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Week in Review — Week of July 22, 2019
Welcome to Week in Review.This week, crews got ahead of schedule on the West Victoria Street Improvement Project.A retiring workforce creates demand for tradespeople.And Kamloops tourism seeing an inc...
Jul 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Drought concerns ease in Thompson region thanks to a wet summer
KAMLOOPS - It appears the worst is over for drought fears in the Southern Interior. Both the South and North Thompson basins are in the normal zone - a stark difference from what was originally foreca...
Jul 29, 2019 File photo (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds)
Kamloops Classic swimmers just miss out on medals at Canadian junior championship meet
KAMLOOPS - A pair of local swimmers from the Kamloops Classic Swim Club finished just off the podium at the 2019 Canadian Junior Swimming Championships in Calgary over the weekend. Fifteen year old Di...
Jul 29, 2019 Three Kamloops swimmers took part in the 2019 Canadian Junior Swimming Championships in Calgary over the weekend.
Tyson keeps museum post after sexual misconduct probe
NEW YORK - Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will keep his job as head of the Hayden Planetarium at New York's American Museum of Natural History after the museum concluded its investigation into sex...
Jul 29, 2019
Prime Minister applauds actions of coast guard in help with deadly plane crash
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau praised the efforts of Canadian Coast Guard crews in the tragic plane crash that claimed four lives off B.C.'s coast. Trudeau, who's in Vancouver to mark the ...
Jul 29, 2019
Prime Minister applauds actions of coast guard in help with deadly plane crash
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau praised the efforts of Canadian Coast Guard crews in the tragic plane crash that claimed four lives off B.C.'s coast. Trudeau, who's in Vancouver to mark the ...
Jul 29, 2019
Brittany Crew can be credited for Canada's world-class group of throwers
MONTREAL - Brittany Crew was standing in line at the airport for a flight to Italy to compete when she got the call: Don't check your bags. You're going to Lausanne. The 25-year-old thrower made ...
Jul 29, 2019
Stankoven finishes Top 10 in scoring at U-17 development camp
KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven got a taste of what the next level feels like at the National Under-17 Development Camp in Calgary. The 16-year-old hasn't even started his full-time career with the Blazers...
Jul 29, 2019 Logan Stankoven scored two goals and two assists at the National U-17 Development Camp (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
"Transparent" musical finale gives cast a chance to heal
LOS ANGELES - Wrapping up five seasons of an award-winning series with a musical is a risk that only Amazon's "Transparent" could take. Risks are part of the show's DNA, said series creator Jill Solow...
Jul 29, 2019
Hunter finally gets the call for Canada as world junior preparation ramps up
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Alan May remembers a dedicated, physical specimen. Keith Jones recalls unmatched passion and a brilliant hockey mind. As a player, Dale Hunter had all those things. And then the...
Jul 29, 2019
