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New space gives new life to Bright Red Bookshelf program in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - After uncertainty about its future following the Parkcrest fire, Literacy in Kamloops (LinK) has found a new home for the popular Bright Red Bookshelf program. The program will now be house...
Sep 23, 2019 The Parkview Activity Centre on the North Shore is the temporary new home for the Bright Red Bookshelf program (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
GM strike in 2nd week: Some progress but no end in sight
NEW YORK - The strike against General Motors by 49,000 United Auto Workers entered its second week Monday with progress reported in negotiations but no clear end in sight. Bargainers met all weekend a...
Sep 23, 2019
Kanye West attracts thousands to Wyoming for worship service
BILLINGS, Mont. - Kanye West has held an outdoor worship service that attracted thousands of people to the Wyoming city where he owns a ranch. The Billings Gazette reports West held the free event Sun...
Sep 23, 2019
AP interview: Colombia to denounce Maduro at UN meeting
BOGOTA - Colombia's president compared Nicols Maduro to Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic as he goes on a diplomatic offensive to corral the Venezuelan socialist, warning that he would be making...
Sep 23, 2019
CFL taking a closer look into Adams-Bighill incident during Alouettes win
The CFL is reviewing the helmet-swinging incident Saturday involving Montreal Alouettes quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and Winnipeg Blue Bombers linebacker Adam Bighill. Bighill and Adams...
Sep 23, 2019
Emmy Awards viewership plunges to 6.9 million people
NEW YORK - The Emmy Awards plunged to a record-low viewership of 6.9 million, illustrating a collective shrug by the public for an annual program that celebrates the best of television and is designed...
Sep 23, 2019
Judges may not be buying that 'Stairway' needs new trial
A group of US judges don't seem inclined to order a new trial in a copyright fight over the Led Zeppelin song, "Stairway to Heaven." Members of an 11-judge panel at a Monday hearing before the 9th U.S...
Sep 23, 2019
Kamloops Rugby Club Division one and two men score big wins over Abbotsford
KAMLOOPS ---- Kamloops welcomed Abbotsford for a ladies match and two men's games on a brilliant sunny Saturday. The KRC ladies were facing an experienced and large Abbie team and were pressured all g...
Sep 23, 2019 Image credit: Kamloops Rugby Club
MAP: Thefts from motor vehicles — week of September 16, 2019
KAMLOOPS - There's been another spike in the number of thefts from motor vehicles across the city.According to Kamloops RCMP, there were 73 thefts from vehicles last week.Virtually every neighbourhood...
Sep 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Stanton homers, Paxton wins 10th straight as Yanks top Jays
NEW YORK - The oft-injured Yankees started Saturday with a rare positive medical report. Then they got something even scarcer this year - a signature, soaring home run from Giancarlo Stanton. Stanton ...
Sep 23, 2019
