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Urgent sinkhole repair closes Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt
The Transportation Ministry said the sinkhole appears to be the result of pipeline boring in the area, and that there is no timeline for repairs or reopening.
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Tŝilhqot'in Nation signs agreement with Taseko, province to end mine dispute
The Tŝilhqot'in National Government says it has signed an agreement with the B.C. government and a Vancouver-based mining company that requires the nation's consent for any mining in the area.
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CBC Investigates
Government accountability watchdog calls for end to free concert tickets for city councillors
A democracy watchdog is questioning the practice of municipal governments receiving free tickets to events hosted at public venues, following a CBC News investigation.
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B.C. sends extra police to Williams Lake in wake of council's state of emergency proposal
City councillors voted to stand down on a call to declare a state of local emergency to respond to increased crime in the community. The provincial government has promised to send more police to support the city's efforts.
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Bell Canada to launch 6 AI data centres in B.C.
The first two artificial intelligence data centres are set to be opened in Kamloops and Merritt, B.C., this year.
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Williams Lake, B.C., wants to enact state of emergency over public disorder
City council in Williams Lake, B.C., is looking to impose a state of local emergency over an increase in street disorder and violence — but the proposal has received pushback, and it's unclear if the B.C. government would fully support it.
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The surprisingly low-tech way a B.C. ski resort is saving its snow
The Sun Peaks ski resort near Kamloops is adopting European "snow blankets" to preserve its winter season during warmer summer months amid climate change.
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Kamloops, B.C., exploring city-owned and operated medical clinic
The City of Kamloops is exploring the possibility of a city-owned and operated clinic, similar to the one launched in Colwood earlier this year, in a bid to bring more doctors to the B.C. Interior community.
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Canadians recall blast, fine ash from 1980 volcanic eruption at Mount St. Helens
It's been 45 years since the Mount St. Helens eruption in Washington state. British Columbians who were young adults at the time remember how the sky changed as the volcanic ash arrived.
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Audio
Listen to this award-winning B.C. livestock auctioneer
Russell Allison of Pritchard, B.C., a small ranching community in the province's Interior, was named Rookie of the Year at the 2025 Canadian Livestock Auctioneering Championships last week.
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B.C. sending almost 100 firefighters to Ontario, after 42 deployed to Manitoba
British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province is sending almost 100 wildland firefighters to Ontario, where fires near the Manitoba border have been threatening several communities.
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B.C. man gets hunting ban, $13k penalty after illegally killing bighorn ram
A British Columbia man has been banned from hunting sheep in the province for three years after he illegally killed a bighorn ram and lied to authorities about where the hunt took place.
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Landfill fire prompts health warning in Kamloops
Residents near Mission Flats advised to keep windows closed, stay indoors.
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Mount Polley mine agrees to limit tailings dam deposits while court challenge heard
The Mount Polley mine has agreed in a B.C. Supreme Court to limit the tailings it can deposit into its storage facility, while the Xatsull First Nation challenges an addition to the dam.
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Planned burn could have killed trapped firefighters, says B.C. safety report
Inspection reports by WorkSafeBC say a planned burn by the province's wildfire service in 2023 could have killed or injured multiple firefighters from Brazil who became "trapped by extreme fire behaviour" that cut off their escape.
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Lytton, B.C., seeing signs of life, nearly 4 years after wildfire
Nearly four years after a wildfire burned much of Lytton to the ground, the village is finally starting to show signs of being a community again, with some people moving home and a few businesses opening back up.
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Kamloops, B.C., man found dead in Paul Lake area: police
Police in the B.C. Interior are asking for public information as they investigate the death of a Kamloops, B.C., man whose body was found in the nearby Paul Lake area.
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Other parties need to organize if they want to change Conservative dominance in B.C. Interior: poli sci prof
The NDP lost two seats in the region and the Liberals gained one in an otherwise Conservative sweep.
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Tŝilhqot'in Nation at UN calls for government help battling toxic drug crisis
Tsilhqot'in National Government Vice-Chief Francis Laceese said the crisis is a "continuation" of threats Indigenous Peoples have faced in the form of residential schools and the smallpox epidemic that devastated Indigenous communities in B.C. in the early 1860s.
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Teen hiker dead after fall down 60-metre cliff north of Salmon Arm, B.C.
The teen's death comes just a few days after a 28-year-old hiker died after falling several hundred metres on Mount Seymour, north of Vancouver.
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B.C. village struggling to survive following economic impact of Jasper wildfire
It's a 120-kilometre drive between Valemount, B.C., and Jasper, Alta. — but business owners in the B.C. village say the ripple effects of the wildfire that devastated the Alberta town last summer have many of them struggling to stay open.
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CBC B.C. launches paid summer internships for young, aspiring Indigenous storytellers
CBC will hire a researcher, who will work out of either Victoria, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Kamloops or Kelowna for seven weeks.
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Missing $700K at heart of case against former B.C. lawyer accused of 1st-degree murder
Rogelio Bagabuyo is charged with first-degree murder in the March 2022 death of Mohd Abdullah, a Thompson Rivers University science professor.
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Nearly 60 pieces of evidence entered at trial of former B.C. lawyer accused of murdering his client
Rogelio Bagabuyo is charged with first degree murder in the March 2022 death of Mohd Abdullah, a Thompson Rivers University science professor.
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First Nation challenges B.C.'s approval to raise Mount Polley mine tailings dam
A British Columbia First Nation has filed a legal challenge over the plan to allow the Mount Polley mine to raise its tailings dam a decade after a similar storage site at the mine gave way, creating one of the province's largest environmental disasters.
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