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CRIME STOPPERS: Crimes of the Week — April 20, 2020
KAMLOOPS - Here are the Kamloops Crime Stoppers crimes of the week for April 20, 2020.Crime of the week #1Kamloops Crime Stoppers hopes you can help identify this supposed fire-starter.Early on the mo...
Apr 20, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Trudeau promises stockpile policies to get overhaul to prevent waste
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa will avoid destroying valuable medical equipment from the national stockpile from now on by making sure it gets used before it expires. Trudeau told ...
Apr 20, 2020
Warner Bros. delays many releases including 'The Batman'
LOS ANGELES - Warner Bros. is delaying a batch of theatrical releases including "The Batman" and "The Sopranos" prequel "The Many Saints of Newark." The studio says Monday that "The Sopranos" film wil...
Apr 20, 2020
Blue-chip NFL prospects Gallimore, Claypool top CFL scouting bureau list
TORONTO - Oklahoma defensive lineman Neville Gallimore and Notre Dame receiver Chase Claypool - both blue-chip prospects for this week's NFL draft - top the final CFL scouting bureau top-20 list....
Apr 20, 2020
Fewer than 10 asylum seekers tried to cross since border closure: Blair
OTTAWA - The federal public safety minister says fewer than 10 asylum seekers have been turned back to the U.S. since the historic shutdown of the border. Bill Blair provided the figure to the House o...
Apr 20, 2020
Florida jogger dons costume to cheer up neighbourhood
TAMPA, Fla. - More than a week after Easter, there's still one mythical creature hopping around a Florida neighbourhood trying to spread happiness. Corey Jurgensen, 40, donned a 7-foot (2-meter) -tall...
Apr 20, 2020
Jane Goodall talks coronavirus impact, Nat Geo documentary
LOS ANGELES - Even though the planet has reaped the benefits of a cleaner environment from society shutting down during the coronavirus outbreak, Jane Goodall worries about human behaviour resorting b...
Apr 20, 2020
COVID-19 prompts bus driver layoffs, service cuts for Metro Vancouver transit
VANCOUVER - Nearly 1,500 bus drivers and other transit workers across Metro Vancouver are being laid off as TransLink faces plunging ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from Trans...
Apr 20, 2020
Gov't relief loans to restaurant chains draw complaints
Some big restaurant chains have obtained loans from the government under a small-business relief program, leading business groups to cry foul even though the loans are within the guidelines of the len...
Apr 20, 2020
JBS shuts down Minnesota pork plant hit by COVID-19 outbreak
MINNEAPOLIS - JBS USA said it is temporarily shutting down its big pork processing plant in southwestern Minnesota because of an outbreak of COVID-19 among workers, the latest closure of a major U.S. ...
Apr 20, 2020
