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Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem picks up second bronze at world championships
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem has captured her second bronze medal at the 2019 world aquatics championships. The Canadian/U.S. dual citizen came third in the women's 20...
Jul 26, 2019
Mueller: No Russia exoneration for Trump, despite his claims
WASHINGTON - Robert Mueller, the taciturn lawman at the centre of a polarizing American drama, bluntly dismissed President Donald Trump's claims of "total exoneration" Wednesday in the federal probe o...
Jul 26, 2019
Greg Stewart golden at Canadian Track and Field Championships
KAMLOOPS ---- Two athletes coached by Dylan Armstrong at the Kamloops Track and Field Club finished one two in the medals last night at the Canadian Track and Field Championships. Greg Stewart has won...
Jul 26, 2019 Image credit: cfjctoday
Downtown hosts 3rd annual Back Alley Block Party
KAMLOOPS - Alongside performances throughout the weekend with the Kamloops Buskers Festival, downtown will host its third Back Alley Block Party this evening (July 26). KCBIA Executive Director Carl D...
Jul 26, 2019 (Downtown Kamloops Back Alley Block Party)
Judge temporarily blocks new Arkansas anti-abortion laws
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A federal judge blocked three new abortion restrictions in Arkansas minutes before they were set to take effect Wednesday, including a measure that opponents say would likely force...
Jul 26, 2019
Record Facebook fine won't end scrutiny of the company
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook survived its latest brush with U.S. privacy regulators, at the cost of a record $5 billion fine and other restrictions imposed by the Federal Trade Commission. But it's far fr...
Jul 26, 2019
Uganda's Bobi Wine formally declares his presidential bid
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine formally launched his presidential bid for the 2021 election on Wednesday, calling the country's longtime leader a dictator and urgin...
Jul 26, 2019
Cooper helps lead Eskimos in 26-0 victory over winless Argonauts
EDMONTON - It was a clean sheet for the Edmonton Eskimos defence. Shaquille Cooper had 128 yards rushing and a touchdown as the Eskimos recorded a rare shutout with a 26-0 victory over the Toronto Arg...
Jul 26, 2019
John Fogerty pulls out of troubled Woodstock 50 festival
NEW YORK - John Fogerty has pulled out of Woodstock 50 just weeks before the troubled anniversary event is supposed to take place. A representative for the singer tells The Associated Press that Foger...
Jul 26, 2019
In the news today, July 24
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, July 24 --- TWO MISSING TEENS NOW SUSPECTS IN THREE B.C. DEATHS A nationwide manhunt was on Tuesday for two teenagers labelled by police as ...
Jul 26, 2019
