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Attack near Semafo mine in Burkina Faso results in the death of at least 37
MONTREAL - An attack on employees of Quebec gold producer Semafo Inc. in Burkina Faso has left 37 people dead and 60 injured. The attack occurred about 40 kilometres from the Boungou mine - ...
Nov 06, 2019
CFJC Midday - Cats and Crafts! Kamloops SPCA offers free workshop to help stray cats in the community
Hayley Bennett discusses an upcoming workshop, and Provincial Adoption Day.
Nov 06, 2019
Crews expected to work on Big Bar landslide site through the winter
LILLOOET, B.C. - The federal government is hoping crews can work quickly during the winter to repair the area of the Fraser River that's been impacted by the Big Bar landslide.In a news release, Fishe...
Nov 06, 2019 Image Credit: B.C. Government
Lawyer for hotel owners says Vancouver risks litigation with $1 expropriation
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the owners of two dilapidated hotels in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside says the city is exposing itself to considerable litigation risk by seeking to expropriate the prope...
Nov 06, 2019
Lawyer for hotel owners says Vancouver risks litigation with $1 expropriation
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the owners of two dilapidated hotels in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside says the city is exposing itself to considerable litigation risk by seeking to expropriate the prope...
Nov 06, 2019
'Fifty Shades' publisher Anne Messitte is leaving company
NEW YORK - The publisher who helped make E L James' "Fifty Shades of Grey" a phenomenon is being forced out amid a company restructuring. Anne Messitte, longtime head of the Vintage and Anchor paperba...
Nov 06, 2019
Kamloops restaurants creating unique cocktails to support cancer fundraiser
KAMLOOPS - Give Cancer The Finger is putting a new, tasty twist on its latest fundraiser. The foundation's co-founders have teamed up with local restaurants to raise money in a unique way, asking each...
Nov 06, 2019 Nine restaurants in Kamloops are creating their own cocktails to support the Give Cancer The Finger for the month of November (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Manitoba premier to talk pipelines, flood protection and more with prime minister
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he hopes to discuss pipelines, flood protection and other issues during a one-hour meeting Friday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Pallister sa...
Nov 06, 2019
'I need answers:' Slain caseworker's sister in court as mental exam ordered
CALGARY - The sister of a caseworker who was stabbed to death while on the job at an assisted-living home says she doesn't want any other family to suffer the same way. Nancy Euwangue travel...
Nov 06, 2019
River otter likely snuck through open gates to get to Vancouver koi pond
VANCOUVER - The koi pond at Vancouver's Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden has been drained and the remaining carp removed after a hungry river otter returned for a second annual fall hunting tr...
Nov 06, 2019
