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Year in review: A look at news events in July 2020
A look at news events in July 2020: 01 - Canada, the U.S. and Mexico officially enacted the new North American free-trade deal, after months of gruelling negotiations and several setbacks. 01 - The CO...
Dec 31, 2020
Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies
Dick Thornburgh, who as Pennsylvania governor won plaudits for his cool handling of the 1979 Three Mile Island crisis and as U.S. attorney general restored credibility to a Justice Department hurt by ...
Dec 31, 2020
Year in review: A look at news events in March 2020
A look at news events in March 2020: 01 - Former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden scored a resounding victory in South Carolina's Democratic primary, riding a wave of African-American support to get some...
Dec 31, 2020
COVID-19 arrives in North Thompson, with 27 cases identified in Kamloops last week
KAMLOOPS - After managing to escape official infections for months, the first recorded cases of the COVID-19 virus have shown up in the North Thompson region. The case data was revealed as the BC Cent...
Dec 31, 2020
No charges for police in death of 'boogaloo' movement martyr
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland prosecutors have ruled out criminal charges against any police officers in the shooting death of a man whose family says he was sleeping in his bed next to his girlfriend ...
Dec 31, 2020
Industry, local mayors say they weren't consulted on B.C. fish farm phase out plan
Several Vancouver Island mayors and members of British Columbia's salmon farming industry say a federal government decision to phase out fish farming has left them feeling "disposable and discarded." ...
Dec 31, 2020
City crews repairing water main break in Dallas area
KAMLOOPS - Several homes in the Dallas area are without water this morning (Dec. 31) as City of Kamloops crews work to repair a water main break. Utility Services Manager Greg Wightman says the break ...
Dec 31, 2020
Glenda Jackson returns to screen with 'Elizabeth Is Missing'
NEW YORK - Only one project lured two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson back to the screen after an absence of 25 years: "Elizabeth Is Missing." The film is a mystery but so much more - a power...
Dec 31, 2020
One Good Thing: Special Olympian spreads message of love
Gary Schottle arrived in time to see the other kids in line hitting and jumping on his young son. Nicknamed "Tank," Derek towered over the pestering kids, yet lacked the confidence to stick up for him...
Dec 31, 2020
Jobless claims down 19,000, still 4 times pre-pandemic level
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits last week fell by 19,000 to 787,000, still a historically high level as a resurgent coronavirus maintains its grip on the U.S. econom...
Dec 31, 2020
