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Extended patios back for another season, being built sooner with new health orders
KAMLOOPS - Following Monday's announcement banning indoor dining, the City of Kamloops has pushed up the timeline for extended patios to be built. The work on the patio extensions started on Wednesday...
Mar 31, 2021

Goaltender Thatcher Demko signs five-year extension with Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed goaltender Thatcher Demko to a five-year extension. Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini confirmed the signing on Twitter. No financial terms have been releas...
Mar 31, 2021

"Simple story of kindness" inspires Kamloops community to give back
KAMLOOPS - When Dee-Anna Irwin paid a stranger's bill at the dollar store she works at, she didn't expect anything in return. But Dina Chase, who was buying snacks for her students at Valleyview Secon...
Mar 31, 2021

More assessment work to be done ahead of Riverside Park flood protection project
KAMLOOPS / TK'EMLUPS - Ahead of flood protection upgrades in Riverside Park, archaeology teams have unearthed several pieces of cultural significance. During a semi-annual forum with Tk'emlps te Secwp...
Mar 31, 2021

How to be a better ally on International Trans Day of Visibility
KAMLOOPS - March 31 is International Trans Day of Visibility. It's an opportunity to celebrate transgender rights and inform folks about gender identity, as well the discrimination trans people face t...
Mar 31, 2021

Governments investing in new vaccine-manufacturing plant in Toronto
TORONTO - A new influenza vaccine facility will be built in Toronto to help bolster Canada's biomanufacturing capacity, the federal government said as it announced the new project Wednesday.Innovation...
Mar 31, 2021

Upgraded centre offering medical assistance in dying to reopen in B.C.
DELTA, B.C. - A hospice in Delta, B.C., is now in the possession of a health authority after a provincially funded society refused to provide medical assistance in dying based on religious grounds. Fr...
Mar 31, 2021
CFJC Midday - Annual writer's festival goes virtual with a variety of workshops
Kay Johnston discusses the details of this year's Word on the Lake Writer's Festival
Mar 31, 2021

Canadian cornerback St-Juste anxious to put in work to be impact player as NFL rookie
Canadian Benjamin St-Juste doesn't want to ease into the NFL as a rookie. The six-foot-three, 200-pound cornerback from the University of Minnesota is projected as a second-day selection in this year'...
Mar 31, 2021

Chelsea, Barcelona advance to Women's Champions League semifinals
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Chelsea and Barcelona advanced to the semifinals of the Women's Champions League on Wednesday. Pernille Harder scored against her former team to lead Chelsea to a 3-0 win over Wolf...
Mar 31, 2021

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