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Kamloops thrift store to stop selling children's items due to change in insurance
KAMLOOPS - Thrift store shoppers will soon see a noticeable absence of children's clothing and toys on the shelves. According to the owner of Second Chance Thrift Store, Bonnie McBride, the store has ...
Mar 13, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
No rite of spring for golf: Masters postponed due to virus
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Augusta National on Friday postponed the Masters, another massive hit to the spring sports calendar from the new coronavirus that already is responsible for the loss of March...
Mar 13, 2020
AP Exclusive: Inside massive DEA raid targeting drug cartel
CHANTILLY, Va. - In the darkness, the team suits up quietly, putting on their helmets and tactical gear. Federal agents lug battering rams, bolt cutters and heavy weaponry by foot up a hill on a resid...
Mar 13, 2020
PETERS: Dr. Bonnie Henry is putting on a clinic in leadership
DR. BONNIE HENRY DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS.Henry was appointed the successor to Dr. Perry Kendall as the provincial health officer on February 1, 2018.It was right into the storm of the opioid overdose cris...
Mar 13, 2020 Image Credit: Global News
Canadian marathoners left in limbo after COVID-19 cancels global races
TORONTO - Krista DuChene knew the bad news was coming. As one global sporting event after another has been wiped out in a rapid-fire COVID-19 string of dominoes, DuChene...
Mar 13, 2020
Canadian boxing team in holding pattern after Olympic trial event cancelled
Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold had been trying to tune out negative COVID-19 news and focus solely on training and her quest for a Tokyo Olympic berth. But the two-time Pan American Games champion woke u...
Mar 13, 2020
AP Exclusive: Visits to federal inmates halted over virus
WASHINGTON - Inmates at all 122 federal correctional facilities across the country will no longer be allowed visits from family, friends or attorneys for the next 30 days, in response to the threat of...
Mar 13, 2020
3 former track athletes suing NCAA, coach over alleged abuse
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Former Olympic high jumper Erin Aldrich planned to die with a secret she kept quiet for two-plus decades: an affair with a college coach she began falling in love with as a teenager...
Mar 13, 2020
3 former track athletes suing NCAA, coach over alleged abuse
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Former Olympic high jumper Erin Aldrich planned to die with a secret she kept quiet for two-plus decades: an affair with a college coach she began falling in love with as a teenager...
Mar 13, 2020
Balance of Power — B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix and Kamloops Councillor Sadie Hunter
This week on Balance of Power, Health Minister Adrian Dix talks all things COVID-19, including whether the situation is being blown out of proportion, and the impact of people hoarding supplies like t...
Mar 13, 2020
