Kamloops and Area
Councillor's Secret Recording
Petition calling for Bill Sarai to resign over secret recording of Kamloops Mayor
KAMLOOPS - A self-appointed citizen watchdog group in Kamloops is calling on Councillor Bill Sarai to resign following revelations that he secretly recorded a Jan. 2023 conversation with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson that quickly escalated to a heated argument. "We, the citizens, demand the immediate resignation of Kam...
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Tolko Downtime
Tolko temporary closing several B.C. mills this December
KAMLOOPS - Workers at the Tolko Mill in Heffley Creek will be on a temporary curtailment for a little over two weeks starting next month as part of an end-of-year closure at multiple Tolko operations in British Columbia. Tolko spokesperson Chris Downey told CFJC Today that the Heffley Creek mill will stop production af...
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McGill Road Crash
BC Conservatives want 'judge and jury' to weigh in on fatal TRU crash
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Conservative caucus wants a judge and jury to weigh in after Kamloops RCMP confirmed that criminal charges will not be laid against the driver who caused the crash that killed TRU WolfPack athlete Owyn McInnis last November.McInnis, Owen Waterhouse, and Riley Brinnen were in a Volkswagen which was s...
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BLACK FRIDAY
Consumer report, business feedback on Black Friday in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS -- Deal hunters were prowling around Kamloops today (Nov. 29), searching for Black Friday blowout sales, with Christmas just around the corner. CFJC Today hit the streets looking for thoughts on consumerism, capitalism, bargains and business.
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British Columbia
Potential unmarked graves identified at former residential school in central B.C.
The chief of a First Nation in central British Columbia says potential unmarked graves have been identified at the site of the former Lejac Indian Residential School after nearly two years of geophysical survey work. Nadleh Whut'en Chief Beverly Ketlo says the community has always known children were buried at the inst...
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B.C. Métis Nation votes to withdraw immediately from Métis National Council
SURREY, B.C. - Members of the Métis Nation British Columbia have voted to leave the national organization, the Métis National Council, effective immediately. The vote was held virtually on Saturday during the B.C. group's governance assembly. A statement from Métis Nation B.C. says the decision com...
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Chilcotin Landslide Update
Information checkpoints in Farwell Canyon linked to Chilcotin landslide to come down 'soon'
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) says it will soon disband the information checkpoints that were put in place the inform residents about ongoing dangers linked to a July 31 landslide on the Chilcotin River."Community information officers from Tl'esqox and Yuneŝit'in have been stationed in...
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Pro-Palestinian protesters block Metro Vancouver container port
DELTA, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say demonstrators have disrupted access to a major Metro Vancouver container port terminal, with the protesters calling for an end to what they call "Canada's weapons trade with Israel." Delta Police say on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that offic...
Nov 29, 2024
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Family says B.C. man's cremated remains in limbo due to Canada Post strike
A Quebec woman whose father died in British Columbia last month says her family has be unable to properly grieve because the Canada Post strike has left his remains in limbo. Emily Walstrom said her father's cremated remains were put into the mail before Canada Post employees walked off the job on Nov. 15. That day, Wa...
Nov 29, 2024
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Winter storm watch issued as snow, heavy rain expected for B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - A winter storm is moving over British Columbia's coast, bringing strong winds, heavy snow and freezing rain as snowfall warnings continue for much of the province's Interior. Environment Canada issued a winter storm watch for the north coast, saying a low-pressure system will approach the region as a ridge ...
Nov 29, 2024
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Canada
First Métis group signs modern treaty with the federal government
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Métis Federation President David Chartrand told a ceremony for a new treaty that recognizes his organization as the government for the Red River Métis that the moment was 154 years in the making. "We will pursue something that's rightfully ours, and no matter how long it takes, we...
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Potential unmarked graves identified at former residential school in central B.C.
The chief of a First Nation in central British Columbia says potential unmarked graves have been identified at the site of the former Lejac Indian Residential School after nearly two years of geophysical survey work. Nadleh Whut'en Chief Beverly Ketlo says the community has always known children were buried at the inst...
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B.C. Métis Nation votes to withdraw immediately from Métis National Council
SURREY, B.C. - Members of the Métis Nation British Columbia have voted to leave the national organization, the Métis National Council, effective immediately. The vote was held virtually on Saturday during the B.C. group's governance assembly. A statement from Métis Nation B.C. says the decision com...
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Trump calls Florida meeting with Trudeau productive amid stiff tariff threat
President-elect Donald Trump called his meeting with Justin Trudeau productive and says the prime minister made a commitment to work with the United States to end the drug crisis amid the threat of stiff tariffs. Trudeau flew to Florida Friday evening to attend a dinner at Mar-a-Lago, where Trump's transition team is b...
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Mont-Tremblant World Cup skiing races cancelled due to warm weather
MONTREAL - Fans hoping to see the world's top woman skiers compete next week in Mont-Tremblant, Que., are out of luck after the PwC Tremblant World Cup was cancelled due to warm weather. The races were scheduled for Dec. 7 and 8, but on Friday organizers announced in a news release that they were pulling the plug on th...
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From inside a Cameroon jail, gay youth say police exploit homophobia to seek bribes
DOUALA - Pierre wakes up every morning atop a makeshift wooden table, in an open-air courtyard at the New Bell central prison in Douala, the most populous city in Cameroon. He cleans toilets, shoes and laundry to afford the privilege of sleeping under the sky. He is exposed to rain and mosquitoes there, but it provides...
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World
San Jose State's volleyball season that ignited debate over women in sports ends in MW title match
LAS VEGAS (AP) - San Jose State's volleyball team, the subject of a national debate about women in sports, was beaten by Colorado State 27-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-16 in Saturday's Mountain West tournament final, ending the Spartans' season. The Rams (20-10) received the conference's automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tourn...
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Trump taps Kash Patel for FBI director, a loyalist who would aid effort to upend law enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce ally to upend America's premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of perceived "conspirators." It's the latest bombshell Trump has thrown at the Washington establishment and a test...
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Trump names loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump has picked Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce loyalist to upend America's premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of perceived "conspirators." It's the latest bombshell Trump has thrown at the Washington establishment and a tes...
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Taiwan's president arrives in Hawaii for a 2-day stop in the US as part of South Pacific visit
HONOLULU (AP) - Taiwan's president arrived Saturday in Hawaii to begin a two-day transit in the U.S. as part of a trip to the South Pacific, his first since assuming office. The stopover in Hawaii and one planned for the territory of Guam have drawn fierce criticism from Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its own territor...
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Israeli strike in Gaza allegedly kills workers with World Central Kitchen charity
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed five people, a senior Palestinian health official said. Three of them were said to be employees of the charity World Central Kitchen, whose aid delivery efforts in the war-ravaged territory were temporarily suspended ear...
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Iceland votes for a new parliament amid disagreements on immigration, energy policy and the economy
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Icelanders will elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call early elections. This is Iceland's sixth general election since the 2008 financial...
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