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Week in Review: Week of October 31, 2022
Welcome to Week in Review.Swearing in a new era - the newly-elected Kamloops mayor and council officially begin their four-year term. Toxic drugs - a legislative committee puts forward recommendations...
Nov 07, 2022

Fernandez, Andreescu to lead Canadian squad against Italy and Switzerland at BJK Cup
Armed with a well-rounded lineup that has plenty of star power, Canadian captain Sylvain Bruneau is aiming high at this week's Billie Jean King Cup. "We're capable of everything really," he said Monda...
Nov 07, 2022

Senators ponder loosening French requirements for diplomats as Canada pivots to Asia
OTTAWA - A Senate committee studying the future of Canada's foreign service is pondering whether French needs to be a lower priority for recruiting diplomats. The foreign-affairs committee is looking ...
Nov 07, 2022

Minister links chronic pain with toxic drug overdoses, commits $5M to pain network
VANCOUVER - The federal government is putting $5 million toward chronic pain resources in what Carolyn Bennett, minister of mental health and addictions, says is part of an effort to help stop people ...
Nov 07, 2022

Minister links chronic pain with toxic drug overdoses, commits $5M to pain network
VANCOUVER - The federal government is putting $5 million toward chronic pain resources in what Carolyn Bennett, minister of mental health and addictions, says is part of an effort to help stop people ...
Nov 07, 2022

Robertson, MacKinnon and Karlsson named NHL three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Dallas Stars winger Jason Robertson, Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon and San Jose Sharks defenceman Erik Karlsson have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Robertson sco...
Nov 07, 2022

PM free to reopen Constitution if he has problem with notwithstanding clause: Ford
OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is free to reopen talks with the provinces about the notwithstanding clause and the Constitution, though he'd recommend against it...
Nov 07, 2022

Arctic chill, more snow for parts of B.C., following powerful weekend storm
VANCOUVER - Repair crews have made progress restoring electricity to the hundreds of thousands of British Columbia homes that were blacked out during powerful weekend storms, but Environment Canada sa...
Nov 07, 2022

John Lennon's killer says there was "evil in my heart"
The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his New York City apartment building in 1980 told a parole board that he knew it was wrong to kill the beloved former Beatle, but that he was seeking fame a...
Nov 07, 2022

Officials: US aid worker shot dead in Baghdad in rare attack
BAGHDAD (AP) - Assailants shot dead an American aid worker in Baghdad on Monday in a rare killing of a foreigner in the Iraqi capital in recent years, two police officials said. The man was shot as he...
Nov 07, 2022

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What should the City of Kamloops do to celebrate Canada Day?
Jun 22, 2026