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Wildfire service asking public to be more careful with outdoor fires
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service has asked the public to be more careful with fire use as the forests dry out. With the hot temperatures this week, it hasn't taken long for conditions to change qu...
Aug 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today- File photo
Mayors urge Senate to return to Washington for gun bill vote
WASHINGTON - More than 200 mayors, including two anguished by mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, are urging the Senate to return to the Capitol to act on gun safety legislation amid criticism that Cong...
Aug 08, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: There will be no closure in case of northern B.C. highway murders
KAMLOOPS - THERE WILL BE NO CLOSURE in the strange, sad, tragic case of the two B.C. teenagers suspected in the killings of three travellers in two different incidents in northern B.C.In a curiously w...
Aug 08, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
In the news today, August 8
Five stories in the news for Thursday, August 8 --- BODIES BELIEVED TO BE B.C. SUSPECTS FOUND A massive manhunt is over after two bodies believed to be British Columbia murder suspects ...
Aug 08, 2019
In the news today, August 6
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, August 6 --- WEEKEND SHOOTINGS LEAVE 13 PEOPLE INJURED Thirteen people were injured after nearly a dozen shootings across Toronto over the long wee...
Aug 08, 2019
Feds advised to focus on the majority to counter populism, documents show
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show senior government officials were advised to "bring the focus back to the majority" instead of on diversity to counter the threat of populism in Canada....
Aug 08, 2019
Israeli army says body of soldier found in West Bank
JERUSALEM - The body of an Israeli soldier was found with stab wounds near a West Bank settlement south of Jerusalem early on Thursday, the military said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced t...
Aug 08, 2019
China vows to counter US deployment of midrange arms in Asia
BEIJING - China said Tuesday that it "will not stand idly by" and will take countermeasures if the U.S. deploys intermediate-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region, which Washington has said it pla...
Aug 07, 2019
Trade war tensions ease a bit as China stabilizes currency
BEIJING - Tensions between the U.S. and China over trade subsided a bit, giving U.S. investors a reason to wade back into stocks after a big sell-off a day earlier. Still, experts worried that recent ...
Aug 07, 2019
Canada's Warner defends Pan Am decathlon title, teammate LePage wins bronze
LIMA, Peru - Canadian decathlete Damian Warner lay on the pole vault mat for a good five seconds Wednesday night after missing a third and final attempt at a height he normally clears. Frustratio...
Aug 07, 2019
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