Local Journalism Initiative

‘It’s based on need’: Affordable housing complex to be built in North Kamloops
A six-storey building featuring 44 units of affordable housing will be built on vacant lots…

Gangland manslaughter case in Kamloops resolved with guilty pleas
CONTENT ADVISORY Four men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and another accused was acquitted, in…

B.C. is creating confusion with COVID communications, say critics
British Columbia’s recent decision to manage the highly transmissible Omicron variant more like the common…

The test trap for long COVID patients in B.C.
Biking 20 kilometres to and from her classes at Langara every day was the norm…

Fairy Creek camps undergo winter wind down, but hunt still on for missing old-growth activists
The Fairy Creek old-growth blockade is heading into winter hibernation mode but the search remains…

Secwépemc Unity Camp trial faces more delays in Kamloops court
Delays continue to pile up for a criminal contempt trial involving protesters against the Trans…

Cree author’s poetry book meant to empower Indigenous kids
Shayla Raine was sitting at her desk, looking out the window at an eagle’s nest…

Meet the sqilxw women who are decolonizing the workplace
With babies on their hips and microphones at their lips, sqilxw women Elaine Alec and…

Fire at North Kamloops A&W considered suspicious
A suspicious fire caused minor damage to the outside of the A&W restaurant in North…

Bystander helps capture axe-wielding shoplifter in Kamloops
A good Samaritan from Coldstream helped disarm an axe-wielding shoplifter who tried to escape a…

Alaskan commercial fishery ‘plundering’ threatened B.C. salmon
Commercial fish harvesters in southeast Alaska are netting significant amounts of threatened B.C. salmon even…

West coast carbon capture project aims to sink emissions in ocean floor and turn them to stone
A team of scientists believes it has a "rock-solid" way to combat the climate crisis…

Summer groundbreaking set for Lii Michif project in Kamloops
Kamloops’s Lii Michif Otipemisiwak (LMO) hopes to break ground next summer on a new home…

Kamloops’s Stone Soup volunteers making a difference on the street
A small group of volunteers is making a big difference in the lives of Kamloops’s…

West Coast cleanup in B.C. pulls 50 tonnes of marine debris off island shores
A West Coast cleanup project wrapped up operations in time for Christmas after removing 50…