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Wind remains on firefighters' side in bout with northern Alberta wildfire
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Despite heavy smoke, officials say a lighter wind out of the northeast has allowed for great progress on reining in a wildfire that's forced thousands of people from their homes in...
James Peters May 22, 2019

ROTHENBURGER: Abortion debate unlikely to be rekindled in Canada
KAMLOOPS- WILL THE ANTI-ABORTION DEBATE return to a neighbourhood near us?A lot of people seem to be asking that question as the issue suddenly returns to the headlines south of the border, where seve...
James Peters May 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today

Trudeau in Kamloops; will declare Lake as Liberal nominee
KAMLOOPS - The prime minister is in Kamloops Tuesday (May 21), his second visit to the River City this year after a visit in January that included a town hall at Thompson Rivers University. Justin Tru...
James Peters May 21, 2019 Justin Trudeau during his visit to Kamloops in January 2019. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Province says B.C. snowpack near 40-year lows for mid-May
KAMLOOPS - Provincial officials say the latest figures show among lowest snowpack conditions for this time of year in the past four decades. And the B.C. River Forecast Centre is warning of low stream...
James Peters May 21, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds

Terrace to get new $447.5 million state-of-the-art hospital
TERRACE, B.C. - Terrace will be upgrading their current 78-bed hospital to a state-of-the-art one more than double its size. The business plan for the $447.5 million new Mills Memorial Hospital was co...
James Peters May 21, 2019 Image Credit: CKPG Today
CFJC Midday - Happy feet! Get your feet ready for summer with London Drugs
Cosmetics Manager Farren Dufault talks about the best ways to care for your feet sandal ready!
James Peters May 21, 2019

Province releases guidelines for investigation into soaring gasoline prices
VICTORIA - B.C.'s provincial government has released guidelines for the investigation into soaring gas prices. In a news release, the province released its terms of reference that will guide the BC Ut...
James Peters May 21, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today

ROTHENBURGER: Things are very different for Trudeau during this visit
KAMLOOPS - PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU is scheduled to be in town tonight and it promises to be a very different set of circumstances than the last time he was here in January.Back then, he was gree...
James Peters May 21, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today

GINTA: The world can be changed for the better and many are doing it already
IF YOU WERE TO SIT WITH US FOR DINNER on any given night, you would be privy to a recurrent conversation that surfaces whenever social issues such as poverty, violation of human rights and modern-day ...
James Peters May 20, 2019 Image Credit: Oliver Perez / Dreamstime.com

ROTHENBURGER: Once again, we vow never to let it happen again
SO OFTEN WE HEAR of tragedies after which we all vow to make sure they never happen again. "We have to make sure no one else ever has to go through that," we say. And yet, the same bad things happen a...
James Peters May 20, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today

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