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Kamloops RCMP cruiser involved in downtown crash

KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops RCMP cruiser was involved in a crash downtown this afternoon. The crash took place at about 3:30 p.m., at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Seymour Street. Kamloops RCMP Corporal Cheryl Bush told CFJC Today, "What I can tell you at this point in time is that the officer, as well some of the people in the [other] vehicle are being treated for non-life threatening injuries...

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Orange Shirt Day acknowledges Canada's shameful past

KAMLOOPS — The treatment of Canada’s indigenous peoples is a stain on the history of this country, which lasted over a century and a half. At the center of the systemic racism, were the Indian Residential Schools. Over 150,000 indigenous children were taken from their families, stripped of their language, culture, and identity, and often abused by the those running these institutions. September...

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Prairie farmers expected to benefit from global warming by growing corn, soy

BANFF, Alta. — Farmers on the Canadian Prairies are "literally" the only agricultural winners on the planet as a result of global warming, according to an economist studying global food supply. Lutz Goedde, a partner with McKinsey and Co. in Denver, told the Global Business Forum in Banff on Friday that rising temperatures and longer growing seasons mean that...

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Peres, remembered for tireless peace efforts, laid to rest

JERUSALEM — Shimon Peres was laid to rest Friday by dozens of world leaders who praised Israel's former president and prime minister for pursuing peace with an indefatigable spirit and optimism, even though his vision of a "new Middle East" was never fulfilled. At a high-powered funeral befitting the globe-trotting Peres, speakers including President Barack Obama recalled a seven-decade political...

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