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Official: Kids to 911 during siege: 'Police send the police'
May 27, 2022 - 9:29 AM

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Children called 911 from inside a Texas elementary school where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers, including a girl who told the dispatcher “Please send the police now,” authorities said Friday.
Severe shortage at Kamloops hospital putting staff mental health at risk: Nurse
May 27, 2022 - 7:30 AM

An emergency nurse at Royal Inland Hospital says they are suffering from anxiety, depression and panic attacks.
Bennett bridge far ahead of capacity, way behind in planning for second crossing
May 27, 2022 - 7:00 AM

A second crossing of Okanagan Lake has been talked about almost from the day the new W.R. Bennett Bridge opened in 2008.
Kekuli Cafe just days away from opening in Kamloops
May 27, 2022 - 6:00 AM
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The long-awaited bannock-based restaurant Kekuli Café in Kamloops is set to open next week.
B.C. fish farms cultivate increased risks for wild salmon: studies
May 26, 2022 - 10:00 PM

Pacific salmon are likely exposed to increased risks from pathogens concentrated in fish farms on the West Coast, two new scientific studies indicate.
Communities across Canada organize to challenge far-right rhetoric of 'freedom convoy'
May 26, 2022 - 9:00 PM

The streets of downtown Ottawa are no longer blocked with trucks and peppered with hate symbols, but residents are not ready to rest while the extreme rhetoric of the so-called “freedom convoy” permeates Canadian politics and society.
Summerland cops brought into neighbour feud to get 'operational guidance'
May 26, 2022 - 7:00 PM

Two brothers who called the police about a feud with neighbours were told to “go have a drink” by the Summerland RCMP officer who attended.
IHA blames Kamloops understaffing on COVID, but nurses, MLAs say roots go deeper
May 26, 2022 - 6:00 PM

If you ask Interior Health why Royal Inland Hospital has been understaffed, they officially blame the COVID-19 pandemic, wildfires and floods.
Police: Texas gunman was inside the school for over an hour
May 26, 2022 - 5:51 PM

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — It was 11:28 a.m. when the Ford pickup slammed into a ditch behind the low-slung Texas school and the driver jumped out carrying an AR-15-style rifle.
Ray Liotta, 'Goodfellas' and 'Field of Dreams' star, dies
May 26, 2022 - 5:06 PM

Ray Liotta, the blue-eyed actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” has died. He was 67.
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Completion of Okanagan Rail Trail's missing link finally in sight
The timeline for a completed Okanagan Rail Trail is becoming clearer with important paperwork expected to be complete before summer. The Rail Trail between Vernon and Kelowna is missing one important piece near the Kelowna International Air

Kekuli Cafe just days away from opening in Kamloops
The long-awaited bannock-based restaurant Kekuli Café in Kamloops is set to open next week. Owner Elijah Mack-Stirling has worked hard for several months overcoming permit issues, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, flooding i

OSC withdraws some charges against former CannTrust leaders at pretrial hearing
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Three former CannTrust Holdings Inc. leaders accused of securities offences have had some charges dropped, the Ontario Securities Commission said Tuesday, though the fraud charges remain. The withdrawn charges against Peter

This B.C. highrise will be tallest in Canada outside Toronto
The dramatic increase in the number and height of highrises in Kelowna, and two coming for Kamloops, has a lot of people looking up, but a new tower in Burnaby is reaching all new heights. There could be 25 highrises in Kelowna's downto

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