Local Journalism Initiative

Study identifies Indigenous communities that are hotspots for flooding risk
A recent study has identified Indigenous communities that are “hot spots” for flood risk in…

Two years after B.C. passed its landmark Indigenous Rights act, has anything changed?
Two years after B.C. legislated the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples…

‘Crowtographer’ in B.C. develops flocks of followers by focusing on curious corvids
Crows are my jam. So reads the first line of Colleen Wilson’s Instagram account. The…

More than $100,000 raised for A Way Home Kamloops
A Way Home Kamloops has raised $101,000 and counting from its fifth annual Campout To…

Former Kamloops golf pro who bilked employer to pay gambling debt back behind bars
A Kamloops golf pro who bilked his employer out of more than $40,000 to fund…

Repeat Kamloops sexual offender sentenced to 3.5 years in prison
A Kamloops man previously convicted for sexually assaulting his five-year-old stepdaughter will spend more time…

Land defenders arrested at Wet’suwet’en blockade allege mistreatment by RCMP
Three land defenders claim they were subjected to dehumanizing treatment at the hands of RCMP…

New substance-use treatment beds now fully operational in B.C.
The provincial government is touting the completion of 105 new publicly funded substance-use treatment and…

One life sentence deserves another: Jessie Simpson’s mom on attacker’s release to halfway house
The mother of a Kamloops man who was severely beaten with a baseball bat in…

Elders for old growth arrested as Fairy Creek blockade readies for winter
A caravan of seniors wound its way along pitch-black logging roads early Thursday to be…

Tumbler Ridge home to 112-million-year-old crocodile traces
Ancient crocodile swim traces found in Tumbler Ridge half a decade ago continue to contribute…

First Nations’ trip to Rome to meet Pope Francis postponed
A delegation of First Nations representatives set to visit the Vatican this month has postponed…

A Way Home Kamloops turning ideas into action for youth in need
A Way Home Kamloops (AWHK) has received high praise for recommendations it brought forth from…

Man whose body was found in North Thompson River died of accidental drowning
The death of a man whose body was found in the North Thompson River, near…

B.C.’s old growth still falling with delay of provincial logging deferrals
Old-growth forests the B.C. government has identified for logging deferrals are still at risk of…