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Retail license wait list shortening, cannabis revenue-sharing still not set: UBCM President
KAMLOOPS - Despite cannabis becoming legal eight months ago, there has been no decision yet how revenue from retail taxation will be split between governments. On top of that, a number of applications...
Dylana Kneeshaw Jul 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
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Conservative leader Andrew Scheer visits Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The leader of the federal Conservatives made a stop in Kamloops today (July 2). Hundreds of Conservative Party members and supporters waited with anticipation to hear from Scheer. The oppos...
Dylana Kneeshaw Jul 02, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
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Scheer to speak at Kamloops community barbeque
KAMLOOPS - The leader of the federal Conservatives will be making an appearance Tuesday (July 2) in Riverside Park. Andrew Scheer is scheduled to speak briefly at a community barbeque within the downt...
Jun 30, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
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B.C. to argue for injunction on Alberta's turn-off-the-taps law in Calgary court
CALGARY - British Columbia's request for an injunction against Alberta's so-called turn-off-the-taps law is to be heard in a Calgary courtroom today. The legislation allows Alberta...
Jun 28, 2019
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B.C cattle industry expecting minimal impact from China's meat import ban
KAMLOOPS - After discovering traces of a banned substance (ractopamine) on a pork shipment earlier this month, China has halted accepting Canadian meat products. The BC Cattlemen's Association General...
Jun 27, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
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Plastics forks at Trudeau lunch a sign of hypocrisy: Conservatives
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a hypocrite over plastic cutlery that was available at a lunch meeting he held with youth activists in his Montreal riding....
Jun 25, 2019
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Liberals promise $13M for missing, murdered Indigenous women commemorations
OTTAWA - Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef says the federal government will fund more than 100 projects to "honour the lives and legacies" of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Fund...
Jun 24, 2019
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Kamloops Chamber President fears Bill C-69 concerns will be caught in election cycle rhetoric
KAMLOOPS- The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce has joined several Chambers voicing their concerns to the federal government, after the House rejected a majority of the Senate's amendments to Bill C-69.Thu...
Jun 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Harris
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Deals on paid time off for domestic violence 'beginning of a wave,' says expert
OTTAWA - An academic expert on violence against women and children says several new deals reached between the federal government and one of its biggest civil service unions that allows paid time off f...
Jun 22, 2019 Image Credit: © Anton Skavronskiy | Dreamstime.com
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Laid-off Vavenby mill workers exploring job prospects — including Trans Mountain pipeline
CLEARWATER, B.C. - With 178 positions impacted by a mill closure in Vavenby, Canfor hosted a job fair in Clearwater yesterday for its employees. The event was all part of an effort to guide worker's p...
Jun 20, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
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