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Coroner identifies second victim in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean landslide
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner's office is confirming the identity of the woman killed in a landslide in the province's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region last weekend. Pascale Racine, 44, was one of two peop...
Jul 07, 2023

Family of Jared Lowndes sue RCMP over 2021 shooting death in Campbell River
VANCOUVER - Family members of a man shot and killed by the RCMP have filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court, the day before the two-year anniversary of his death. Relatives of Jared Lowndes say in a no...
Jul 07, 2023

Family of Jared Lowndes sue RCMP over 2021 shooting death in Campbell River
VANCOUVER - Family members of a man shot and killed by the RCMP have filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court, the day before the two-year anniversary of his death. Relatives of Jared Lowndes say in a no...
Jul 07, 2023

Community-led crisis team for mental health and substance use issues coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops will soon receive a new community-led crisis response team for residents experiencing a mental-health or substance-use crisis.In a news release issued Friday (July 7) morning, the ...
Jul 07, 2023

Dutch media report that the Dutch government has failed to agree on a new migration package
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Tense talks between the four parties that make up Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's ruling coalition failed to broker a deal over ways to rein in migration, Dutch media r...
Jul 07, 2023

B.C. mass-stabbing killer apologizes to victims, cites 'enormous' drug use
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The man who committed a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., two years ago, has apologized to each of his victims by name at his sentencing hearing. Yann...
Jul 07, 2023

B.C. mass-stabbing killer apologizes to victims, cites 'enormous' drug use
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The man who committed a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., two years ago, has apologized to each of his victims by name at his sentencing hearing. Yann...
Jul 07, 2023

The US will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration will provide thousands of cluster munitions to Ukraine and take steps to address concerns by NATO allies on the dangers the controversial weapon poses to civ...
Jul 07, 2023

Veteran Ottawa quarterback Masoli to make '23 season debut versus Ticats
HAMILTON - They're opponents now, but Simoni Lawrence still has a soft spot in his heart for Jeremiah Masoli. Masoli will make his season debut when Ottawa (1-2) visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (0-3) o...
Jul 07, 2023

PETERS: Filtering the noise from the more significant problems at Kamloops city hall
WITH KAMLOOPS COUNCIL SLOWING DOWN a little bit for the summer months, now seems like a good time to look back and take stock.The summer slowdown is not as dramatic as it used to be, mind you, with tw...
Jul 07, 2023

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