Columbia Street is closed in both directions near St. Ann’s Academy on Thursday afternoon after a car smashed into a power pole. Lights flickered across downtown Kamloops at about 2:30 p.m., which is when emergency crews were called to a stretch of Columbia Street near First Avenue for a r...

The B.C. government has reached a tentative deal with the Professional Employees Association, nearly five months after the union took down picket lines following a eight-week strike. The PEA represents roughly 1,900 people working for the government as foresters, engineers, agrologists, geoscient...

A destructive fire at Penticton's major bottle depot location has led to an increase of recyclable returns at the local landfill. According to the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen in a press release Thursday, the Campbell Mountain landfill has seen a "significant increase"...

UPDATE 2:10 p.m. The Coquihalla Highway has now reopened in both directions east of Hope, says DriveBC. UPDATE 12:50 p.m. The wind was so strong in parts of the BC Interior overnight that it knocked over several semis on the Coquihalla Highway. Environment Canada said a “sharp a...

An organization representing about 1,200 appraisers in British Columbia says some of its members are adding clauses to their reports noting that current, past, and potential future land claims have not been considered in their valuations. Allan Beatty, president of the B.C. branch of the Appraisa...

After getting one private member’s bill past first reading, an Okanagan MLA has returned to familiar territory, with her latest proposal failing to advance in the legislature and drawing a swift rebuke in the process. Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong on Thursday tabled pro...

Conservative defence critic James Bezan says it's "really shameful" the federal government did not tell the public that the airbase in Kuwait where the Canadian Armed Forces have a camp, was hit by an Iranian missile attack on March 1. The newspaper La Presse reported today that the...

Some Edmonton landowners are taking a stand by erecting a blockade against what they call a delinquent oil and gas company. The group says MAGA Energy hasn't paid its lease for three years and says as a result MAGA employees are no longer allowed on their land. Landowners Mark Dorin and Da...

The Penticton Area Overdose Prevention Society and the Penticton Access Centre have teamed up to provide a new service and safe space for those in need. On Thursday, the two organizations announced the launch of their Mobile Integrated Service Centre. "This project has been operating with...