Local Journalism Initiative

Feds speed up payments to low-income seniors suffering clawbacks
Low-income seniors desperate for compensation after suffering clawbacks to their Guaranteed Income Supplement by Ottawa…

OKIB welcomes some members home after wildfires swept through community
Trigger Warning: This article contains content about loss from wildfires that may be triggering. Kelsie…

B.C. shellfish growers experiencing watershed moment
Quadra Island oyster farmer Steve Pocock believes B.C.’s shellfish sector is facing a watershed moment. …

Connectivity gap closing for B.C.’s isolated coastal communities
It’s a landmark moment for an ambitious project to bring rapid internet to a swath…

Film soundstage facility could be economic boon to Kamloops region
A consultant has told the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board that construction of a soundstage complex…

Three months later, no sign of Kamloops’s Shannon White
More than three months since the disappearance of Kamloops resident Shannon White, police continue to…

How far will B.C. go to fix oil and gas royalties? ‘The devil will be in the details’
A majority of British Columbians agree the province’s oil and gas royalty framework is in…

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…

International science expedition sets out to investigate secrets of Pacific salmon
A multinational scientific expedition is set to launch to solve the mystery of what happens…

Coastal communities ‘fed up’ with B.C. shellfish sector’s plastics problem
Coastal communities are tired of paying to clean up plastic and debris from the B.C.…

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…