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RCMP in Vernon investigate terrifying home invasion
VERNON, B.C. - A Vernon woman was put through a terrifying ordeal after two people forced their way into her home, and then ransacked it.The incident, which police are calling a home invasion, happene...
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops Special Olympics basketball tournament is about more than winning and losing
KAMLOOPS - It was a big weekend for Special Olympics basketball players, as they took to the hardwood at NorKam for the Zone 2 Regional Tournament. The tourney brought teams from across the Okanagan, ...
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Liquefied petroleum gas was aboard recently derailed train in northern B.C.: TSB
VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board says seven rail cars that derailed in northern British Columbia last Thursday were filled with liquefied petroleum gas.Board spokesman Alexandre Fournier sa...
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: CKPG Today
Sanders, Biden cancel Ohio rallies over coronavirus concerns
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden abruptly cancelled scheduled rallies Tuesday night in Cleveland amid concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus - as p...
Mar 10, 2020
New general manager appointed at Logan Lake's Highland Valley Copper
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - There is a change at the top of the Teck Highland Valley Copper (HVC) mine in Logan Lake.In a news release, the company says general manager Geoff Brick has retired after six years ...
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Canada denied late scoring attempt, loses semifinal to Australia in rugby sevens
VANCOUVER - Given the chance Canada made no mistake. Justin Douglas scored his second try of the game with South Africa playing a man short due to a yellow card as Canada used a 26-19 victory to win t...
Mar 10, 2020
Quebec budget hikes spending to 'stimulate' economy amid global uncertainty
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard is betting that big spending increases in the budget he tabled Tuesday will stimulate the provincial economy enough to ward off any economic damage resulting from t...
Mar 10, 2020
Highlights of Quebec's 2020-21 budget
QUEBEC - Finance Minister Eric Girard tabled the Coalition Avenir Quebec government's budget on Tuesday. Here are some highlights: - Balanced books for the sixth straight year in Quebec, with a foreca...
Mar 10, 2020
'Dr. Phil' talk show will tape without audiences
LOS ANGELES - The "Dr. Phil" daytime talk show will tape without a studio audience for roughly two weeks as a precaution against the new coronavirus. The show typically tapes with an audience of about...
Mar 10, 2020
Wet'suwet'en pipeline supporters feel shut out of talks, ministers told
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers are facing pointed questions about why elected band chiefs and women of the Wet'suwet'en Nation who support a disputed natural gas pipeline in British...
Mar 10, 2020
