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Lillooet man wielding homemade spear arrested along with nearby hype man
LILLOOET, B.C. - Lillooet RCMP are investigating a standoff where police shot and arrested a man with a homemade spear and arrested a nearby resident who was cheering him on. On Monday (Sept. 27), at ...
Sep 29, 2021
Eleven COVID-19 deaths in B.C.; 813 new cases
KAMLOOPS - Eleven more people have died of COVID-19 in B.C. Wednesday (Sept. 29).The totals are included in an update to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) dashboard.There are 813 new cases o...
Sep 29, 2021
Driver nabbed for excessive speed in Lillooet, claims car's nav system displayed incorrect speed limit
LILLOOET, B.C. - Lillooet RCMP are reminding drivers that the applicable speed limit on any road is the one posted on roadside signs - not on your vehicle's navigation system.The reminder comes after ...
Sep 29, 2021
Olympic swimmer who stormed Capitol pleads guilty to felony
WASHINGTON (AP) - Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot and faces 21 to 27 months in prison....
Sep 29, 2021
"All or Nothing" series offers unprecedented peek behind Maple Leafs' curtain
TORONTO - The emotions of the moment are raw. Maple Leafs goalie Jack Campbell is in tears. Star forwards Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner cut lonely figures, heads bowed, in a despondent locker room....
Sep 29, 2021
Olympic swimmer who stormed Capitol pleads guilty to felony
WASHINGTON (AP) - Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot and faces 21 to 27 months in prison....
Sep 29, 2021
Greens should investigate Annamie Paul's racism claims, says leadership contender
OTTAWA - The Green activist who came second to Annamie Paul in the last leadership race says he is being urged by many to stand again. Dimitri Lascaris, a Montreal-based lawyer and activist, is "vacil...
Sep 29, 2021
TRU finds short-term solution to student housing crisis
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has come up with a short-term solution for its international students who are struggling to find housing in Kamloops.The university has inked an agreement w...
Sep 29, 2021
Dead in the water: high court dismisses appeal for public access to Merritt-area lakes
KAMLOOPS - For the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club, it's the one that got away.Club spokesman Rick McGowan says, after years of fighting for access to a pair of Merritt-area lakes, the Supreme Court ...
Sep 29, 2021
Prisons bureau: Death toll in Ecuador prison clash tops 100
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - The death toll in a gang battle in a penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil has risen to more than 100 as authorities find more bodies, Ecuador's prison service said Wedne...
Sep 29, 2021
