Weekend heat wave breaks daily temperature records at 26 locations across B.C.
VANCOUVER - Daily high temperature records fell at 26 British Columbia locations on Sunday as a weekend heat wave sweeps across the province. Environment Canada says the highest temperature was reported in Lytton, where it reached 36.8 degrees, breakin...
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Coquihalla Watch
Vehicle incident snarls northbound traffic on Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - A vehicle incident has halted northbound traffic on the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt Monday (June 15) morning. DriveBC first reported of the incident in the northbound lanes on Highway 5 just south of Coldwater Road, nearly nine kilometres south of Merritt, at around 8:30 a.m. A photo pos...
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NorthPaws
NorthPaws win back-to-back series, take two of three from Sweets
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws have won back-to-back series. After completing a three-game sweep of the Port Angeles Lefties earlier in the week, the NorthPaws took two of three games from the Walla Walla Sweets of Washington State over the weekend. Kamloops got things going with a 9-5 win from Norbrock Stadium Frid...
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Impaired Drivers
Salmon Arm RCMP take five impaired drivers off the road in one night
SALMON ARM B.C. - Salmon Arm RCMP took five impaired drivers off the road in just over two hours on Saturday night (June 13).All five were issued immediate roadside prohibitions (IRP) between 9:36 p.m. and 11:50 p.m."Four of the IRP's were a result of proactive police stops to check for driver sobriety," said...
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Kamloops Stabbing
Kamloops RCMP seeking Sunday morning stabbing suspect
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating a stabbing that happened early Sunday morning (June 14) in the 300-block of Victoria Street.Police said one person was injured and transported to the hospital for medical treatment.Kamloops RCMP officials believe this was an isolated incident and there is no ongoing risk to pu...
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Highway 1 Crash
Four hospitalized after head-on collision with semi near Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM B.C. - Four people have been hospitalized following a head-on collision with a semi-truck on Saturday along Highway 1, east of Kangaroo Road near Salmon Arm.Salmon Arm RCMP said officers responded to the collision shortly after 7 a.m. and found a rental Toyota Corolla and a semi truck with a trailer in the e...
Jun 14, 2026
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Metro Vancouver outside workers begin full-scale strike with talks stalled
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver outside workers have escalated their job action to a full-scale strike after rotating pickets in the past few weeks. Union spokesman Bill Tieleman says all member workers of the Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees'...
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Weekend heat wave breaks daily temperature records at 26 locations across B.C.
VANCOUVER - Daily high temperature records fell at 26 British Columbia locations on Sunday as a weekend heat wave sweeps across the province. Environment Canada says the highest temperature was reported in Lytton, where it reached 36.8 degrees, breakin...
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Metro Vancouver is asked to meet and exceed water restrictions as temperatures soar
VICTORIA - New figures show residents in Greater Vancouver are meeting targets to keep water flowing, but regional officials are also urging them to keep saving water as temperatures rise. Metro Vancouver says in a statement that residents on Friday us...
Jun 13, 2026
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NorthPaws
NorthPaws win back-to-back series, take two of three from Sweets
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws have won back-to-back series. After completing a three-game sweep of the Port Angeles Lefties earlier in the week, the NorthPaws took two of three games from the Walla Walla Sweets of Washington State over the weekend. Kamloops got things going with a 9-5 win from Norbrock Stadium Frid...
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Hurricanes win
Stankoven first Stanley Cup winner from Kamloops since Recchi in 2011
LAS VEGAS - Logan Stankoven and the Carolina Hurricanes are Stanley Cup champions.The Hurricanes blanked the hometown Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 to win the best-of-seven Cup final series 4-2, with Stankoven recording one assist and finishing plus-2 in Game 6. Cup champion. Stankoven notched 11 goals (the most by a player...
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KBHL
Loewen behold: Former Kamloops Blazers' captain rekindling love for game on ball hockey floor
KAMLOOPS - Jermaine Loewen became a fan favourite during his tenure with the Kamloops Blazers in the WHL. As CFJC Today reports, he is rediscovering his love for the game in the Kamloops Ball Hockey League.
Jun 13, 2026
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Canada
World Cup match in Vancouver triggers transit ridership not seen since 2010 Games
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's first FIFA World Cup game pushed transit ridership levels to heights not seen since the 2010 Winter Games. Transit authority TransLink says in a statement that Saturday's match at BC Place between Australia and Turkey saw daily...
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Canada cracking down on asylum claims from St-Pierre and Miquelon ferry to Nfld.
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is cracking down on what it calls a "low volume" of asylum claims made by foreigners arriving in Newfoundland and Labrador from a nearby territory of France. Saint Pierre and Miquelon, an archipelago 19 kilometre...
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Federal officials cite decline in opioid-related deaths but warn progress is fragile
OTTAWA - The federal government says the toxic drug crisis continues to have devastating effects despite a drop in opioid-related deaths last year. Toxicity deaths declined by 23 per cent in 2025 due to several factors, including naloxone distribution ...
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World
Owners of Dominican club where 236 died in a collapse to stand trial
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - The sibling owners of the Santo Domingo nightclub where a roof collapse killed 236 people and injured more than 100 last year will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter, a judge ruled Monday. An...
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At least 31 dead after bus crashes in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Police in Ethiopia say at least 31 people are dead and dozens more injured after a bus crash in the conflict-hit northern Amhara region. The overcrowded bus was traveling from the Dessie area to the capital, A...
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Drone strikes kill over 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first 5 months of 2026, UN rights chief says
CAIRO (AP) - Drone strikes killed more than 1,000 civilians in war-torn Sudan in the first five months of 2026, a senior United Nations official said Monday as the unmanned aerial vehicles turn the conflict deadlier for civilians. U.N. Hi...
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