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Emperor Akihito to abdicate, Japan embraces end of era
TOKYO - Emperor Akihito is set to abdicate, as Japan embraces the end of his reign with an emotion mixed with reminiscence and hopes for a new era. Akihito, 85, in a palace ritual Tuesday, will announ...
Apr 29, 2019
Kamloops boy gets his ideal birthday surprise
KAMLOOPS - Four-year-old Reid Lukinchuk idolizes the RCMP. His mother Bryanna Lukinchuck said every time he sees a police officer, Reid has to stop to say hello. Noticing Reid's love of the RCMP, Brya...
Apr 29, 2019 Local RCMP officers surprise four-year-old Reid on his birthday. (Image Credit: Contributed / Bryanna Lukinchuk)
BC Wildlife Park mourning loss of nine-year-old moose
KAMLOOPS - Cherry the Moose, who called BC Wildlife Park home for the past four years, has died.In a Facebook post, the park says Cherry died from natural causes on Saturday (April 27)."Our dedicated ...
Apr 29, 2019 Image Credit: BC Wildlife Park
Meet a Machine raises $13,000 for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
KAMLOOPS - They're big. They're loud. They draw quite a crowd. And at the fifth annual Meet a Machine held on Saturday, hundreds of families came out to see some of the biggest and baddest machinery t...
Apr 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Canada's spring floods, by the numbers
OTTAWA - Flooding has forced thousands of residents from their homes in communities across the country as spring brings severe flooding. Here are some numbers from Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswi...
Apr 29, 2019
Bishop makes 32 saves, Stars beat Blues 4-2 to tie series
ST. LOUIS - Dallas goalie Ben Bishop rebounded - at his hometown team's expense. Bishop made 32 saves, Roope Hintz scored twice and the Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 in Game 2 to even the Western...
Apr 29, 2019
A daunting task begins: Reducing lobster gear to save whales
PORTLAND, Maine - Fishing managers on the East Coast began the daunting process Monday of implementing new restrictions on lobster fishing that are designed to protect a vanishing species of whale. A ...
Apr 29, 2019
US officials: Army veteran's plan to bomb Nazi rally stopped
LOS ANGELES - An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terror attacks throughout Southern California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retri...
Apr 29, 2019
Randal Grichuk and Aaron Sanchez lead Blue Jays past Athletics 7-1
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Aaron Sanchez was disappointed to be pulled from his latest start after five innings, but he was relieved it wasn't due to another finger issue. "It was fine going into today...
Apr 29, 2019
Venom sweep opening weekend
Kamloops - The Kamloops Venom defeated the Vernon Tigers 14-9 to sweep their season opening weekend in the Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League. Callum Gorman and Tanner Koroluk both had hattricks...
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