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President and CEO of ICBC promises savings with Enhanced Care system
KAMLOOPS - Auto insurance is going to look a lot different in B.C. come next spring. The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is moving to a new no-fault system next May, largely removing lawyers...
Mar 12, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
March Madness: NCAA Tournaments cancelled due to coronavirus
March Madness came to a screeching halt before a bracket could even be filled out. The NCAA cancelled its men's and women's basketball tournaments Thursday because of the spread of coronavirus, puttin...
Mar 12, 2020
Event cancellations, extra precautions announced as Kamloops prepares for COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - The novel coronavirus has sparked a domino reaction of event cancellations around the world. Major professional sports leagues have suspended their seasons and large conferences and enterta...
Mar 12, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Integrity czar blames prison service over insubordination, harassment incidents
OTTAWA - A federal watchdog has found the federal prison service failed to ensure a safe work environment at a Quebec penitentiary. In a report released Thursday, public sector integrity commissioner ...
Mar 12, 2020
Flames executive Ken King dead at 68
Calgary Flames executive Ken King has died. He was 68. King, from Hanley, Sask., was vice-chair and chief executive officer of Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation, which owns the Flames....
Mar 12, 2020
Women's world curling championship in Canada wiped out by COVID-19
The women's world curling championship in Prince George, B.C., joined the expanding list of COVID-19 cancellations in the sports world Thursday. The 13-country championship was scheduled to ...
Mar 12, 2020
Canadian cyclist Mike Woods breaks his right femur in Paris-Nice crash
LYON, France - Canadian cyclist Mike Woods was taken to hospital with a broken right femur after crashing in Thursday's stage of the Paris-Nice race. The 33-year-old from Ottawa was to under...
Mar 12, 2020
'I do not understand what is motivating people': B.C. health minister says toilet paper hoarding not helpful
KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s health minister says he can't understand why there has been a run on toilet paper in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Local retail outlets are finding it difficult to keep toilet pa...
Mar 12, 2020 A lineup outside Kamloops Costco Thursday morning (Image Credit: Contributed / Deb Sharkey)
Canadian Nicholas Latifi's Formula One debut remains very much in limbo
Canadian Nicholas Latifi's long-awaited Formula One debut is in limbo. The 24-year-old Montreal native was scheduled to drive for Williams in the season-opening Australian Gra...
Mar 12, 2020
IIO says Kamloops RCMP did nothing wrong in motorcycle crash
KAMLOOPS - The province's police watchdog has determined there was no wrongdoing by Kamloops RCMP officers in connection to a Sept. 3 motorcycle crash in Westsyde.The Independent Investigations Office...
Mar 12, 2020 Image Credit: Canadian Press
