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Kamloops Museum showcases taxidermy collection in newest exhibition
KAMLOOPS - For some, it's majestic. Others may think it's barbaric. Taxidermy is a way to preserve animals in a life-like state, whether it's for hunters to display their trophies or for museums to re...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
More than 600 seniors take in 45th Kamloops Senior's Lights Tour
KAMLOOPS - Thursday evening was extra festive for close to 600 Kamloops seniors. That's because they piled on to more than 20 city busses and handy darts for the 45th annual Seniors Lights Tour. The s...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: Evan Fitzer/CFJC Today
Despite promising overdose fatality stats for Kamloops, experts warn substance users of unsafe supply
KAMLOOPS - A recent report from the BC Coroners Service showed a decrease in the number of fatal overdoses within the Kamloops area. The report cites 24 people who died from an overdose in Kamloops be...
Dec 06, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Cranston among celebrities at New Orleans Orpheus parade
Actor Bryan Cranston will be the celebrity monarch when the Krewe of Orpheus parade rolls in New Orleans on Feb. 24, the krewe announced Friday. The Emmy- and Tony-winning "Breaking Bad" star will be ...
Dec 06, 2019
Supreme Court keeps federal executions on hold
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from restarting federal executions next week after a 16-year break. The justices denied the administration's plea to undo a lo...
Dec 06, 2019
Hundreds of shoes to depict murdered women in somber display
KAMLOOPS - Women who have lost their lives to domestic violence will be remembered at a memorial service tomorrow (Dec. 7). The 12th annual Shoe Memorial will be held at Mocassin Square Gardens from 1...
Dec 06, 2019 (File Photo) Image Credit: CFJC Today
Mock-up of Patient Care Tower rooms provide opportunity for staff input
KAMLOOPS - The new Patient Care Tower is taking shape at Royal Inland Hospital. It's due to be completed in 2022 and will have a net gain of 15 beds. Individual rooms are a long way from being finishe...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Clinton man who was acquitted in 2014 homicide now charged with first-degree murder
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to a homicide in Williams Lake last year - and just months before, he was acquitted of manslaughter in a different c...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
AP source: Knicks fire coach David Fizdale
NEW YORK - A person with knowledge of the decision says the New York Knicks have fired coach David Fizdale after two straight blowout losses dropped them to 4-18. Fizdale ran practice Friday, but was ...
Dec 06, 2019
Ester Ledecka wins first career World Cup downhill gold at Lake Louise
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic won the season-opening World Cup women's downhill Friday at Lake Louise, Alta. Ledecka won her first career World Cup downhill in a time of one...
Dec 06, 2019
