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Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet selected as all-star reserve
Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet has been selected as a reserve for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game. He was voted in for the first time in his career by a panel of the NBA's 30 head coaches. VanVleet is...
Feb 03, 2022
Friend remembers ‘always laughing’ Ashley Wadsworth — but ‘she needed help’
KELOWNA - A friend of Ashley Wadsworth, the young Vernon woman murdered in England this week, says there was never a dull moment with her.But, she had also been reaching out for help and her relations...
Feb 03, 2022
How to spot the signs of an eating disorder and get help
KAMLOOPS - Eating disorders are on the rise and treatment is harder to come by due to the pandemic.Staff at the National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) have seen a 59 per cent increase in ...
Feb 03, 2022
Kamloops pharmacist urges COVID-19 vaccination booster uptake, says doses are going to waste
KAMLOOPS - Missagh Manshadi is throwing away unusable Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. The pharmacist says not enough people are coming in for booster shots and the solution is going bad. "We have so far di...
Feb 03, 2022
Embrace the season for the PLAYKamloops How to Play Winter Challenge
KAMLOOPS - While February is the shortest month of any year, when the winter doldrums set in it can feel like the longest. Here in Kamloops, there's a group trying to encourage residents to get outsid...
Feb 03, 2022
Calgary Stampeders re-sign American defensive back Branden Dozier
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have locked up another defensive back, re-signing American Branden Dozier. Dozier, 28, played all 14 regular-season games for Calgary in 2021, recording 49 defensive t...
Feb 03, 2022
Thirteen more deaths from COVID-19 in B.C.; hospitalizations hover below 1,000
VICTORIA - Thirteen more British Columbians have died of COVID-19.The information is contained in the latest update on the virus released by B.C.'s Ministry of Health, issued Thursday (Jan. 3). The pr...
Feb 03, 2022
Naked man arrested after allegedly opening fire on bus
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A 21-year-old man who was acting erratically opened fire inside a Greyhound bus in Northern California, killing a 43-year-old woman and wounding four others before he was arres...
Feb 03, 2022
B.C. First Nations plan to appeal Nechako River ruling to restore natural flows
VANCOUVER - Two First Nations say they will appeal parts of a British Columbia Supreme Court ruling released last month that rejected their bid for an injunction to restore the natural flows of the Ne...
Feb 03, 2022
Thief steals donation box from North Shore Tim Horton's
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are investigating the theft of a donation box from a North Shore fast food restaurant.Cst. Crystal Evelyn says it happened at about 2:00 Saturday morning (Jan. 29), at a restaurant in ...
Feb 03, 2022
