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Car story: Where will Canada’s electric vehicle batteries go when they die?
What happens when an electric vehicle battery the size of a small dinner table reaches…
Murder trial stemming from 2020 Kamloops stabbing delayed until 2023
A Kamloops man charged in connection with a fatal stabbing in downtown Kamloops in September…
Kamloops MP condemns those who disrespected Terry Fox statue, war memorial
Kamloops-Thompson Cariboo MP Frank Caputo isn’t entirely condemning the Freedom Convoy protest that descended on…
syilx artist David Wilson Sookinakin has paintings featured in new Vernon exhibition
syilx artist, David Wilson Sookinakin, is bringing traditional art to the foreground and is on…
Failing to flower: B.C.’s promise as a craft cannabis hot spot still stunted
British Columbia has been a mecca for cannabis enthusiasts and growers long before the product…
Salvation Army in Kamloops sets fundraising record
The Salvation Army in Kamloops set a fundraising record in 2021 while lending a hand…
‘It’s based on need’: Affordable housing complex to be built in North Kamloops
A six-storey building featuring 44 units of affordable housing will be built on vacant lots…
Gangland manslaughter case in Kamloops resolved with guilty pleas
CONTENT ADVISORY Four men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and another accused was acquitted, in…
B.C. is creating confusion with COVID communications, say critics
British Columbia’s recent decision to manage the highly transmissible Omicron variant more like the common…
The test trap for long COVID patients in B.C.
Biking 20 kilometres to and from her classes at Langara every day was the norm…
Fairy Creek camps undergo winter wind down, but hunt still on for missing old-growth activists
The Fairy Creek old-growth blockade is heading into winter hibernation mode but the search remains…
Secwépemc Unity Camp trial faces more delays in Kamloops court
Delays continue to pile up for a criminal contempt trial involving protesters against the Trans…
Cree author’s poetry book meant to empower Indigenous kids
Shayla Raine was sitting at her desk, looking out the window at an eagle’s nest…
Meet the sqilxw women who are decolonizing the workplace
With babies on their hips and microphones at their lips, sqilxw women Elaine Alec and…
Fire at North Kamloops A&W considered suspicious
A suspicious fire caused minor damage to the outside of the A&W restaurant in North…
West coast carbon capture project aims to sink emissions in ocean floor and turn them to stone
A team of scientists believes it has a "rock-solid" way to combat the climate crisis…
Alaskan commercial fishery ‘plundering’ threatened B.C. salmon
Commercial fish harvesters in southeast Alaska are netting significant amounts of threatened B.C. salmon even…
Summer groundbreaking set for Lii Michif project in Kamloops
Kamloops’s Lii Michif Otipemisiwak (LMO) hopes to break ground next summer on a new home…
Bystander helps capture axe-wielding shoplifter in Kamloops
A good Samaritan from Coldstream helped disarm an axe-wielding shoplifter who tried to escape a…
Kamloops’s Stone Soup volunteers making a difference on the street
A small group of volunteers is making a big difference in the lives of Kamloops’s…
West Coast cleanup in B.C. pulls 50 tonnes of marine debris off island shores
A West Coast cleanup project wrapped up operations in time for Christmas after removing 50…
Study identifies Indigenous communities that are hotspots for flooding risk
A recent study has identified Indigenous communities that are “hot spots” for flood risk in…
‘Crowtographer’ in B.C. develops flocks of followers by focusing on curious corvids
Crows are my jam. So reads the first line of Colleen Wilson’s Instagram account. The…
Two years after B.C. passed its landmark Indigenous Rights act, has anything changed?
Two years after B.C. legislated the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples…