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Panel: End commanders' power to block military sex cases
WASHINGTON - A Pentagon panel is recommending that decisions to prosecute service members for sexual assault be made by independent authorities, not commanders, in what would be a major reversal of mi...
Apr 22, 2021
B.C. Lions returning to Kamloops for training camp if CFL moves ahead with shortened 14-game season
KAMLOOPS - It's been a summer staple in Kamloops for more than a decade, and after a year off - with the 2020 CFL season cancelled due to the pandemic - the B.C. Lions will be back at Hillside Stadium...
Apr 22, 2021
TMX crews taking steps to limit impact on Kamloops wildlife
KAMLOOPS - It's a noisy time for residents and animals who live along the Trans Mountain expansion path, but there have been some visible efforts made to keep the disturbance temporary. Mel Rothenburg...
Apr 22, 2021
'Stay within your own community': IH top doctor says while people can travel within health region, it's not recommended
KAMLOOPS - The province is coming out with more details on regional travel restrictions on Friday (Apr. 23), but Interior Health's top doctor says he can't prevent anyone from travelling within the he...
Apr 22, 2021
UK apologizes for racism in memorials to WWI dead
LONDON - British authorities apologized Thursday after an investigation found that at least 161,000 mostly African and Indian military service personnel who died during World War I weren't properly ho...
Apr 22, 2021
Historic family-owned Kamloops businesses take pandemic changes in stride
KAMLOOPS - While businesses go through the startup-to-closure cycle every year, there are several family businesses in Kamloops that have been around for decades. They have seen good times and bad, bu...
Apr 22, 2021
Two Kamloops Mounties injured while arresting stolen vehicle suspect
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a suspicious vehicle report on the Kamloops North Shore Thursday morning (Apr. 22) resulted in two officers injured in an arrest.Cst. Crystal Evelyn says Mounties were called to th...
Apr 22, 2021
Minority Liberal government survives second of three confidence votes on budget
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government has survived the second of three confidence votes on the massive federal budget.A Conservative amendment was defeated by a vote of 213-120, with L...
Apr 22, 2021
Man wanted throughout Western Canada arrested in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A man wanted on warrants that extended through all of Western Canada was arrested in Kamloops Wednesday (Apr. 21).RCMP say Rudy Gros Ventreboy, 43, calls Kamloops home but was wanted out of...
Apr 22, 2021
TNRD selects BDO Canada for third-party forensic audit
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has chosen the firm that will pore over its books in the wake of a spending scandal.In a news release, the TNRD says it received six bids to con...
Apr 22, 2021
