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Aberdeen Elementary students look to share kindness beyond Pink Shirt Day
KAMLOOPS - What began in 2007 as a show of support for a young schoolmate being bullied has now grown into an international movement to end bullying.Feb. 23 is Pink Shirt Day across Canada. Students a...
Feb 23, 2022
Kamloops Chamber of Commerce hoped to see more in Budget 2022 to address increasing business costs
KAMLOOPS - On Tuesday (Feb. 22), the provincial government outlined its budget for this year, and the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce says there are some details left to iron out. Upon reviewing the 2022...
Feb 23, 2022
Kamloops mother relieved and proud of six-year-old's actions during weekend vehicle incident
KAMLOOPS - "I was thinking to get out of the car and ask somebody for help."That's what went through Jane Deelstra's head when the vehicle she and her grandmother had been driving in crashed over the ...
Feb 23, 2022
Alberta government promises historic health spending blitz in provincial budget
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the provincial budget will include an unprecedented blitz of health-care spending powered by a roaring, re-energized economy. Kenney announced $1.8-billion...
Feb 23, 2022
NBC's scores are in: Record low Olympics ratings
NEW YORK (AP) - The final scores are in, and NBC is no doubt happy to put the Beijing Winter Olympics in the rear-view mirror. The games reached an average combined audience of 11.4 million people in ...
Feb 23, 2022
Sartini, Vancouver Whitecaps look to continue building in 2022 MLS season
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are hoping their momentum has staying power as they head into another Major League Soccer season. The 'Caps surged through the last three months of the season, fini...
Feb 23, 2022
Ottawa allocates close to $12 million for Indigenous commercial fisheries in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it's contributing $11.8 million to support Indigenous commercial fisheries in British Columbia. Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray announced the funding a...
Feb 23, 2022
Canada signs agreement with AstraZeneca on preventative COVID-19 treatment
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to procure 100,000 doses of a COVID-19 antibody therapy that's still under review by Health Canada. A r...
Feb 23, 2022
Feds commit $140M to keep temporary staff hired to eliminate veterans' backlog
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay says the federal government will spend nearly $140 million over the next two years to retain temporary staff hired to deal with a backlog of disabi...
Feb 23, 2022
CFJC Midday - A world class chef and television superstar! Paramount Theatre welcomes 'Julia' the story of Julia Child
Kamloops Film Society's Tom Friedman talks about the Thursday night documentary Julia; the life of the famous cook, author and television personality Julia Child.
Feb 23, 2022
