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Heavy rains damage Edmonton's Rogers Place, hub city plans to continue
EDMONTON - The group that owns the Edmonton Oilers says damage to its arena from heavy rainfall won't affect plans to use Rogers Place as an NHL hub when the season re-opens. Oilers Entertainment Grou...
Jul 16, 2020
Oakland to pay $32.7M to settle deadly warehouse fire suits
OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland will pay $32.7 million to settle lawsuits filed over a 2016 fire at an illegally converted warehouse dubbed the Ghost Ship that killed 36 people, the city announced Thursday....
Jul 16, 2020
Kamloops swimmers excited to dive back into Canada West championships
KAMLOOPS - Jack Savage has been back in the pool for a couple weeks. But now, he has a meet to look forward to - the Canada West championships in January. "As long as there's still a meet, I'm pretty ...
Jul 16, 2020
Interior Health alarmed about rising illicit toxic drug deaths
KAMLOOPS - On Thursday (July 16), the BC Coroners Service released the most recent numbers on Illicit drug toxicity deaths in the province. The news was not good. Throughout B.C., 175 people died from...
Jul 16, 2020
Addiction Matters Kamloops introduces The Pledge to end the stigma surrounding drug use
KAMLOOPS - The rising numbers of deaths connected to illicit drug toxicity are concerning for many in our community who are working to help reduce the harm illicit drugs cause - including one group wo...
Jul 16, 2020
TRU expecting smaller international student population in September
KAMLOOPS - The fall semester at Thompson Rivers University is likely to look much different than previous years. Classes will be going virtual as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pande...
Jul 16, 2020
Liberals seek to recall House of Commons for new COVID-19 legislation
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is seeking to recall the House of Commons to pass another round of measures to deal with COVID-19. Opposition parties were notified Thursday of the new legislation and ...
Jul 16, 2020
CDC extends US ban on cruise ships through September
WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are extending the U.S. ban on cruise ships through the end September as coronavirus infections rise in most U.S. states, including Florida. The Centers for Diseas...
Jul 16, 2020
Netflix promotes content chief to co-CEO; adds 10M new subs
NEW YORK - Netflix added a flood of new subscribers amid the coronavirus pandemic and also offered clues to a possible successor for founding CEO Reed Hastings, who on Thursday named the company's chi...
Jul 16, 2020
Twenty-one new COVID-19 cases in B.C., 27 now related to Kelowna exposure
VICTORIA - The province says the number of COVID-19 cases related to an exposure event in Kelowna is now up to 27.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry updated COVID-19 totals in a news conferenc...
Jul 16, 2020
