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Impact of Kamloops Curling Club cancelling 2020-21 season because of COVID-19
KAMLOOPS --- There will be no roar of the rocks over the pebbled ice at the Kamloops Curling Club this winter.In an e-mail sent to club members, club president Ron MacDonald on behalf of the board of ...
Sep 28, 2020
Worldwide grief: Death toll from coronavirus tops 1 million
NEW DELHI - Joginder Chaudhary was his parents' greatest pride, raised with the little they earned farming a half-acre plot in central India to become the first doctor from their village. For the coro...
Sep 28, 2020
Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million
NEW DELHI - The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 1 million on Tuesday, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders' resolve, pitted science...
Sep 28, 2020
Significantly less damage during 2020 wildfire season in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - A wet spring led to a slow start for the 2020 wildfire season in B.C, with significantly fewer fire starts. Now reaching the end of fire season, the amount of land burned in the Kamloops Fi...
Sep 28, 2020
TRU political science professor says PST proposal will gain Liberals votes, wonders how sustainable it is
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Liberal Party has made the first big splash of the election campaign. Leader Andrew Wilkinson is promising to eliminate the provincial sales tax (PST) for the first year if they're...
Sep 28, 2020
TRU earns international recognition for sustainability initiatives
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University recently garnered international attention for its eco-friendly initiatives. TRU was ranked North America's third 'coolest school' by the Sierra Club, and also mad...
Sep 28, 2020
U.S. misrepresented allegations against Meng Wanzhou to Canada: lawyer
VANCOUVER - The United States omitted and misstated facts when it shared allegations against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou with Canadian officials ahead of her arrest in Vancouver, one of her lawyers ...
Sep 28, 2020
Parents shouldn't needlessly worry about COVID-19 exposure at school: Bonnie Henry
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says rumours and misinformation should be replaced with facts when it comes to potential exposure to COVID-19 among students. Dr. Bonnie Henry i...
Sep 28, 2020
US official: 2020 census to end Oct. 5 despite court order
ORLANDO, Fla. - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross says the 2020 census will end Oct. 5, despite a federal judge's ruling last week allowing the head count of every U.S. resident to continue throu...
Sep 28, 2020
Doc Rivers out as Clippers' coach, after seven seasons
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Doc Rivers would easily be considered the best coach in Los Angeles Clippers history. Most wins. Most playoff appearances. Top winning percentage. And now he's out. Rivers ann...
Sep 28, 2020
