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Kamloops-Thompson Regional Heritage Fair gets students in touch with the past
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson Regional Heritage Fair took place over the past two days at the Henry Grube Centre. The event is much like a science fair, but instead of chemistry or biology, the stu...
May 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Denver is 1st US city to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms'
DENVER - Voters narrowly made Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms." Decriminalization led by a slim 51%, according to preliminary fi...
May 10, 2019
Tolko closures to result in 240 job losses in Quesnel, Kelowna
VERNON, B.C. - Tolko is making cuts that will affect hundreds of jobs in the B.C. Interior. The Vernon-based company is permanently closing its Quest Wood sawmill in Quesnel on August 2, resulting in ...
May 10, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Homeless encampment cleanup underway along Thompson Rivers
KAMLOOPS - After numerous complaints and spring flood potential on the way, a series of homeless encampments set up along Thompson River banks are starting to be cleared out. City of Kamloops Bylaw Se...
May 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dylana Milobar
Correction: School Safety-Florida story
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In a story May 8 about a school safety bill signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, The Associated Press reported that the bill takes effect immediately. While nearly all of the recom...
May 10, 2019
Kamloops businesses prepare for a busy Mother's Day
KAMLOOPS - It's one of the busiest days of the year for Kamloops Florist, as employees prepare dozens of orders for delivery before Mother's Day. "Mother's Day is one of our three biggest (holidays),"...
May 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
Fox Sports, Stars Group to offer sports betting in deal
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A major U.S. sports network is getting into the sports betting game. Fox Sports says it is buying just under 5% of The Stars Group, the parent company of PokerStars, for about $2...
May 10, 2019
The Latest: Auto association: Tariffs will hurt US exports
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the tariffs standoff between the United States and China (all times local): 4:45 p.m. The Association of Global Automakers warns that the Trump administration's decision to ...
May 10, 2019
Risky politics? Trump wields his tariffs as a weapon at home
NEW YORK - His trade war already raging worldwide, President Donald Trump on Friday brandished his aggressive actions as a political weapon at home, too, casting himself as a fighter for American work...
May 10, 2019
Utah event celebrates Transcontinental Railroad anniversary
PROMONTORY, Utah - Music, bells and cannon fire rang out Friday at a remote spot in the Utah desert where the final spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad were hammered 150 years ago, uniting a natio...
May 10, 2019
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