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Blazers nearly complete comeback in wild 6-4 loss to Winterhawks
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers were peppered with 58 shots, trailed 4-0 at one point and nearly came back in a wild 6-4 loss to the Portland Winterhawks from Sandman Centre Wednesday (March 6) night....
Mar 07, 2024
Judge will hear conspiracy argument in trial of Freedom Convoy organizers
OTTAWA - An Ontario court judge says she will entertain arguments that Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber acted as co-conspirators as part of their criminal trial. The Crown intend...
Mar 07, 2024
Staff in Canada's women's shelters are facing a burnout crisis, new report finds
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A new report says staff at women's shelters and transition homes across the country are feeling burned out, underpaid and overburdened with administrative work. The review from nati...
Mar 07, 2024
Canada asking weapons-makers for plans to ramp up ammunition production
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving two weapons manufacturers millions of dollars to come up with a plan to make more ammunition in Canada. Defence Minister Bill Blair made the announcement in a...
Mar 07, 2024
Kamloops broadcast legend Earl Seitz recognized by WHL for outstanding contributions to sports journalism
KAMLOOPS - The former longtime sports director for CFJC received another honour for his hall of fame career.Ahead of the Kamloops Blazers' home game at Sandman Centre Wednesday (March 6), the Western ...
Mar 07, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Sending KFR medical response issue to committee is no answer
ASSUMING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE recommendations are confirmed when Kamloops City council sits in regular session, taxpayers will be on the hook for a slightly lower increase than originally predicted....
Mar 07, 2024
Two adults, four children found dead in Ottawa-area home, police say
Ottawa police are investigating the deaths of six people including four children and two adults found in a home in the city's Barrhaven area. Police said Thursday one person has been arrested and ther...
Mar 07, 2024
EU's largest party endorses Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for a second term as EU Commission chief
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - The European Union's largest political party on Thursday endorsed Ursula von der Leyen's bid for a second five-year term at the helm of the bloc's powerful Commission. Von de...
Mar 07, 2024
Family killed in Nashville plane crash from King Township, North of Toronto
An Ontario town is mourning a family of five who died in a Nashville plane crash earlier this week. Forty-three-year-old Victor Dotsenko, his 39-year-old wife Rimma Dotsenko and their three children, ...
Mar 07, 2024
UN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to violence in north
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The United Nations' refugee chief raised a new alert Thursday over 780,000 displaced people in Mozambique, the vast majority of them because of a seven-year insurgency b...
Mar 07, 2024
