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WCT opens the season with a haunting look at historical murders
KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre opens its season next week with The Drowning Girls at the Pavillion Theatre. The Drowning Girls is based on the true story of three women who were murdered by the sam...
Sep 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Sagebrush repairs to be complete in time for opening of WCT's Mainstage season
KAMLOOPS - As Western Canada Theatre prepares to open its first show of the season at the Pavillion Theatre, the company is looking forward to getting back into the Sagebrush Theatre. The Sagebrush wa...
Sep 10, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Film Society will be made to pay Paramount property taxes as bid for exemption dies
KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops non-profit organizations will pay thousands in 2019 property taxes after their applications for permissive tax exemptions were denied by council.While non-profits such as pla...
Sep 10, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Jets DL Shepherd suspended 6 games by NFL for PED violation
New York Jets defensive lineman Nathan Shepherd was suspended six games Tuesday by the NFL for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancers. Shepherd will be eligible to return to the Jets' ...
Sep 10, 2019
Saskatchewan man acquitted of threatening to shoot Trudeau and blow up Parliament
NIPAWIN, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man accused of threatening to shoot Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and blow up the Parliament Buildings has been acquitted. David Petersen, who is 53, faced a charge of ...
Sep 10, 2019
Green party's Pierre Nantel calls for Quebec independence 'as fast as possible'
MONTREAL - A prominent federal Green party candidate told an internet radio show Tuesday he wants Quebec to separate from Canada as soon as possible. Pierre Nantel, who won his riding south ...
Sep 10, 2019
Blazers' Zary garnering preseason attention entering draft year
KAMLOOPS - Connor Zary expects a big year out of himself, and so do a lot of pro scouts and NHL general managers. The 18 year old has been ranked 18th by TSN's Craig Button, accounting for all the pla...
Sep 10, 2019 Connor Zary is the 18th ranked Canadian forward, according to TSN's Craig Button.
FEMA officials, contractor accused of hurricane relief fraud
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Federal authorities said Tuesday they have arrested two former officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the former president of a major disaster relief contract...
Sep 10, 2019
Construction of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion still faces hurdles
VANCOUVER - Barbara Gard calls her three-hectare property, nestled below the forested peak of Sumas Mountain, a "miniature Stanley Park." Its lush trees and flowing creek reminded her of Vancouver's m...
Sep 10, 2019
Construction of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion still faces hurdles
VANCOUVER - Barbara Gard calls her three-hectare property, nestled below the forested peak of Sumas Mountain, a "miniature Stanley Park." Its lush trees and flowing creek reminded her of Vancouver's m...
Sep 10, 2019
