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Jets forward Scheifele suspended four games for hit on Canadiens forward Jake Evans
Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele has been suspended four games for his crushing hit on Jake Evans of the Montreal Canadiens in their playoff series opener Wednesday night. The NHL's Department of P...
Jun 03, 2021
Author of Five Little Indians hoping her book encourages better understanding of residential schools
KAMLOOPS - "Clara cried and cried for Lily, for herself, for her lost angel." Michelle Good also cries for Lily, one of the book's characters who dies of tuberculosis at a residential school in Missio...
Jun 03, 2021
Forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women ongoing, Senate report reveals
OTTAWA - She was screaming that she "didn't want this," but it happened anyway. A Cree woman had just given birth to her sixth child in Saskatoon, when she was presented with a consent form for her st...
Jun 03, 2021
Energy regulator orders Trans Mountain to stop tree clearing work on project
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Canada Energy Regulator has issued an order stopping tree cutting and grass mowing across the entire $12.6-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. A statement from Tran...
Jun 03, 2021
Energy regulator orders Trans Mountain to stop tree clearing work on project
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Canada Energy Regulator has issued an order stopping tree cutting and grass mowing across the entire $12.6-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. A statement from Tran...
Jun 03, 2021
Longtime Kamloops educator, coach, mentor and volunteer dies at age 78
KAMLOOPS --- An icon and leader in the Kamloops education and sports community has passed away.Jack Buckham died on Wednesday at his home on East Shuswap Road.Jack Buckham was a longtime educator, coa...
Jun 03, 2021
Second dose of Astrazeneca vaccine begins Monday, new cases remain low in Island Health
NANAIMO - The nearly 300,000 British Columbians who received the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine can soon receive their second dose. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Thursday, June 3 announced...
Jun 03, 2021
PHOTOS: Kamloops RCMP police dog Fargo celebrates his 8th birthday
KAMLOOPS - It's not always that the Kamloops RCMP detachment informs the public that one of their own is having a birthday - but this one is special.Police Service Dog Fargo turned eight Wednesday (Ju...
Jun 03, 2021
Senate unanimously passes bill creating national day for truth and reconciliation
OTTAWA - A bill creating a statutory holiday to commemorate the tragic legacy of residential schools in Canada has been passed unanimously by the Senate. Bill C-5 is expected to receive royal assent l...
Jun 03, 2021
Jewish groups decry mock 'eviction notice' sent to residents in Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Jewish advocacy groups are condemning a mock "eviction notice" dropped in mailboxes across Canada as part of a campaign to draw attention to the planned removal of Palestinians from a neighbo...
Jun 03, 2021
