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ROTHENBURGER: Don’t expect economy to boom because of new mural
KAMLOOPS - THE NEW MURAL on the Lansdowne Street parkade was officially christened Friday and it has accomplished something no other piece of public art has done in Kamloops - near-unanimously positiv...
Jul 29, 2019 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
Man dies after fall from cliff above Kalamalka Lake
VERNON - A tragedy at Kalamalka Lake Provincial park on the weekend. RCMP say a 72 year old man fell from a cliff into the water. He was pulled from the water and taken to a boat launch, but was prono...
Jul 29, 2019 Image Credit: B.C. Parks
Tip shifts focus of manhunt for B.C. murder suspects to York Landing, Man.
GILLAM, Man. - A new tip has led police involved in the escalating manhunt for two B.C. murder suspects to another remote community in northern Manitoba. RCMP posted an update on Twi...
Jul 29, 2019
Man in custody after police find four bodies inside Markham, Ont., home
MARKHAM, Ont. - A lot of questions remain to be answered today after four bodies were found inside a home in Markham, Ont., just north of Toronto. York Regional Police said officers discovered the bod...
Jul 29, 2019
2 US teens jailed in Italy in policeman's killing
ROME - Two American teenagers who were classmates at a California high school spent a second night in a Rome jail Saturday after they were interrogated for hours about their alleged roles in the murde...
Jul 29, 2019
Hong Kong police tear gas protest against mob violence
Hong Kong police on Saturday fired tear gas, swung batons and forcefully cleared out protesters who defied warnings not to march in a neighbourhood where last weekend a mob apparently targeting demons...
Jul 29, 2019
Sailing to America: Teen to bring her climate activism to US
STOCKHOLM - Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to skip classes and protest for faster action against climate ch...
Jul 29, 2019
Police going door to door in northern Manitoba hunt for B.C. homicide suspects
GILLAM, Man. - More personnel and equipment are being poured into the gruelling hunt for two B.C. homicide suspects in the bug infested and bog strewn landscape surrounding the tiny nor...
Jul 29, 2019
In the news today, July 29
Six stories in the news for Monday, July 29 --- NEW TIP IN MANHUNT FOR B.C. MURDER SUSPECTS A new tip has led police involved in the escalating manhunt for two B.C. murder suspects to anothe...
Jul 29, 2019
U.S. House breaks with no new NAFTA tabled for ratification. Now what?
OTTAWA - The U.S. House of Representatives began its summer break today leaving the ratification of the new North American trade deal hanging, rekindling angst that a frustrated President Donald Trump...
Jul 29, 2019
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