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Burning body discovered at northwest end of Tranquille
Kamloops Mounties are asking for public assistance in trying to figure out the circumstances which led to a grizzly discovery early this morning. A paramedic crew with BC Ambulance just happened to be...
Apr 07, 2025
BC industry group slams US Commerce for "flawed" process leading to massive hike in softwood duties
The organization which speaks and bargains on behalf of the BC lumber industry has confirmed that a 34.45% hit to Canadian lumber products is most likely on the way this summer. "The BC Lumber Trade C...
Apr 06, 2025 Loader lifting packed sheets of plywood at its operation in Fort St. John, which the company announced was saying goodbye to, along with a similar mill in Vanderhoof, last fall/via Canfor
Sun Peaks voters tap familiar face to fill in council gap
Voters in Sun Peaks have made their choice for the next year and a half. Brian Gillespie, the long-running manager of Bottom's Bar and Grill has been elected as the Mountain Resort Municipality's newe...
Apr 06, 2025 New Mountain Resort Municipality councillor-elect Brian Gillespie, who narrowly defeated fellow long-time resident
Dave Burnham by just seven votes on Saturday, Apr. 5th/via Sun Peaks Independent News
US softwood lumber duties to more than double in summer
Not a lot of precise detail in the latest financial hit from Washington, but sources tell Radio NL that a notification on Saturday afternoon from Premier David Eby's office is a confirmed calculation:...
Apr 05, 2025
Polls now open to officially mark Sun Peaks' leadership transition
At 8pm this evening, the transition in Sun Peaks from the era of Al Raine will officially come to an end. Voting is underway in the Mountain Resort Municipality in the local by-election to replace the...
Apr 05, 2025 Former Sun Peaks councillor Rob O'Toole, who is set to replace Al Raine as Mayor, as he is running unopposed in the by-election/via Facebook
Shuswap MLA rejects Premier's suggestion he's for Western Canada separatism
The MLA for the Shuswap isn't demanding apologies -- or doubling down - after being publicly called out by the Premier for supporting Western Canadian separatism. "About an hour, hour and a half later...
Apr 04, 2025 BC Conservative MLA for Salmon Arm-Shuswap, David Williams, at an event in Victoria/via Facebook
Thompson Rivers University hands out its annual sports awards
Nine different awards were handed out and the TRU Athletics Hall of Fame welcomed one new team inductee Thursday night at the WolfPack Annual Awards Night. Rida Erlalelitepe of women's volleyball and ...
Apr 04, 2025 TRU Volleyball sniper Sam Flowerday launching a serve during a Wolfpack match/via TRU Wolfpack
Hours-long Coquihalla shutdown due to pedestrian killed on highway
Northbound travel on the Coquihalla has been fully restored, after a disturbing incident where one person was killed. RCMP have confirmed a man walking on the northbound section of the Highway around ...
Apr 03, 2025
Stolen vehicle leads to arrest of Alberta & BC suspects in Kamloops
Kamloops Mounties have arrested suspects from BC and Alberta as a result of a flight from police investigation on Tuesday night. At around 11:30 on the night of April1st, Kamloops RCMP were notified t...
Apr 03, 2025 An RCMP cruiser. (Photo via Pixabay)
Premier snaps back after a Shuswap area Conservative MLA calls for "Republic of Western Canada"
In a now deleted March 30 Facebook post, BC Conservative MLA David Williams - who represents Salmon Arm-Shuswap - promoted a graphic which depicts western Canada, including the majority of British Col...
Apr 03, 2025
