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Western Hockey League delays start of season
KAMLOOPS --- The Western Hockey League announced today it will delay the start of the 2020-21 WHL Regular Season, and following further consultation with regional health authorities, the Board of Gove...
Dec 15, 2020
It's Miller time as Canada defender leaves Orlando City for Austin FC, then Montreal
Austin FC took Canadian defender Kamal Miller in Tuesday's MLS expansion draft, then promptly flipped him to Montreal in a trade. The Impact gave up US$225,000 in 2021 general allocation money and a f...
Dec 15, 2020
Quebec orders all non-essential businesses closed from Dec. 25 until at least Jan. 11
MONTREAL - Quebec is shutting down most businesses and all primary and secondary schools until at least Jan. 11, as authorities try to get a handle on a second wave of COVID-19 that is forcing hospita...
Dec 15, 2020
Government Senate rep concedes MAID bill may not be constitutional
OTTAWA - The government's representative in the Senate concedes it's possible that a bill to expand access to assisted dying may be struck down as unconstitutional by the courts. Sen. Marc Gold says i...
Dec 15, 2020
B.C. to increase enforcement of COVID-19 rules
VICTORIA - The B.C. government will increase its efforts to levy and collect fines for those who violate orders aimed at curbing COVID-19.Premier John Horgan told reporters on Tuesday that the provinc...
Dec 15, 2020
Lose a wedding ring? It may be at the Kamloops RCMP detachment
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops would like to reunite a lost wedding ring with its owner.In a news release, the local detachment says the ladies wedding ring was turned in to the local detachment Monday e...
Dec 15, 2020
Stricter enforcement coming to COVID-19 rule breakers, B.C. premier says
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan warns tighter enforcement is coming to those who refuse to follow British Columbia's COVID-19 restrictions. Horgan says B.C. has shown itself to be more successful in ma...
Dec 15, 2020
Health worker is the first person in B.C. to receive COVID-19 vaccine
VANCOUVER - Tuesday is a big day in B.C., as the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was administered to a health worker.About 4,000 of the 30,000 doses that Canada has received are being transferred to two...
Dec 15, 2020
Canadian Jeff (The Silencer) Smith advances at William Hill World Darts Championship
LONDON - Canadian Jeff (The Silencer) Smith held on to down Irish teenager Keane Barry 3-1 Tuesday in the first round of the William Hill World Darts Championship.The win assures the 45-year-old from ...
Dec 15, 2020
Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre gets piece of $10 million provincial grant
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre (KSACC) is one of 23 organizations in B.C. to benefit from a three-year, $10 million provincial grant program.The successful recipients were a...
Dec 15, 2020
