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More than $100,000 raised for A Way Home Kamloops
A Way Home Kamloops has raised $101,000 and counting from its fifth annual Campout To…
Former Kamloops golf pro who bilked employer to pay gambling debt back behind bars
A Kamloops golf pro who bilked his employer out of more than $40,000 to fund…
Repeat Kamloops sexual offender sentenced to 3.5 years in prison
A Kamloops man previously convicted for sexually assaulting his five-year-old stepdaughter will spend more time…
Land defenders arrested at Wet’suwet’en blockade allege mistreatment by RCMP
Three land defenders claim they were subjected to dehumanizing treatment at the hands of RCMP…
New substance-use treatment beds now fully operational in B.C.
The provincial government is touting the completion of 105 new publicly funded substance-use treatment and…
One life sentence deserves another: Jessie Simpson’s mom on attacker’s release to halfway house
The mother of a Kamloops man who was severely beaten with a baseball bat in…
Elders for old growth arrested as Fairy Creek blockade readies for winter
A caravan of seniors wound its way along pitch-black logging roads early Thursday to be…
Tumbler Ridge home to 112-million-year-old crocodile traces
Ancient crocodile swim traces found in Tumbler Ridge half a decade ago continue to contribute…
First Nations’ trip to Rome to meet Pope Francis postponed
A delegation of First Nations representatives set to visit the Vatican this month has postponed…
A Way Home Kamloops turning ideas into action for youth in need
A Way Home Kamloops (AWHK) has received high praise for recommendations it brought forth from…
Man whose body was found in North Thompson River died of accidental drowning
The death of a man whose body was found in the North Thompson River, near…
B.C.’s old growth still falling with delay of provincial logging deferrals
Old-growth forests the B.C. government has identified for logging deferrals are still at risk of…
Canada’s job numbers heat up, but wages barely budge for wait staff
The Canadian job market is busier than before we made first contact with COVID-19 back…
B.C. MLA’s billboard near Smithers vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti
Stikine MLA Nathan Cullen called out propagators of hate crime after his highway billboard sign…
Hundreds of academics call for RCMP’s ‘immediate retreat’ from Wet’suwet’en territory
Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter calling for government intervention in the wake…
Do clearcuts contribute to B.C.’s flooding?
Thousands of British Columbians remain displaced following a series of devastating floods and landslides that…
B.C. school removes bathroom doors to cope with ‘disturbing’ TikTok challenge
A TikTok bathroom challenge that encourages students to trash school bathrooms forced a Terrace secondary…
City of Kelowna has ‘no sense of urgency’ to deal with racism say Black artists
One morning in 2019, Trophy and Lady Dia say they woke up to find their…
Systemic racism in policing across B.C. demands reform: Human Rights commissioner
TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains information about violence by police against Indigenous Peoples and systemic…
B.C.’s biological ‘treasure troves’ sheltering rockfish, coral need protection: study
A treasure trove of biological hot spots sheltering ancient rockfish, delicate corals and sponges hidden…
‘We are not here to get killed’: Wet’suwet’en solidarity actions met with armed police response
From a bridge above train tracks in New Hazelton, B.C., supporters of the Gitxsan Nation…
Kamloops swift water rescue truck stolen while stalled in floodwaters
Kamloops Search and Rescue needs a new truck after one of the organization’s vehicles stalled…
Interfor transfers forest tenure to Simpcw First Nation
Interfor and the Simpcw First Nation have completed the first direct transfer of a forest…
Prolific offender gets house arrest, remains banned from Kamloops
A prolific offender who assaulted a man with a knife when he caught her breaking…