VANCOUVER - Highway and railway closures caused by severe storms in British Columbia will have a significant and lasting impact on the province's economy, the president of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce says.

  • 'Stars align' for CP Rail deal to buy rival for US$25 billion, HQ remains in Calgary

    March 21, 2021 - 4:30 PM

    CALGARY - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.'s deal to buy U.S. rival Kansas City Southern for US$25 billion will create the first single-owner rail network linking Canada, the United States and Mexico, the companies said Sunday, touting the deal as mutually beneficial.

  • Crude oil leaks into floodwaters after train derails in Iowa

    June 23, 2018 - 8:00 PM

    DOON, Iowa - A freight train derailed in northwest Iowa on Friday, leaking crude oil from into flooded fields flanking the tracks and raising concerns about the possible contamination of residential water supplies downstream, officials said.
  • Reid Hamer-Jackson at his swearing in ceremony, Nov. 1, 2022. JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can't fight city hall
    OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me personally, so allow me to be a bit more philosophical about it. I want to like the guy, more for what he could represent than wh
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit
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