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BC First Nations are leading a waste revolution
June 29, 2025 - 4:00 PM
iN VIDEO: Robin babies squabble, bathe in Kamloops garden
June 26, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Kamloops gardener Sherry Bennett designed her yard to support and nurture bugs and wildlife, and this spring a pair of robins moved in to raise their young.
B.C. professor trapped in Iran says Canada has offered 'almost nothing' to help
June 23, 2025 - 4:34 PM

A British Columbia professor who is trapped in Iran said that federal officials told him there was "almost nothing" the Canadian government could do to help him and his family.
Canada signs new security and defence partnership with Europe
June 23, 2025 - 12:42 PM

BRUSSELS — Canada and the European Union opened a new era of transatlantic co-operation Monday by signing a security and defence partnership at a joint summit in Brussels.
Suspension for BC lawyer who punched 80-year-old in the face
June 21, 2025 - 4:00 PM

A BC lawyer who punched an 80-year-old man in the face has been suspended for one month.
A week into war, Israel and Iran trade fire as Europe's diplomatic effort yields no breakthrough
June 20, 2025 - 5:58 PM

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel and Iran traded strikes a week into their war on Friday as President Donald Trump weighed U.S. military involvement and key European ministers met with Iran's top diplomat in Geneva in a scramble to de-escalate the conflict.
Trump says he'll decide whether US will directly attack Iran within 2 weeks
June 19, 2025 - 7:44 PM

BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he will decide within two weeks whether the U.S. military will get directly involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran given the “substantial chance” for renewed negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program, as the two sides attacked one another for a seventh day.
The Latest: Iranians flee their capital as Trump urges unconditional surrender
June 17, 2025 - 9:51 AM

Residents of Iran's capital were seen leaving the city and shops and the historic Grand Bazaar were closed Tuesday, the fifth day of the intensifying conflict started by Israel.
Overnight Russian attack on Ukraine kills 15 and injures 156
June 17, 2025 - 9:27 AM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An overnight Russian missile and drone bombardment of Ukraine killed 15 people and injured 156, local officials said Tuesday, with the main barrage demolishing a nine-story Kyiv apartment building in the deadliest attack on the capital this year.
Ping, ping ping. Here's what it's like to drive into a big hailstorm in the name of science
June 14, 2025 - 3:00 PM

INSIDE A TEXAS HAILSTORM (AP) — Wind roared against the SUV's windows as its tires sloshed through water dumped onto the road by the downpour. A horizon-wide funnel cloud loomed out the window, several miles away. Then came the loud metallic pings on the roof. First one, then another. Then it was too fast to count and too loud to hear much of anything else.
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iN PHOTOS: Six delicious berries growing in Okanagan, Kamloops
There are numerous kinds of juicy berries growing in Kamloops and the Okanagan in early summer each with bright colours, unique flavours and packed with nutrients. While some berries like raspberries are more common to find growing in garde

Texas governor calls for special session after vetoing a bill to ban THC-infused goods
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have banned consumable hemp products containing THC ingredients in the state, but said he's open to lawmakers passing a new effort to regulate what has become a boomin

Kootenay woman upset by deer cull sues realtor for 'misleading' her about neighbourhood
An Invermere woman who attempted to sue her real estate agent because she didn't like her neighbours or the fact that the town was culling deer has been ordered to pay special costs because of her behaviour over the seven years of litigation.

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UPDATE: Kamloops-Thompson school district superintendent resigns
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