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Sam Johnson, ex-Texas GOP congressman and Vietnam POW, dies
Former Texas Rep. Sam Johnson, a military pilot who spent years at a prisoner of war in Vietnam before serving more than two decades in Congress, died Wednesday at age 89. The conservative Republican,...
May 27, 2020
New 'Hunger Games' book sells more than 500,000 copies
NEW YORK - A decade after the "Hunger Games" series had apparently ended, readers were clearly ready for more. Suzanne Collins' "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" sold more 500,000 copies last week,...
May 27, 2020
New RCMP detachment commander in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - There is turnover at the top of the Merritt RCMP detachment.Insp. Lorne Wood, who took over the detachment in early 2018, has been commissioned and transferred to Prince George, where ...
May 27, 2020
Horgan likes idea of NHL playoffs in Vancouver, but won't bend the rules
VICTORIA - British Columbia has entered the longest period in a state of emergency in its history and there's no end in sight, says Premier John Horgan. Horgan extended the emergency period by an...
May 27, 2020
Canucks GM says team could hold camp in U.S. due to Canada's quarantine rules
Jim Benning says his team might take its show on the road - south of the border. The general manager of the Vancouver Canucks hinted on a conference call with reporters Wednesday that if the...
May 27, 2020
RCMP rush to Lansdowne Village after gun complaint — but find no gun
KAMLOOPS - RCMP members rushed to the Lansdowne Village Shopping Centre in downtown Kamloops Wednesday afternoon (May 27) after a gun complaint.In a news release, Staff Sgt. Sascha Fesenko says the ca...
May 27, 2020
NBC, producers say 'America's Got Talent' cleared by probe
LOS ANGELES - An investigation of Gabrielle Union's complaints of racism on the set of "America's Got Talent" concluded that her allegations were unfounded, according to NBC and the show's producers. ...
May 27, 2020
Restaurant owners say expanded patios will help cover costs through pandemic conditions
KAMLOOPS - Mittz Kitchen has been open throughout the pandemic with takeout and delivery. As restrictions have eased, the restaurant has reopened, though only at 50 per cent capacity. But the owners n...
May 27, 2020
Disney, SeaWorld announce plans for Florida parks to reopen
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - SeaWorld and Walt Disney World will reopen in Orlando, Florida, in June and July after months of inactivity because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to plans a city task ...
May 27, 2020
Nine new COVID-19 cases in B.C. Wednesday
VICTORIA - The province has registered nine new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours.That's according to a news release from the province issued Wednesday (May 27). The provincial total of test po...
May 27, 2020
