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Bigger things were expected for the Toronto Blue Jays, who are mired in last place
The Toronto Blue Jays started the 2024 regular season aiming for bigger things after crashing out in the wild-card series last fall. The campaign has not gone as planned so far. At 16-19 entering Tues...
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Kamloops council's Committee of the Whole formally asks Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to resign
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council's Committee of the Whole has voted to ask Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to resign.The vote came shortly after the provincially-appointed municipal adviser to Kamloops council de...
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Illicit drug deaths reach 192 in March in B.C., down from last year
VICTORIA - Another 192 people were killed in British Columbia by illicit drugs in March, 11 per cent down from the same month last year. The BC Coroners Service says the relentless toll makes illicit ...
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Ottawa approves British Columbia's request to scale back drug decriminalization pilot
OTTAWA - Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks says the federal government has granted British Columbia's request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot program. Saks says the chan...
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Ottawa approves British Columbia's request to scale back drug decriminalization pilot
OTTAWA - Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks says the federal government has granted British Columbia's request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot program. Saks says the chan...
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CFL suspends Argos quarterback Kelly for minimum of nine games
TORONTO - The CFL has suspended Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly for at least nine regular-season games following its investigation into a lawsuit filed by a former strength-and-conditioning c...
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Liberal government not immune from auto thefts: 48 vehicles stolen in recent years
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are trying to crack down on a scourge of auto thefts across the country. Recently released data show the federal government, too, is struggling to keep its own vehicles a...
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Kamloops loses eight more lives due to illicit drugs in March
KAMLOOPS - The toxic drug crisis claimed eight more lives in Kamloops in the month of March. New figures released Tuesday (May 7) by the BC Coroners Service show 28 deaths due to illicit drugs in Kaml...
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No injuries in Tuesday morning house fire in Brocklehurst: Kamloops Fire Rescue
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) responded to a fire in a Brocklehurst cul-de-sac Tuesday (May 7) morning. In a post to social media, KFR says crews were en route to 989 Lincoln Court for a struc...
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Fernandez makes early exit at Italian Open with 6-4, 6-1 loss to Bogdan
ROME - Canada's Leylah Fernandez made an early exit from the Italian Open on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-1 first-round loss to Romanian veteran Ana Bogdan. The 21-year-old from Laval, Que., struggled with h...
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COLLINS: Governments need a change of plans to deal with the drug crisis
May 05, 2024
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May 04, 2024
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PETERS: Lack of data doomed Eby government's decriminalization project
May 03, 2024
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SOUND OFF: David Eby must scrap his failed decriminalization experiment
May 02, 2024