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SD73 moving rural Grade 7s to secondary schools in Chase and Barriere

KAMLOOPS — A big change is coming this fall for some students in Barriere and Chase. On Monday night, the School District 73 Board of Education approved moving Grade 7s in Chase and Barriere to secondary schools starting in September 2018. The Board made the decsion to proceed with the change in Barriere and Chase but not in Clearwater, where the district says "many people were opposed."  The...

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Accused in van attack a former 'below-average' CAF recruit, but no red flag: source

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — The man accused in a van attack that left 10 people dead in Toronto had spent two months with the Canadian Armed Forces last year, and was considered a below-average recruit who wasn't adjusting well to military life, a defence source said Tuesday. Alek Minassian was a member of the forces from Aug. 23, 2017, until Oct. 25, 2017, a spokeswoman with the Department of National...

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Cache Creek mayor on flood risk: 'We've done everything we can to prepare'

CACHE CREEK — The Village of Cache Creek has worked hard to prepare for the threat of possible flooding this spring. Mayor John Ranta says it started in January with a warning the village put out in its utility notice warning people to be prepared and has continued with a pair of sandbagging events this month. He says the first took place "a week or so ago," when more than 50 residents filled...

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Chimera Theatre bringing Hydra Fest to Kamloops in May

KAMLOOPS — A one-man show about a mine collapse, a post-apocalyptic stripsical, and a magic show for grown-ups; what do these three shows have in common? They make up 1/4th of the shows which will be on display at the inaugural Chimera Theatre Hydra Performing Arts Festival next month at the Actors Workshop Theatre at TRU. “It All Started With a Dick Pic” is a post-apocalyptic stripsical (what...

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