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TRU researcher receives grant to develop programs for early childhood educators
KAMLOOPS - A $575,000 boost for early childhood education research was announced this morning. B.C.'s Minister of Children and Family Development, Katrine Conroy paid a visit to the TRU campus to anno...
Jul 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
Parks Canada promises to remove offending fence at Signal Hill in
St. John's
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Parks Canada is promising to remove a fence that visitors say spoiled the iconic view at Signal Hill in St. John's. In a statement, the agency says the current fence was meant to ma...
Jul 17, 2019
Argonauts still looking for first win as they face Stampeders on road
CALGARY - Dave Dickenson warned that the Calgary Stampeders can't take a winless team lightly. The Toronto Argonauts (0-4) have yet to win a game this season, but Dickenson stressed tha...
Jul 17, 2019
Paul McCartney writing 'It's a Wonderful Life' stage musical
LONDON - Paul McCartney is writing his first stage musical, an adaptation of the classic movie "It's a Wonderful Life." The ex-Beatle is collaborating with "Billy Elliot" playwright Lee Hall and West ...
Jul 17, 2019
Trump abortion restrictions effective immediately
WASHINGTON - Taxpayer-funded family planning clinics must stop referring women for abortions immediately, the Trump administration said Monday, declaring it will begin enforcing a new regulation haile...
Jul 17, 2019
Lead paint suppliers settle California lawsuit for $305M
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The nation's former major suppliers of lead paint have agreed to pay California's largest cities and counties $305 million to settle a nearly 20-year-old lawsuit, attorneys said W...
Jul 17, 2019
Kamloops' Hicketts re-signs with Detroit Red Wings
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops native Joe Hicketts has signed a two-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings. The team announced the signing on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon. The Detroit #RedWings today re-sign...
Jul 17, 2019 Kamloops minor hockey product Joe Hicketts has re-signed with the Red Wings for two season (Image Credit: NHL.com)
Series of search warrants on rural property near Chase nets $12,000 in stolen pet food
CHASE, B.C. - More than $12,000 worth of stolen dog and cat food has been seized from a rural property near Scotch Creek.Chase RCMP say in a news release that a third search warrant at the property in...
Jul 17, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
Cambodia says 11 containers of Canadian trash among illegal garbage shipments
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has asked officials in Cambodia for more information about 11 containers of Canadian garbage the southeast Asian country's environment ministry says ended up there ill...
Jul 17, 2019
Scheer on Trump: It's 'offensive' to question the family background of critics
SASKATOON - Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there is no place in society for comments such as the ones U.S. President Donald Trump has made about four Democratic congresswomen. Sch...
Jul 17, 2019
