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Solar-powered airplane lands in Hawaii after record-breaking 5-day flight from Japan
KAPOLEI, Hawaii – A plane powered by the sun's rays landed in Hawaii Friday after a record-breaking five-day journey across the Pacific Ocean from Japan.
Federal justice minister to speak in Vernon
VERNON - Justice Minister Peter MacKay is one of several high profile speakers lined up as part of a speaker series for the Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce. MacKay will speak at a luncheon on Wednesday, July 8, about ‘a successful budget, a secure Canada.’ “Mr. MacKay’s visit to Vernon highlights a very busy July...
Lake Country communities to receive funding to update agricultural water meters
LAKE COUNTRY - Residents of Winfield, Carr’s Landing and Okanagan Centre will benefit from updated water meters thanks to joint funding from the governments of Canada and British Columbia through the Small Communities Fund. The backflow prevention devices on agricultural connections being installed in these Lake Country communities will help protect the water system from...
UPDATE: Coquihalla partially reopens as crews fight wildfire near Othello
HOPE - A car fire just north of Hope on the Coquihalla Highway has spread to the neighbouring trees and partially shut down the highway. Drive B.C. is reporting that Highway 5 was closed in both directions from Highway 3 to Merritt because of a forest fire but that it has since partially reopened. As...
Volunteer Highlights for July 2 to 9
BC Living Arts BC Living Arts Event Volunteers - On July 10 – 11, BC Living Arts is hijacking Music in the Park for a music and arts festival at Riverside Park. Positions are: Backstage Artist Hosts, Gestural Loop Assistant, Art Installation Hosts, Promotion Hosts, Refreshment Garden Hosts, Fundraising Hosts, Photography Assistants, and the Tidy...
Vancouver man dies in motorcycle crash south of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The man who died in a motorcycle crash south of Knutsford Thursday afternoon has been identified. The B.C. Coroners Service says Colin Leslie Mackay, 42, died in the crash. Mackay was operating the northbound motorcycle on Highway 5A around 1:20 p.m. yesterday, July 2, when he lost control on an uphill curve near...
Elite pro riders at Silver Star this weekend
VERNON - Silver Star’s B.C. Cup Downhill Series race this weekend is set to be one of the best biking events of the summer, with close to 250 riders, including 30 pro racers, expected on the mountain. The B.C. Cup races are a huge draw for downhill biking athletes who have aspirations to compete at national...
Terry Lake asks ombudsperson to investigate flawed health researcher firings
VICTORIA – British Columbia's health minister says he wants the province's ombudsperson to review the controversial firings of eight government health researchers.
Man on mobility scooter hit in Kamloops crosswalk
KAMLOOPS - A man on a mobility scooter was sent to hospital after being hit by a vehicle while crossing Seymour Street this morning. An officer on scene says a tourist from Germany was crossing Seymour Street at Seventh Avenue in a marked crosswalk when he was hit. He was riding a mobility scooter at...
Heat is on in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - After a cooler Canada Day of only 30 Celsius, things are beginning to heat up again in Kamloops, though we are still far from record-breaking temperatures. Yesterday, July 2, temperatures reached 35 C, well below the 63-year-old record of 38.9 C and with a record of 40 C for July 3 our forecast...
Okanagan feeling the heat
OKANAGAN - Expect temperatures to remain in the mid-30s through much of next week as the Okanagan continues to flirt with record-breaking temperatures. Environment Canada is calling for temperatures of 36 Celsius throughout the Okanagan today, July 3, and 31 C Saturday in Vernon and Kelowna. Penticton is expected to reach 33 C on Saturday....
UPDATE: Another power outage in Brocklehurst blamed on birds
KAMLOOPS - Two separate power outages in Kamloops this morning left about 5,900 customers without power after birds contacted wires. B.C. Hydro was reporting 2,682 customers were without power in the Brocklehurst area as of about 8:40 a.m. The outage is being blamed on a bird contacting wire and power was restored within the hour....
Peace of Soul featured in Kamloops Arts Council’s main gallery
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Arts Council is hosting another great solo exhibition in their Main Gallery this month. Peace of Soul will feature airbrushed acrylic paintings by William Dallimore, one of which will be of 98.3 CIFM's Stan and Hank. William Dallimore is an airbrush artist who specializes in photorealism. In his portraits he seeks to...
Smoke in South Okanagan from aggressive wildfire
KEREMEOS - A fire is burning in the remote wilderness of Snowy Creek Protected Area and causing smoke that is visible from Highway 3 and throughout the South Okanagan. B.C. Wildfire is estimating the aggressive fire at 90 hectares and says it is burning the high elevation grassland and timber surrounded by natural barriers. Crews...
California television reporters robbed, cameraman pistol whipped during live broadcasts
SAN FRANCISCO - News crews from two San Francisco Bay Area television stations were robbed at gunpoint and a cameraman was pistol whipped during live broadcasts on Thursday. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the robbery and assault occurred at about 6 a.m. Thursday along the city's waterfront. Several camera crews were broadcasting live reports for...
UPDATE: North Kamloops power restored
KAMLOOPS - Thousands on the North Shore and in Brocklehurst woke to no power this morning after a bird contacted wires causing an outage. B.C. Hydro is reported an outage affecting 3,173 customers as of about 5:40 a.m. The cause was not immediately clear but was later determined to be caused by a bird contacting the...
BP agrees to record settlement, estimates total cost of Gulf spill will reach $53.8 billion
NEW ORLEANS – Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed Thursday to provide billions of dollars in new money to five Gulf Coast states in a deal the company said would bring its full obligations to an estimated $53.8 billion.
UPDATE: False alarm triggered heavy police response in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A 9-1-1 call which triggered a heavy police response of officers armed with rifles, the emergency response team, the K-9 unit and more this afternoon turned out to be a false alarm in Brocklehurst. Const. Jason Epp, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, said the call came in around 1:30 p.m., July 2....
Feature film to shoot in Kelowna this month
KELOWNA - Cameras will start rolling in the Okanagn next week as an Irish company rolls into town to shoot a new feature film. Tomato Red is a feature film being adapted from a novel by Daniel Woodrell and is about two siblings with big dreams and an ex-con sidekick. Cast names have not yet...
B.C. privacy report finds no significant Mount Polley risks prior to disaster
VICTORIA – British Columbia's privacy commissioner says the province did not violate its duty to inform the public before last summer's tailings-pond breach at a gold and copper mine.
Eligible voters could be disenfranchised by stricter ID rules, groups say
TORONTO – An advocacy group and a student organization say not allowing people to use voter identification cards as valid ID at the polls could disenfranchise tens of thousands of eligible voters in the upcoming federal election.
WestJet plane diverted following threat; company believes it’s a hoax
CALGARY – A bomb threat believed to be a hoax prompted WestJet to divert a Vancouver-to-Toronto flight to Calgary on Wednesday night.
Kamloops man permitted to keep three horses after animal-cruelty conviction
KAMLOOPS – A British Columbia man convicted of animal cruelty has been allowed to keep three horses.
IN PHOTOS: Canada Day around the Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Canada's birthday is cause to celebrate and like any good birthday party is not complete without food, friends and fireworks. There was no shortage of any of this throughout the region, from Kamloops to Shuswap and through the Okanagan. There were many community celebrations and of course many lakes and beaches for those...