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No need for Roberto Luongo, Whitecaps find backup goalkeeper in Florida
Roberto Luongo was game but the Vancouver Whitecaps found a backup goalkeeper without having to delve into the ranks of retired NHL netminders. The Whitecaps, down to third-string 'keeper Thomas Hasal...
Jul 22, 2020
Accused in Salmon Arm church shooting found not criminally responsible
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The man accused of killing a Salmon Arm church elder during a Sunday service has been found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder.Matrix Gathergood was charged wi...
Jul 22, 2020
Tourism Industry Association of BC proposes $680 million stimulus package to the province
KAMLOOPS - The Tourism Industry Association of BC is a coalition of more than 19,000 businesses that serve the millions of tourists who visit the province each year. On Tuesday (July 21), the group pr...
Jul 22, 2020
"Starting to take things to the next level": KSAR relieved to see long term funding from province
KAMLOOPS - Starting in 2022, search and rescue operations in British Columbia will see a provincial funding boost kick in- providing $6 million annually. Along with substantial time commitments from v...
Jul 22, 2020
Kamloops, Barriere, Chase to receive new childcare spaces after provincial announcement
VICTORIA - Kamloops, Barriere and Chase will benefit from more than 3,000 new childcare spaces announced by the provincial government Wednesday (July 22).The funding will create 75 new spaces at Gatew...
Jul 22, 2020
Proposed B.C. legislation to detain youth who overdose could harm them: doctor
VANCOUVER - Indigenous and civil liberties groups say the British Columbia government failed to consult them before proposing legislation that would force youth under 19 to stay in hospital after...
Jul 22, 2020
Proposed B.C. legislation to detain youth who overdose could harm them: doctor
VANCOUVER - Indigenous and civil liberties groups say the British Columbia government failed to consult them before proposing legislation that would force youth under 19 to stay in hospital after...
Jul 22, 2020
Rocky Mountaineer cancels 2020 season
VANCOUVER - It's a big blow to the Kamloops tourism sector.Rocky Mountaineer has announced it will suspend the remainder of its 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.In a news release, President an...
Jul 22, 2020
Golf courses in Kamloops seeing major upswing in number of players
KAMLOOPS - It's been the one and only sports to endure the pandemic. While the lights went out on other sports, golf survived -and is in fact thriving. "We've seen lots of play," said general manager ...
Jul 22, 2020
What investigators revealed about deaths of girls, father in Quebec
MONTREAL - A look at what provincial police revealed Wednesday about the deaths of Norah and Romy Carpentier and their father: - At 9:30 p.m. on July 8, Martin Carpentier, 44, is driving wit...
Jul 22, 2020
