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City of Kamloops staff pledge to review court decision after Victoria plastic bag ban struck down
KAMLOOPS - City of Kamloops staff say it's too soon to say whether a court decision quashing Victoria's plastic bag bylaw will alter the development of a similar bylaw for the Tournament Capital.In a ...
Jul 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
CFJC Midday - Volunteer Kamloops program focusing on mental health
Taylor Rae from Volunteer Kamloops talks about the 'Focus Program' linking mental health consumers with community organizations.
Jul 11, 2019
LaRoche celebrating 35 years since winning world kickboxing championship in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It was before any Memorial Cups, Briers or Canada Games.Still eight years before the Riverside Coliseum. On a steamy July night 35 years ago Memorial Arena was the place to be - the centre ...
Jul 11, 2019 Kamloops' Tom LaRoche won the world kickboxing championship at home on July 12, 1984 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Local Volkswagen dealership weighs in on the end of Beetle production
KAMLOOPS - As of Wednesday (July 10) Volkswagen is no longer producing its iconic Beetle. In Kamloops, there are only a few of these cars left at the local Volkswagen dealership. The Beetle was first ...
Jul 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Outrage over killing of black teen over rap music complaint
PHOENIX - Hundreds of people including a presidential candidate spoke out on Twitter this week after a 17-year-old black youth was killed at suburban convenience store, allegedly by a white man charge...
Jul 11, 2019
Teen writer touring new book about 2017 Wildfires in support of first responders
KAMLOOPS - For many aspiring authors, writing a book is something that takes years and years, with re-writes and revisions upon re-writes and revisions. For one B.C. teenager, he's already written a t...
Jul 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Grants will reduce wildfire risks in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government has allocated another $1,059,199 in Community Resiliency Investment program grants to 11 local governments and First Nations communities in the Kamloops Fire Centre to h...
Jul 11, 2019 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Bombardier to lay off half the 1,100 workers at Thunder Bay, Ont. railway plant
Bombardier Inc. is laying off half of the 1,100 workers at its Thunder Bay, Ont., railway car plant, according to a federal government source. Two major contracts in Ontario - for the Toront...
Jul 11, 2019
While he's never won in Toronto, Hinchcliffe the headliner at his hometown race
TORONTO - When it was James Hinchcliffe's turn to speak among the panel of IndyCar drivers at Thursday's opening news conference, emcee Michael Young jokingly skipped right past the Canadian. "James H...
Jul 11, 2019
Crews rush 46 to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at Winnipeg hotel
WINNIPEG - Sergiy Bolshakov was watching TV in his Winnipeg hotel room when a firefighter knocked on the door and told him the building was being evacuated because of an emergency. The Toronto man qui...
Jul 11, 2019
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