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Oregon leads the way in decriminalizing hard drugs
SALEM, Ore. - In a first in the nation, Oregon has rejected charging drug users with criminal offences, with voters passing a ballot measure that decriminalizes possession of heroin, methamphetamine, ...
Nov 04, 2020
Post-election vote tallying raises fresh security concerns
WASHINGTON - Election Day came and went without any overt signs of foreign interference affecting the vote, but that doesn't mean the risk has faded. A prolonged vote-tallying period in swing states r...
Nov 04, 2020
Kamloops Fire Rescue Chief Mike Adams to retire
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will soon be looking for a new top dog for Kamloops Fire Rescue.Chief Mike Adams has announced his retirement, effective February 1, 2021. Adams tells CFJC Today his la...
Nov 04, 2020
In virus era, bubbles provide game-changing lessons learned
The NBA wants to be back in December. The NHL is aiming at games resuming in January. Baseball's spring training may begin in February, like normal. They almost certainly won't be in bubbles if and wh...
Nov 04, 2020
Debut of Chinese e-finance giant derailed by fear of risks
BEIJING - The world's biggest online finance company was racing toward a stock market debut when it was derailed by Beijing's anxiety about risks in the fledgling industry, jarring global investors an...
Nov 04, 2020
SOUND OFF: Rothenburger column shows support for archaic, non-representative electoral systems
WELL, I'VE GOT TO GIVE IT TO MEL for standing tall on his support for both the US Electoral College and BC's First Past the Post. Mel is one of a dwindling number of people who are still holding out f...
Nov 04, 2020
U.S. could learn from elections in other countries including Canada: expert
The United States could have avoided the "crippling political paralysis" it is experiencing if it had a central elections administrator like in other democracies, says an American professor who teache...
Nov 04, 2020
RCMP in Shuswap ask for help tracking down wanted man
SALMON ARM, B.C. - RCMP in the Shuswap are putting out the call for help tracking down a wanted man.Kevin Dennis Friesen, 30, is wanted on 11 unendorsed warrants for offences in Sicamous, Salmon Arm a...
Nov 04, 2020
CFJC Midday — 'Kiss the Ground' coming soon to the Paramount Theatre
Tom Friedman of the Kamloops Film Society discusses Kiss the Ground, an environmental documentary showing at the Paramount Theatre Thursday evening at the Paramount Theatre.
Nov 04, 2020
Interior Health experiencing high demand for flu shots
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says people are getting the flu shot in higher numbers this fall. Medical Health Officer Dr. Carol Fenton says 30 per cent more doses of the vaccine were ordered in anticipa...
Nov 04, 2020
