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ROTHENBURGER: Heckle-free virtual session of House disconcerting but welcome
KAMLOOPS - TUESDAY'S VIRTUAL SESSION of Parliament was a fascinating exercise.Technically, it was a meeting of the "Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic," and, technically, it wasn't Question Pe...
Apr 29, 2020 House feed
UK leader Boris Johnson, partner announce birth of baby boy
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a baby boy. Johnson's office says Symonds gave birth to a "healthy baby boy at a London hospita...
Apr 29, 2020
Financial aid for students and Canadian YouTube series; In The News for April 29
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 29 ... ---...
Apr 29, 2020
'Trolls' went straight to homes. Movie theatres are fuming.
NEW YORK - The most controversial movie of the year is ... "Trolls World Tour"? As innocuous as the rainbow-colored, music-blaring animated movie may seem, the digital release of the "Trolls" sequel h...
Apr 28, 2020
Suspected thief crashes pickup, hospitalized and charged
LYTTON - A man suspected of stealing a pickup from the Boston Bar area, is facing a series of charges after crashing the truck along Highway 1 near Lytton.Mounties in Boston Bar received a stolen vehi...
Apr 28, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today/File
Latest WolfPack basketball recruit expected to turn heads ---- up!
KAMLOOPS ---- Most sports have been cancelled or postponed because of COVID-19.One thing the pandemic hasn't shut down is the recruiting process.In a competitive market getting top athletes to commit ...
Apr 28, 2020 Image credit: contributed
Kamloops Mayor Christian strikes task force focused on post-pandemic economic recovery
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian has introduced a task force to guide the city's economic comeback as the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel comes into view.Christian has asked political, ...
Apr 28, 2020 Physically distanced Kamloops council meeting, Apr. 28 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
Kamloops council okays summer utility, road work along McGill Road
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has given the green light to a $1.4 million road and utility project in the area of Thompson Rivers University.The project will see a portion of McGill Road dug up - with u...
Apr 28, 2020 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
TRU lays out plan for virtual convocation
KAMLOOPS - For the class of 2020 at Thompson Rivers University, convocation ceremonies will be virtual. Every June, hundreds of students walk across a stage at the Tournament Capital Centre to receive...
Apr 28, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Google's growth slows as pandemic infests advertising market
BERKELEY, Calif. - Google reported its weakest revenue growth in nearly five years as the pandemic-driven recession began to shrivel its advertising sales in the first quarter. The January-March earni...
Apr 28, 2020
