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PETERS: To the staff at Royal Inland Hospital — thank you
LIFE CAN CHANGE IN AN INSTANT. That instant comes for all of us - it just doesn't have the common courtesy to warn us ahead of time.For me, that instant came on a Saturday evening in November. My wife...
Dec 17, 2021
TNRD relieved spending details revealed, knows there's work ahead to regain public's trust
KAMLOOPS - For a couple hours on Thursday, the TNRD board sat and listened to BDO Canada outline the 'inappropriate culture of spending' that came to be under former CAO Sukh Gill. Board chair Ken Gil...
Dec 17, 2021
Stankoven willing to play any role after 'shocker' making the world junior team
KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven has been soaking up his Canadian world junior experience alongside teammate Dylan Garand. Stankoven was pleasantly surprised to make the team, going into the selection camp ...
Dec 17, 2021
New Gold mine announce major investment in support of women entering trades
KAMLOOPS - New Gold is donating $150,000 to support women looking to take courses in trades at Thompson Rivers University.The money will be used to conduct extensive renovations at TRU to develop the ...
Dec 17, 2021
Notorious Gabriola Island fisheries violator jailed following late night boat chase
NANAIMO - A banned angler with a lengthy and damning history of flouting fishery laws received a six-month jail sentence after he was caught red-handed in Vancouver Harbour.Scott Stanley Matthew Steer...
Dec 17, 2021
Manitoba judge to rule on battle over Progressive Conservative leadership
WINNIPEG - A judge is to rule today in a fight over the leadership of Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives. Shelly Glover, who finished a close second in the party's Oct. 30 leadership race,...
Dec 17, 2021
Justin Trudeau shares father's dislike of clause allowing override of charter rights
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shares his late father's disdain for the constitutional "notwithstanding clause" and he's not ruling out asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on Quebec's pre-emp...
Dec 17, 2021
Politics versus practicalities: the cross-border battle over Biden's EV tax credits
WASHINGTON - The tax-credit scheme that President Joe Biden is proposing to encourage U.S. consumers to buy more electric vehicles might never be implemented in its current form, say veterans observer...
Dec 17, 2021
Canadians urged to get COVID-19 booster jabs as Omicron concerns grow
The push for Canadians to get their vaccine booster shots is ramping up as the COVID-19 Omicron variant spreads across the country, triggering more pandemic restrictions in some provinces. Starting Mo...
Dec 17, 2021
More than 20 feared dead in building fire in Osaka
TOKYO (AP) - More than 20 people were feared dead after a fire broke out Friday in a building in Osaka in western Japan, fire department officials said, and police were investigating arson as a possib...
Dec 16, 2021
