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New high-tech web tool aims to enlist Canadians to help find missing kids
TORONTO - Thousands of children are reported missing across the country each year but only a handful of Amber Alerts are issued, potentially leaving large numbers of people who might be able to help f...
Sep 11, 2019
Lutz's 58-yard field goal lifts Saints over Texans, 30-28
NEW ORLEANS - Drew Brees and Wil Lutz supplied the accuracy and poise New Orleans needed to overcome another officiating gaffe and its defence's late collapse. Lutz made a 58-yard field goal as time e...
Sep 11, 2019
Local home builders' association donates $50,000 to TRU, Kamloops Y to celebrate 30 years of the Training House
KAMLOOPS - The Canadian Home Builders' Association Central Interior was feeling generous on Wednesday night, donating $50,000 with portions going to Thompson Rivers University and the Kamloops YMCA-YW...
Sep 11, 2019 Sixteen students from TRU's Residential Construction program received tool belts on Wednesday night, donated by the Canadian Home Builders' Association Central Interior. Each tool belt is worth $500 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Tellez and Hernandez homer as Blue Jays dump slumping Red Sox 8-0
TORONTO - Rowdy Tellez and Teoscar Hernandez homered and four Toronto pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout as the Blue Jays dumped the Boston Red Sox 8-0 on Wednesday n...
Sep 11, 2019
Invasive hornet found on Vancouver Island for the first time: B.C. government
VICTORIA - An insect that is listed as an invasive species in British Columbia has been found in the Nanaimo area, which the provincial government says is the first time Asian giant hornets&...
Sep 11, 2019
Valleyview business owner desperate for help to curb crime near her restaurant
KAMLOOPS - The owner of a Valleyview restaurant is fed up with the crime happening around her property. Lisa Turpin is the owner of Harold's Family Restaurant. She says her business has been the targe...
Sep 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
In new book, Times reporters detail Weinstein investigation
NEW YORK - A new book by The New York Times reporters who uncovered sexual misconduct accusations against Harvey Weinstein reveals the identities of some of the whistleblowers who aided their investig...
Sep 11, 2019
YOU'RE NOT ALONE: The difficulties suicidal people face in trying to access help
KAMLOOPS - In the third part of You're Not Alone, we take a look at the resources available for suicidal people in the Kamloops area. Sometimes it's not a matter of available resources, but a matter o...
Sep 11, 2019 Image Credit: Piyapong Thongcharoen | Dreamstime.com
McLeod among Ottawa's top spenders for spousal travel expenses
KAMLOOPS - Local Conservative candidate Cathy McLeod is among Ottawa's top spenders for spousal travel expenses over the past four years. Expenditure reports for Members of Parliament were released ye...
Sep 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now 'dead'
WASHINGTON - U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now "dead," President Donald Trump declared Monday, two days after he abruptly cancelled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban and Afghan lea...
Sep 11, 2019
