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Blazers set to host Portland as first U.S. WHL team to cross border
KAMLOOPS -It's been 603 days since the Blazers have played a team outside the B.C. Division when Portland visits the Sandman Centre on Wednesday night. The last game was Mar. 10, 2020 - a 3-0 loss in ...
Nov 02, 2021
Simpson family concerned about Tiechrieb's release to halfway house
KAMLOOPS - The man who attacked 18-year-old Jessie Simpson with a baseball bat in 2016 has been released from prison and is now living in a halfway house after serving more than three years in jail. K...
Nov 02, 2021
Northern region in B.C. has highest number of recent COVID-19 deaths
VICTORIA - Four of the five recent deaths linked to COVID-19 in B.C. have occurred in the Northern Health region while one of the deceased lived in the Interior. Those two regions have the lowest vacc...
Nov 02, 2021
Cheveldayoff says he was 'not aware' of severity of allegations until this year
Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff says he was "not aware" of the severity of the sexual assault allegations made in 2010 against a former Chicago Blackhawks coach until this year. A thi...
Nov 02, 2021
SOUND OFF: TRU Master's student seeks young women to participate in study on chemical exposure
MY NAME IS KYLEY DRACH and I am a Master's student at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. I am doing research on lifestyle choices and chemical exposure and their effects on the female reproductiv...
Nov 02, 2021
Castillo, Rose ready to help league-leading Bombers in push toward playoffs
WINNIPEG - Kicker Sergio Castillo and defensive back Winston Rose had one thing in common Tuesday - both were smiling while talking to reporters. The newly signed Winnipeg Blue Bombers had just finish...
Nov 02, 2021
B.C. announces plans to defer old-growth logging across 26,000 square kilometres
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government will consult First Nations about deferring the logging of big, ancient and rare old-growth trees across 26,000 square kilometres of forests.An independent pa...
Nov 02, 2021
Highway Patrol finds $100,000 in liquor, suspected drugs in vehicle search near Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A Toyota minivan parked overnight in an area reserved for commercial vehicles near Revelstoke was checked by BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) last Wednesday (Oct. 27) evening.RCMP observed ...
Nov 02, 2021
Inspection finds DC jail conditions OK for Jan. 6 defendants
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Marshals Service said Tuesday that suspects being held in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection do not need to be removed from the District of Columbia jail comple...
Nov 02, 2021
No 'euthanasia' in Quebec care homes during COVID-19, expert tells coroner's inquest
MONTREAL - A coroner's inquest into deaths in Quebec long-term care homes during the first wave of COVID-19 was dominated Tuesday by debate over whether medicating certain residents to alleviate their...
Nov 02, 2021
