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It’s World Children’s Day and anniversary of child rights
TANZANIA, Tanzania - It was World Children's Day on Wednesday, and British teenage actress Millie Bobby Brown and former England soccer star David Beckham urged people everywhere to listen to youngste...
Nov 22, 2019
SD73, CUPE support staff come to three-year contract agreement
KAMLOOPS - Unionized support staff working in the Kamloops-Thompson School District have ratified a new three-year contract with the district.According to a district news release, members of the Canad...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Quebec 'part of solution' finance minister says in bid to ease tension with West
MONTREAL - Quebec's finance minister is trying to ease tensions between his province and Western Canada. In an open letter published Friday in the Financial Post, Eric Girard said his province&nb...
Nov 22, 2019
Canadian volunteers helping with Dorian recovery efforts in the Bahamas
A group of Canadian volunteers helping with recovery efforts in the Bahamas say the harrowing story of a Canadian woman's death during hurricane Dorian inspired them to help rebuild a school wher...
Nov 22, 2019
Shanahan on firing Babcock, promoting Keefe: 'Something that needed to be done'
TORONTO - Brendan Shanahan had seen enough. And since he helped bring Mike Babcock to Toronto in the spring of 2015, the president of the Maple Leafs felt it was only right he be there when ...
Nov 22, 2019
Left foot, right foot, Snickers and Skittles — superstitions abound with Grey Cup teams
CALGARY - Football players prefer to call them pre-game rituals rather than superstitions, but some Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats players are particular about what they do in...
Nov 22, 2019
Risk of freezing rain in the South Thompson tonight
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the North Thompson, South Thompson and 100 Mile House.In the statement, Environment Canada says an approaching frontal system c...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
US officials: Don’t eat romaine grown in Salinas, California
NEW YORK - U.S. health officials are telling people to avoid romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, as they investigate a food poisoning outbreak. They also say not to eat the leafy green if th...
Nov 22, 2019
Here's a list of Christmas craft fairs taking place in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's the season for craft fairs in Kamloops, and there are plenty for you to attend around the city.Here is a list of some of the most popular ones:Knutsford Christmas Craft Fair and Market...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: Dreamstime
Alberta premier dismisses concerns over firing of election commissioner
CALGARY - Alberta's premier is dismissing concerns over a bill that fires the man who had been investigating wrongdoing within the United Conservative Party. Jason Kenney says he and other c...
Nov 22, 2019
