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Trudeau poised to announce more financial support for small businesses
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today more financial help for small businesses struggling to survive the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought much of Canada's ec...
Apr 16, 2020
Uncontrolled slash fire burning fast, prompting evacuations near Squamish: RCMP
SQUAMISH, B.C. - RCMP say a slash fire is burning out of control north of Squamish, British Columbia, prompting local evacuations. Mounties say the fire has started moving up the Squamish Va...
Apr 15, 2020
From the sports vault --- Blazers 1992 Riverside Coliseum (Sandman Centre) first game
KAMLOOPS ---- For their first 11 seasons the Kamloops Blazers, and before that the Junior Oilers, played out of Memorial Arena.On our trip down memory lane tonight we take you back 28 years.In the fal...
Apr 15, 2020 Image credit: Kamloops Blazers
Coronavirus: Hold music, noise wreck court hearing by phone
ATLANTA - It was a court hearing gone awry in the time of the coronavirus: Legal arguments in a lawsuit over gun carry licenses were repeatedly interrupted by hold music, background noise and failures...
Apr 15, 2020
Horgan says B.C. data will show success in flattening the COVID-19 curve
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says people in British Columbia should congratulate themselves for their efforts to flatten the COVID-19 curve, but it's still too early to loosen restrictions.&nbs...
Apr 15, 2020
Cities need help to survive COVID-19 financial impact: Vancouver mayor
Vancouver's mayor wants to know if economic relief is on its way as cities deal with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Kennedy Stewart acknowledged on Wednesday that the city is looking at ...
Apr 15, 2020
Report: Halladay on drugs, doing stunts when plane crashed
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Halladay had high-levels of amphetamines in his system and was doing extreme acrobatics when he lost control of his small plane and nosedived into Ta...
Apr 15, 2020
Police watchdog to investigate after man injured during Sicamous RCMP arrest
SICAMOUS, B.C. - The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) has announced it is looking into an incident Tuesday (Apr. 14) near Sicamous.According to a release from the IIO, the incident began ...
Apr 15, 2020 Image Credit: IIO
Kamloops group growing in distribution of fabric masks to frontline workers, community during pandemic
KAMLOOPS - A special initiative to help frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic has received a tremendous response. Volunteers have come together to join Sew The Curve Kamloops, an organized gr...
Apr 15, 2020 Alex Zalmai, owner of Thompson Cleaners & Tailors in Kamloops, has been volunteering his time during the pandemic to make fabric masks (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Salvation Army mobilizes food truck to provide meals during pandemic
KAMLOOPS - In times of crisis, the Salvation Army works to clothe, feed and support those in need. Today (April 15), the agency sent its food truck to Valleyview to support an underserved neighbourhoo...
Apr 15, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
