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Rowing Canada sanctions former head coach of B.C. varsity women's team
Rowing Canada has suspended the former head coach of the University of Victoria women's rowing team for one year after an investigation into allegations of aggressive and demeaning treatment. The deci...
Apr 20, 2021
Rowing Canada sanctions former head coach of B.C. varsity women's team
Rowing Canada has suspended the former head coach of the University of Victoria women's rowing team for one year after an investigation into allegations of aggressive and demeaning treatment. The deci...
Apr 20, 2021
George Floyd's death was 'wake-up call' about systemic racism: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is welcoming the guilty verdict against the former Minneapolis police officer whose knee to the neck of George Floyd ended in the Black man's death last May. Der...
Apr 20, 2021
Trudeau says Liberal budget is not a launch pad for a federal election
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists Monday's federal budget is not intended as a launching pad for an election later this year but he's not entirely ruling one out. Trudeau says it will be ...
Apr 20, 2021
Kamloops tax increase set at 0.93 per cent for 2021
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council formally approved the city's 0.93 per cent tax increase during Tuesday's (April 20) council meeting.The average house value in Kamloops went up from $443,000 in 2020 to $46...
Apr 20, 2021
Millions for addiction and mental health in B.C.'s budget for 'unprecedented need'
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says the government is making the largest investment in mental health and addictions in the province's history as part of Budget 2021. Selina Robinson sa...
Apr 20, 2021
Kamloops man wanted on Canada-wide warrant arrested in Surrey
KAMLOOPS - A man originally from Kamloops who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant has been arrested.Shane Anthony Jeurissen, 51, was arrested in Surrey Sunday (April 18) evening. Jeurissen was release...
Apr 20, 2021
Blazers and Rockets set to renew acquaintances after 465 days -- game lineups could get younger.
KAMLOOPS --- It's one of the great rivalries in hockey --- and a lot of other things.Kamloops versus Kelowna.It's been over 15 months --- 465 days to be exact --- since the two cities Western Hockey L...
Apr 20, 2021
DiCaprio, Fonda urge US not to sign climate deal with Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO - Dozens of celebrities including actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda and Joaquin Phoenix on Tuesday called on U.S. President Joe Biden to refrain from signing any environmental agreem...
Apr 20, 2021
Quick Quotes: Reaction to Quebec court ruling on Bill 21, religious symbols law
Quebec Superior Court Justice Marc-Andre Blanchard on Tuesday upheld the bulk of the province's secularism law, known as Bill 21, which bans many public sector workers from wearing religious symbols o...
Apr 20, 2021
