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In Brazil, artists and activists protest against mining bill
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Thousands of Brazilians gathered outside Congress on Wednesday to protest a set of bills they say threaten the Amazon rainforest by encouraging deforestation and industrial activ...
Mar 09, 2022
Woman arrested for shoplifting two days in a row by Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP nabbed a pair of shoplifting suspects red-handed in Lower Sahali Tuesday (Mar. 8).In a news release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says an officers was investigating another matter at a...
Mar 09, 2022
MLS Disciplinary Committee hands Toronto FC defender Carlos Salcedo a one-game ban
TORONTO - Major League Soccer has suspended Toronto FC defender Carlos Salcedo for one game for a lunging tackle that only netted the Mexican international a yellow card in last Saturday's 4-1 loss to...
Mar 09, 2022
B.C. COVID-19 death toll grows by 14 Wednesday
VICTORIA - Even as hospitalization and case counts decrease, the COVID-19 pandemic is still taking a deadly toll on B.C.According to the latest surveillance report provided by B.C.'s Ministry of Healt...
Mar 09, 2022
MLB cancels 93 more games, gap narrows in bargaining
NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred canceled 93 more games Wednesday, increasing pressure on locked out players and appearing to close the remaining chance to play a full 162-game schedu...
Mar 09, 2022
YOUTH SPORTS & COVID-19: Missed opportunities
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday (Mar. 8), in the first part of a series on youth sports and COVID-19, CFJC Today examined how many young athletes missed up to a full year of competition in their chosen sports. In ...
Mar 09, 2022
Man charged with murder in January Williams Lake death
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The B.C. Prosecution Service has laid a murder charge in a January killing in Williams Lake.According to RCMP, Kurtis Justin Billy is now facing a single count of second-degree m...
Mar 09, 2022
Endurance: Explorer Shackleton's ship found after a century
LONDON - Researchers have discovered the remarkably well-preserved wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, in 10,000 feet of icy water, a century after it was swallowed up by Anta...
Mar 09, 2022
Texas flagged 27,000 mail ballots for rejection in primary
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - More than 27,000 mail ballots in Texas were flagged for rejection in the first test of new voting restrictions enacted across the U.S., jeopardizing votes cast by Democrats and Re...
Mar 09, 2022
Safer drug supply needed to prevent illicit drug deaths, says new B.C. coroner’s report
VICTORIA - Access to a safer supply of drugs and more care to support substance users is the key to reducing the number of illicit drug-related deaths in British Columbia, a new report has found.The r...
Mar 09, 2022
