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Local support programs highlighted during Alzheimer's Awareness Month
KAMLOOPS - January is Alzheimer's Awareness Month across Canada and the local area's support group and resource centre wants to make sure people know what kind of help is available. The Central Interi...
Jan 07, 2025
Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants that would spare ...
Jan 07, 2025
Kamloops Search and Rescue looking into fundraising to make a new hall a reality
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) has been packed into its current location along Mission Flats Road while the organization hunts for a new permanent and more spacious location to run its o...
Jan 07, 2025
Kamloops caps off 2024 with home sales up in Rayleigh, Pineview Valley
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops real estate market had a quiet start, and a busy finish to 2024, with a boost in inventory compared to recent years, while benchmark prices for townhomes, condos and single-fam...
Jan 07, 2025
Migrant worker group tells of complaints about Okanagan winery in foreign worker ban
A British Columbia organization that helps migrant workers says it's been repeatedly contacted by employees of a winery in the Okanagan Valley that has been permanently banned from hiring temporary fo...
Jan 07, 2025
Virginia Democrats retain their control of the Statehouse in special elections
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Democrats preserved their Statehouse majority on Tuesday after voters in the northern and central part of the state backed two Democrats to fill a vacancy in the state Se...
Jan 07, 2025
Blazers acquire F Courtney from Everett for pick
KAMLOOPS - The Blazers have added a veteran forward ahead of the Western Hockey League (WHL) trade deadline.In a news release issued Tuesday (Jan. 7), the team says it has acquired 20-year-old forward...
Jan 07, 2025
Big crowds on PWHL tour 'a privilege' for Montreal Victoire star Poulin
VANCOUVER - Marie-Philip Poulin still gets a little emotional as she stands at centre ice in a packed arena, hearing O Canada. The hockey legend knows her eyes may get misty on Wednesday before her Mo...
Jan 07, 2025
Police incident ends in New Westminster, B.C., after court and college evacuated
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Police say an incident that triggered the evacuation of the court complex at New Westminster, B.C., and the nearby campus of Douglas College has ended. New Westminster Police s...
Jan 07, 2025
Special prosecutor appointed in case involving relative of B.C. provincial judge
VICTORIA - The BC Prosecution Service says it has appointed a special prosecutor in a case involving a person related to a provincial court judge. It says senior lawyer Chris Johnson was chosen in ord...
Jan 07, 2025
