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Lions hoping major offseason changes will pay off as new era begins
KAMLOOPS - The last time the B.C. Lions won a playoff game was only three years ago. It was the 2016 Western Semi-Final. Jonathan Jennings scrambling and diving into the end zone for what turned out t...
May 23, 2019 Veteran Lions receiver Bryan Burnham said offseason changes were necessary (Image Credit: BC Lions)
Prince Andrew arrives in Halifax for brief, private working visit
HALIFAX - Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, arrived in Halifax on Thursday for a brief, low-key visit. As the colonel-in-chief of the Princess Louise Fusiliers, a Halifax-based reserve unit, Andrew too...
May 23, 2019
Second annual Hydra Festival kicks off in Kamloops tonight
KAMLOOPS - Final rehearsals have wrapped up, and it's opening night for Chimera Theatre's second annual Hydra Performing Arts Festival. For Bonnie McLean, it's her first year producing a show for the ...
May 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
BC Coroners report showing decade high motorcyclist fatalities puts safety into focus
KAMLOOPS - The BC Coroners Service recently released a count of how many motorcyclist deaths occurred in B.C in 2018, and the results were a dramatic shift from the previous year. Data shows the numbe...
May 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Groundbreaking ceremony held for elders and youth co-housing project
KAMLOOPS - Community members, local dignitaries, and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing were among those who gathered at a vacant lot in Brocklehurst Thursday morning to celebrate a unique ...
May 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
Pot backers ask Maine to put locals, small businesses first
PORTLAND, Maine - Marijuana enthusiasts in Maine used a public hearing Thursday to implore the state to protect the small businesses and growers they think should make up the backbone of its budding c...
May 23, 2019
MLA Milobar blasts government after major jump in Revelstoke-area highway project cost
KAMLOOPS - The BC Liberal MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson is raising his eyebrows after the cost of a highway improvement project increased by 35 per cent in the span of about three months. In Februar...
May 23, 2019 Image Credit: Flickr / Government of B.C.
Arbitrator upholds Voynov suspension but says he served half
LOS ANGELES - An arbitrator has upheld Slava Voynov's one-season NHL suspension but is giving him credit for serving half of it in 2018-19. Commissioner Gary Bettman suspended the former Los Angeles K...
May 23, 2019
Tesla shares bounce on leaked memo about rising sales
Shares of Tesla, suffering one of the worst stretches in company history, rebounded Thursday after CEO Elon Musk told employees that orders are up. The company's stock closed up 1.4% to $195.49 on a v...
May 23, 2019
Court to rule if B.C. can limit bitumen in key case for Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia court is set to rule Friday whether the province can restrict shipments of diluted bitumen through its borders, in what will be a crucial decision for the future of the ...
May 23, 2019
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