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Janet Jackson, 50 Cent to perform at Saudi Arabia concert
NEW YORK - Janet Jackson and rappers 50 Cent and Future have been added to the lineup for the Jeddah World Fest, the concert in Saudi Arabia that Nicki Minaj pulled out of after human rights organizat...
Jul 17, 2019
Abuse survivors await apology from Anglican Church for physical harm: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the Anglican Church's recent apology for "spiritual harm" it has done to Indigenous Peoples is a beginning. But she says survivors of ...
Jul 17, 2019
Younger voters mobilizing to make federal election about climate change
OTTAWA - Several hundred Canadian millennials plan to rally in at least 30 cities across the country today, demanding a federal leaders' debate on climate change. Emma Jackson, a field organizer with ...
Jul 17, 2019
U.S. canoeists besieged by grizzly on Northwest Territories canoe trip rescued
YELLOWKNIFE - Mounties say a pair of American travellers had to rescued from the Northwest Territories wilderness after a grizzly bear destroyed their canoe. RCMP say they got...
Jul 17, 2019
Trump vs. Dems: 'Racist,' socialist' lines drawn for 2020
WASHINGTON - With tweets and a vote, President Donald Trump and House Democrats established the sharp and emotionally raw contours of the 2020 election campaigns. In the process, they have created a f...
Jul 17, 2019
Frenchy's Prowlers keep championship hopes alive with Game 2 win
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Major Men's Fastball League championship will go to a third and deciding game after the Frenchy's Prowlers out of Chase stayed alive with a Game 2 win on Tuesday night. The Pro...
Jul 17, 2019 The championship series in the Kamloops Major Men's Fastpitch League begins Thursday at Charles Anderson Stadium
A long wait, but finally a Tour win for sprint prodigy Ewan
TOULOUSE, France - A bit more than a year ago, Caleb Ewan was devastated to be left out of the Tour de France. The Australian sprinter had to watch cycling's biggest race on TV after finding out at th...
Jul 17, 2019
Kamloops Venom keep season alive with first win of league final
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Venom will live another day in the Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League final after taking care of business at home on Tuesday night. The Venom won their first game of the ...
Jul 17, 2019 Game 4 of the TOJLL Final is Thursday night in Oliver.
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
GENEVA - The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday after the virus spread this week to a city of two million peo...
Jul 17, 2019
Toronto man who lost family in Ethiopian plane crash testifies at US Congress
A Toronto man who lost his family in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet in Ethiopia called Wednesday for a stronger aircraft approval process in the U.S. and said more people would die if that typ...
Jul 17, 2019
