Kamloops Now

1 day ago | kamloopsbcnow.com | Steve MacNaull

It's called a water cannon salute. And it's a tradition in the aviation industry to give such a wet greeting to a plane or an airline taking off or landing for the first time at a particular airport. Wednesday morning it will be Porter Airlines' turn when it lands for the first time at Kelowna International Airport. The salute features the airport's fire trucks shooting arcs of water over the plane after it lands and approaches the terminal.

1 day ago | kamloopsbcnow.com | Steve MacNaull

Personally, new Kelowna Liberal MP Stephen Fuhr believes the Online News Act (Bill C-18) probably needs to be scrapped. And with Fuhr's appointment today to Prime Minister Mark Carney's federal cabinet as secretary of state for defence procurement, Fuhr potentially has the ear of the prime minister to start the ball rolling on having Bill C-18 repealed. KelownaNow spoke with Fuhr shortly after being named a junior minister to offer congratulations and revisit the Bill C-18 crisis.

2 days ago | kamloopsbcnow.com | Megan Trudeau

The number of US nurses who can work in BC has increased quickly after the registration process was streamlined in early April. Today, Premier David Eby spoke at a press conference on the progress made in the new initiative, which has transformed the process from an average of four months to a few days. Since launching the new, streamlined process, applications from US-trained nurses have increased by 127%, according to the Province.

2 days ago | kamloopsbcnow.com | Corvin Vaski

After being held to one goal in the WHL championship series opening game, the Spokane Chiefs pounced on the Medicine Hat Tigers in game two on Sunday. Spokane scored four goals in the first period, building enough of a cushion on the scoreboard to hold off the Tigers and even the series at a game apiece. With the fans still making their way to their seats, Medicine Hat found the back of the net in the opening minute to send the home crowd into a frenzy.

2 days ago | kamloopsbcnow.com | Megan Trudeau

Police have caught up to a violent offender who fled from a halfway house in 2023, and has been living under a false name ever since. The 30-year-old was serving a 10-year, five-month jail sentence for multiple crimes, including second-degree murder in Winnipeg, when he obtained statutory release in March 2023 and was ordered to live at a halfway house in New Westminster. At the time of his release, he was also serving a four-year sentence for aggravated assaults on two corrections officers.