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U.S. secretary of state to meet with Trudeau, Freeland ahead of G7 summit
OTTAWA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Canada later this week to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. Their meeting comes in advance...
Aug 19, 2019
Conservative Leader Scheer won't 'lift finger' to bring 'Jihadi Jack' to Canada
OTTAWA - It appears the overseas prisoner dubbed "Jihadi Jack" by the British media won't be headed to Canada any time soon. Neither the governing Liberals nor the Opposition Conservati...
Aug 19, 2019
GINTA: There is room for improvement in road safety
IT MAKES ME THINK OF A GAME OF PEEK-A-BOO every time I see it. A police officer with a radar gun hides behind a tree or an object big enough to hide his or her presence. If you ask me, that's money we...
Aug 19, 2019 Image Credit: Bundit Chailaipanich / Dreamstime.com
Blazers hire new Director of Player Personnel
KAMLOOPS --- General Manager, Matt Bardsley has announced that the hockey club has named Robbie Sandland Director of Player Personnel. Sandland joined the Blazers for the 2018-19 season as a Head Scou...
Aug 19, 2019 Image credit: Kamloops Blazers
Traffic flow changing for Victoria Street West project
KAMLOOPS - Stage One of the Victoria Street West improvement project will be opened up to one westbound lane today.In a news release, the City says the priority transit and emergency services lane on ...
Aug 19, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Unrest in Hong Kong not spilling over to demands on Canadian consulate
OTTAWA - As tensions escalate between pro-democracy protesters and police in Hong Kong, Canadian diplomats there say they've not yet seen any surge in demand for assistance from the nearly 300,000 Can...
Aug 19, 2019
Trudeau promises Quebec City $1.2 billion for new tram, expanded transit network
QUEBEC - The federal government has announced it will invest up to $1.2 billion on an expanded public transit network for Quebec City, including a 23-kilometre tramway line. Prime Minister Justin Trud...
Aug 19, 2019
Benson driving at 'high rate' of speed before fatal crash
AUSTIN, Texas - Police said Monday they are still investigating the weekend motorcycle crash that killed former Texas Longhorns running back and NFL player Cedric Benson and a woman passenger. Accordi...
Aug 19, 2019
Trump calls on Federal Reserve to cut interest rates
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is calling on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by at least a full percentage point "over a fairly short period of time," saying that such an action would m...
Aug 19, 2019
NYPD fires officer for 2014 death of Eric Garner
NEW YORK - After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of the black man whose dying cries of "I...
Aug 19, 2019
