April 2026

Williams Lake council opposes potential TRU campus closure

Williams Lake mayor and council are strongly opposed to any closure of Williams Lake’s Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Campus, no matter its financial condition. Council ratified a poll of council conducted late last month at a Tuesday, April 14 regular meeting that identified council is fully against the closure of the Williams Lake TRU campus, […]

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VIDEO: On being a blacksmith at Fort Langley historic site

Michel Saint-Amour began his day at the historic Fort Langley site with a messy, but necessary cleaning of the blacksmith shop that dusted his face with soot. “We’re getting the ash out of the coke and then we’ll start the fire.” Saint-Amour explained. A resident of Mission, the 72-year-old Saint-Amour has been demonstrating the art

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Fundraiser started for Salmon Arm woman whose death ended dream of new life

Following the sudden death of Yassmine A. Yayli, a new mother who recently immigrated from Morocco to Salmon Arm, a GoFundMe has been started to support her young family. In a social media post sharing the fundraiser, the Shuswap Immigrant Services Society (SISS) said Yassmine, 32, and her husband Hasan arrived her two years ago

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LETTER: Time coming to remind council, staff to whom they’re accountable

Dear Editor, I really liked Marie Robson’s letter to the editor: Politician’s need to be held accountable, April 3, The News. How important is this? Politician’s get elected every four years, and it seems that within this short time frame they tend to get a wee bit cocky in their attitudes. Yes, we the voter’s

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Semi-truck fire, toxic materials close Coquihalla Highway northbound

A semi-truck fire has the Coquihalla Highway closed northbound on Tuesday morning, April 21. The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. on Monday night south of exit 276, Comstock Road, on the stretch between Hope and Merritt. As of 7:40 a.m., the northbound lanes remain closed due to toxic materials on the highway. Crews are on

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