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Repeat Nanaimo fentanyl trafficker serving back-to-back jail sentences
NANAIMO - A drug trafficker caught red-handed by Nanaimo RCMP was sentenced to an additional three and a half years in jail, less than three months after he was put away for separate local drug offenc...
Aug 05, 2021
Former Blazers forward Brodi Stuart turning pro
KAMLOOPS --- Former Blazer Brodi Stuart is turning pro. Stuart has signed to play this season with the Steel Wings in Linz, Austria in the Alps Pro Hockey League --- which also includes teams in Italy...
Aug 05, 2021
Barcelona says Messi will not stay with the club
MADRID (AP) - Lionel Messi's time at Barcelona appears to be over. Barcelona announced Thursday that Messi will not stay with the club, saying that the Spanish league's financial regulations made it i...
Aug 05, 2021
Montreal-area parents worry they have been duped by promoter of robot dinosaur show
MONTREAL - Anne-Marie Binette bought a $62 family pack of tickets last month for a robot dinosaur exhibition that was advertised for Montreal's south shore this fall. Jurassic Fest Montreal was sold b...
Aug 05, 2021
Kamloops real estate sales slow but prices stable
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops and District Real Estate Association (KADREA) is reporting a drop in residential sales for the second consecutive month.290 homes were sold over the month of July. That's a 12....
Aug 05, 2021
Texas governor orders new try at passing GOP voting laws
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov. Greg Greg Abbott ordered a third attempt at passing a GOP voting bill on Thursday, calling another special legislative session to begin this weekend as Democrats who le...
Aug 05, 2021
Canadian golf legend Jocelyne Bourassa dead at 74
What Alena Sharp will remember most about Canadian golf legend Jocelyne Bourassa is how she was always there for younger players. Sharp spoke about Bourassa's impact on her career and on Canadian golf...
Aug 05, 2021
New evacuations ordered as B.C. wildfire flares, but rain possible this weekend
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says more than 100 new fires have broken out this week in British Columbia as lightning storms and a return to hot weather helped push the number of active fires to...
Aug 05, 2021
SOUND OFF: Small businesses survive pandemic, only to face wildfire woes
This summer isn't shaping up the way we expected. As more and more people got their COVID-19 vaccines and health restrictions started to ease, I know a lot of us - myself included - were looking forwa...
Aug 05, 2021
Schumer: Longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has died
WASHINGTON (AP) - Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO labor union, has died, according to Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Schumer, an ally of the union boss, announc...
Aug 05, 2021
