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Is there a link between two mysterious disappearances near Merritt?
MERRITT, B.C. - Nicola Lake ranch manager Ben Tyner vanished without a trace on January 26.No sign of the 32-year-old has been discovered despite extensive searches. His disappearance is now believed ...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: Facebook / Ben Tyner

CP NewsAlert: Toronto Argos take OL Shane Richards first in CFL draft
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts selected offensive lineman Shane Richards with the first pick in the CFL Canadian college draft Thursday night. Toronto secured the first overall selection after p...
May 02, 2019

Mueller frustrated with Barr over portrayal of findings
WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller expressed frustration to Attorney General William Barr last month about how the findings of his Russia investigation were being portrayed, saying he worried...
May 02, 2019

Justin Bieber working with YouTube on 'top secret project'
NEW YORK - Justin Bieber got his start posting cover songs on YouTube and now he's working with the platform on a "top secret project." YouTube announced Thursday that it is planning a project with th...
May 02, 2019

Kamloops Food Bank looking to raise thousands with Empty Bowls auction
KAMLOOPS - Mixing art with Hollywood star-power, a number of celebrity-signed bowls are up for auction tomorrow as the Kamloops Food Bank hosts their 4th annual BCLC Empty Bowls Fundraiser.Food Bank B...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops Food Bank

Student tackled campus gunman, slain while saving lives
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina college student tackled a gunman who opened fire in his classroom, saving others' lives but losing his own in the process, police said Wednesday. Riley Howell, 21, w...
May 02, 2019

Sicamous man fined $20,000 for work fixing up Eagle Pass Fire Lookout
In a case critics view as an example of bureaucratic overreach, a Sicamous man is facing a $20,000 fine after the province concluded his involvement on a project to fix up a historic fire lookout cont...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: Rene St. Onge

B.C. house leaders receive McLachlin report on allegations against clerk, sergeant-at-arms
VICTORIA - Beverly McLachlin has submitted her highly anticipated report on the allegations against clerk of the B.C. legislature Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz.The former chief justice of...
May 02, 2019 Beverly McLachlin (Image Credit: The Canadian Press)

19-year-old director wins top award at Tribeca Film Festival
NEW YORK - Nineteen-year-old filmmaker Phillip Youmans has won the top award at the Tribeca Film Festival. "Burning Cane," which Youmans finished as a 17-year-old graduating high school, on Thursday t...
May 02, 2019

Emergency service workers encouraged to give blood during Sirens for Life campaign
KAMLOOPS - Emergency personnel are being encouraged to give blood during the Sirens for Life campaign this month. Various emergency service workers gathered at Oasis Church Thursday morning (May 2) to...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today

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