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Secwepemc community collective celebrates its interns and the work they've done
KAMLOOPS - Across BC, different First Nations work closely with the provincial government in a variety of capacities. Here in Secwepemculecw, a collective of seven communities from this territory have...
Oct 16, 2020
Resident at Hospitality Inn wants to see area cleaned up, motel torn down
KAMLOOPS - Katie has lived at the Hospitality Inn for two years, but wants it torn down and redeveloped. In the wake of a shooting Friday morning (Oct. 16), she says criminal activity has been on the ...
Oct 16, 2020
Surging Vancouver Whitecaps not taking slumping L.A. Galaxy lightly: Bush
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps aren't taking anything for granted as they prepare to face a team in the midst of a slump this weekend. The Whitecaps head to California on Sunday to face the...
Oct 16, 2020
Rays-Yankees get most viewers during Division Series
NEW YORK - The Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees drew the five-most watched games of the Division Series, boosted by prime-time start times. Tampa Bay's 2-1 win in Game 5 on Oct. 9 was the most-watc...
Oct 16, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Merritt Tim Horton's; 155 new cases in B.C. Friday
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials say there has been a COVID-19 outbreak at the Tim Horton's restaurant in Merritt.The announcement comes as part of Friday's regular COVID-19 update from the prov...
Oct 16, 2020
Party leaders Horgan, Bolin to visit Kamloops Saturday
KAMLOOPS - One week before the provincial election, B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan will visit Kamloops Saturday (Oct. 17), Horgan will be joined by local candidates Sadie Hunter (Kamloops-North Thompson)...
Oct 16, 2020
Trudeau says feds want fixes, not control, of long-term care system
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no intention of trying to assert federal jurisdiction over long-term care facilities but still believes there is a role for Ottawa to play in fixing ...
Oct 16, 2020
Liberals propose special committee to examine pandemic-related spending
OTTAWA - The minority Liberal government is attempting to pre-empt opposition efforts to create a special committee to investigate alleged corruption by proposing its own special committee to examine ...
Oct 16, 2020
Maple Leafs sign 2006 Hart winner Joe Thornton to one-year contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed 41-year-old forward Joe Thornton to a one-year contract worth US$700,000. Thornton, a six-time all star and the winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy as leag...
Oct 16, 2020
Canadian bantamweight Sarah Moras to fight on Nov. 7 UFC card in Las Vegas
Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras will face Brazil's Vanessa Melo next month on a televised UFC card in Las Vegas.The main event of the Nov. 7 show at the UFC's Apex production facility f...
Oct 16, 2020
