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Blazers President and COO Don Moores dies at age 65
KAMLOOPS --- The Kamlooops Blazers have had some losses in their history, but nothing as sad and as devastating as this.Don Moores, the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Blazers has passed ...
Jun 30, 2021
'Homing pigeons that can't find their home' block I-95 exit
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An exit off Interstate 95 in Florida had to be closed for three hours after 100 homing pigeons fell off a truck and refused to move, posing a driving hazard to motorists, of...
Jun 30, 2021
Island Health sees only 1 new COVID-19 case
NANAIMO - The number of new COVID-19 cases discovered in Island Health slowed drastically.Only one new cases was confirmed by Island Health on Wednesday, June 30. It was in the southern Island area, w...
Jun 30, 2021
'This took many of us off guard': B.C. nearly triples sudden and unexpected deaths amid heatwave
VICTORIA - The province saw what the B.C. Coroners Service described as "an unprecedented number of deaths" between Friday (June 25) and Wednesday (June 30).At least 486 sudden and unexpected deaths h...
Jun 30, 2021
Ware, Abel, Fofana claim three-metre Olympic berths at Canadian diving trials
TORONTO - Pamela Ware and Jennifer Abel qualified for the women's three-metre competition at the Tokyo Olympics while Cdric Fofana qualified in the men's three-metre event Wednesday at the Canadian Ol...
Jun 30, 2021
UNC trustees OK Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted Wednesday to accept the tenure application of investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, following weeks...
Jun 30, 2021
Annamie Paul to face non-confidence vote by party brass in less than three weeks
OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul is facing a non-confidence vote from party executives next month as internal strife continues to roil the party ahead of a possible election this year. Liana Cusmano...
Jun 30, 2021
Athletes back IOC's decision to permit breastfeeding moms at Tokyo Games
American track star Nia Ali says she knows what it's like to balance being a breastfeeding mom and an elite athlete. Ali, partner of Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse, posted a photo of herself nursin...
Jun 30, 2021
Revised vote count shows Adams ahead in NYC mayoral primary
NEW YORK (AP) - Revised vote counts in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary show Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams maintaining a thin lead, a day after a first attempt to report results went...
Jun 30, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Royal Inland Hospital; seven patients infected on surgical ward
KAMLOOPS - Despite the province moving to Phase 3 of its Restart Plan Thursday (July 1), the virus is not finished with us yet.Interior Health has announced a COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospita...
Jun 30, 2021
