A 20-year-old hiker reported missing in #BC's backwoods more than 5 weeks ago has been found alive. Sam Benastick failed to return to #Kamloops in mid-October from what was supposed to be a 10-day camping trip. More details coming Wednesday. https://t.co/5uWNgTbD0r

Due to substantial damage to park roads and trails caused by the atmospheric river event of October 19, 2024, the #GoldenEars Park road will remain closed until further notice.

Wildfires are now a regular part of life in Canada — but it's rare for journalists to get access to the frontlines https://t.co/R7YyOX2Vdw

Today @Dave_Eby was answering one of my questions when a wasp flew into his shirt during a #bcpoli campaign stop in Chilliwack @CanadianPress photog, Darryl Dyck, snapped this unbelievable shot the moment before it struck🤯

This was such a fun piece to work on! Your favourite colour-changing yarn is also a responsible, successful business ✨

Whitewater venues are super expensive to build, so it makes sense to use an already-existing, world-class artificial course to host the sport for the Olympics. It's just super far away... like in a different time zone far away.

So canoe slalom and softball won't actually be held in LA... those sports will be hosted 2,100 km away in Oklahoma City. I get using existing facilities, but this is quite a distance away for an LA-hosted Games.

Appreciate this piece from Rhiannon. I was another one of those 'southern reporters' who came up to work at the Star. It was my first real journalism job and I was the sports editor, in charge of coverage for the whole territory. A wild ride & I'm grateful for the experience.

Kim Coltman is the executive director for Fashion Speaks International. She's organizing a fashion festival to mark Red Dress Day, which helps raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. 📸 for @CanadianPress

Do you know how hard it is to get your work placed in a national park gift shop? I didn't until I talked to Kelsey Voss, she's a Port Moody artist whose artwork will be seen by millions of park goers this summer.

The Trans Mountain expansion is about to start running. Could an Indigenous Rights case impact operations? A TMX decision “undermines Secwépemc law,” according to the nation, which is boosting title claim efforts to protect sacred spaces. via @ayeshajenna

Some new work from me featuring a Kamloops non-profit helping locals launch their culinary dreams

Not the news I expected to see from the Whitehorse Star today... My first non-intern newspaper gig was here. I had the best time being the sports editor and got to cover some special events. As always, it's disappointing (and gutting) to see another newspaper go.

For @TheWrenNews I wrote about Jess Santos. They're a creative artist who has created an oasis for the wacky and weird on Kamloops' North Shore. Santos is the mind behind Misfit Night Market and Haus of Misfit.

Set of photos from today's announcement at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, where Health Minister Adrian Dix said the business plan for the proposed cancer centre has been approved and the project is moving to the next step. 📸 for @CanadianPress

🚨 Attention student and early-career photojournalists!

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Finally, for @TheWrenNews, I wrote and photographed a story about the decommissioning of Kamloops' Noble Creek Irrigation System and how that is affecting the farmers who rely on it for water.

Next was a piece from earlier in the year that made its way online this week: For @paddlingmag I wrote about how Class V paddling events are navigating the challenges they face.