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‘Extremely extreme’: High temps push western wildfire risk into uncharted territory
Forestry experts hope clear, blue skies hold over Western Canada as unprecedented hot weather pushes…
U.K. study reports mixing AstraZeneca, Pfizer vaccines produces better immunity
OTTAWA – A vaccine study in the United Kingdom reports that getting a dose of…
Kamloops Golf & Country Club: Membership not required for great food & drink
With its wonderful, sunny climate, Kamloops has long been a destination for golfers. The play…
Case files on 1964 civil rights worker killings made public
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Never before seen case files, photographs and other records documenting the…
Yabba dabba dispute resolved. Fred Flintstone can stay
Fred Flintstone fought the law — and he won. Technically, the owner of the fanciful…
BC Hydro reports new record for peak hourly demand amid heatwave
VANCOUVER – British Columbia's hydro and power authority says it logged a new record for…
Air quality advisory in effect for parts of Vancouver, Fraser Valley amid heatwave
VANCOUVER – An air quality advisory is in effect for eastern parts of Metro Vancouver…
COVID-19 restrictions could still limit celebrations as Habs try to win Stanley Cup
Montrealers won't be the only ones to start celebrating next week as the Habs make…
TRENDING NOW: Couple spots pride of lions take down buffalo
A couple watched a National Geographic film unfold before their eyes. Roughly 20 lions were…
UBC faculty of medicine apologizes for harms to Indigenous Peoples
VANCOUVER – The University of British Columbia's faculty of medicine formally apologized Friday for its…
Future condos being designed with Zoom rooms, balconies and touchless tech
TORONTO – When Adèle Rankin envisions condos of the future, she sees people exercising on…
High times: Pocono set for first CBD-sponsored NASCAR race
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Let’s nip this in the bud: No, Pocono never considered…
Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years…
TRENDING NOW: Ed Sheeran’s ‘Bad Habits’ sure to be song of summer
He's done it again. Once you've listened to Ed Sheeran's latest single it will likely…
120,000-year-old fossils in Israel link to human family tree
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bones found in an Israeli quarry are from a branch of the…
TRENDING NOW: Move over electric vehicles, these guys made a bicycle-powered car
The Honda Civic, one of the most indestructible vehicles on the road today, can also…
Syilx artist and community leader contributes to UBCO’s public art collection
Syilx artist Sheldon Pierre Louis says the painting he created for UBC Okanagan’s Public Art…
iN VIDEO: ‘In their silence, they woke the world’: Squamish Nation releases powerful video
“In their silence, they woke the world” – these powerful seven words are spoken at…
Australian prison to be evacuated after mice move in
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – A plague of mice that has ravaged vast swathes of eastern…
‘Super-hero’ in Spider-Man outfit meets pope at Vatican
VATICAN CITY (AP) — While Pope Francis is usually the star at Vatican gatherings, Spider-Man,…
100 celebrities leverage star power in fight to save B.C.’s old-growth forests
Pressure on B.C. Premier John Horgan is climbing as national and global celebrities begin to…
Indigenous artwork to be displayed on billboards to honour residential schoolchildren
Cree artist Betty Albert woke in the middle of the night after learning remains of…
Order of Catholic nuns agrees to enhance access to Kamloops residential school records
VICTORIA – An order of Catholic nuns whose members worked at the Kamloops Indian Residential…
TRENDING NOW: Beaver steals flag in truly Canadian moment
A Saskatoon photographer planted a Canadian flag on a beaver trail in an effort to…