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Plenty to see at 4th annual Green Living Expo
KAMLOOPS - It's a big day at the Sandman Centre. The City's 4th annual Green Living Expo runs from 10:00 a.m- 4:00 p.m today (May 11). Sustainability Educator Jaime Garbutt says the idea of the Expo i...
May 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
SOUND OFF: Lower industrial tax rate proposal concerning for taxpayers
Dear Kamloops Mayor and Council,The Kamloops Voters Society (KVS) is concerned with the City's ongoing plan to alter several long established tax classifications and effectively shift a portion of ind...
May 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
PBS film tackles Mexican Americans' role in winemaking
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A new PBS documentary is examining at the contributions of Mexican Americans in the wine industry of California's Napa Valley. "Harvest Season," scheduled to begin airing Monday on...
May 11, 2019
Guard who detained school shooting suspect opened fire
DENVER - A security guard credited with capturing one of the two suspects in this week's suburban Denver school shooting fired his weapon inside the school, a law enforcement official with knowledge o...
May 11, 2019
Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images
WASHINGTON - The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk of retributi...
May 11, 2019
Houthi rebels begin withdrawal from key ports in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen - Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday began a long-delayed withdrawal of forces from the port facility in the key city of Hodeida, the group said, following the terms of a December cease-fi...
May 11, 2019
Kamloops RCMP investigating suspicious interaction outside elementary school
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are looking for information after a suspicious incident yesterday afternoon (May 10) outside Arthur Hatton Elementary School.Staff Sgt. Michel Grondin says police received a r...
May 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Canada men's rugby team to face Irish powerhouse Leinster in Hamilton in August
TORONTO - Canada will play Irish powerhouse Leinster in a Rugby World Cup warmup match Aug. 24 at Hamilton's Tim Hortons Field. The game will be part of Leinster's pre-season preparations. ...
May 11, 2019
Swiss thrash Italy, Denmark beat France at ice hockey worlds
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Kevin Fiala scored a hat trick and added an assist as Switzerland thrashed Italy 9-0 in their first game at the world hockey championship on Saturday. It was Switzerland's bigge...
May 11, 2019
Mom hopes tale of daughter's murder at hands of spouse helps others
TORONTO - Elana Fric Shamji stayed with her abusive husband for more than a decade, despite her mother's pleas to leave the volatile relationship with her three young children in tow. Now, Ana Fr...
May 11, 2019
