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MLB makes $100M commitment to increase Black participation
DENVER (AP) - Major League Baseball will give at least $100 million over 10 years to the Players Alliance and help raise an additional $50 million aimed at increasing the number of Blacks playing the ...
Jul 12, 2021
No injuries from weekend house fires in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) said no injuries were reported from a pair of house fires over the weekend.On Friday (July 10), three engines and a rescue truck responded to 1214 Columbia St. as...
Jul 12, 2021
Vancouver Island benchmark real estate price surges past $700K
NANAIMO - Low inventory remains a key factor in driving up residential real estate prices across Vancouver Island.The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) reported the average value of single-fa...
Jul 12, 2021
Interior Health leads B.C. with 42 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend; RIH outbreak stable
VICTORIA - B.C. is getting very close to a vaccination benchmark, as the provincial health ministry reports 79.9 per cent of all adults in B.C. have now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine....
Jul 12, 2021
Province expands park land on Valdez Island
NANAIMO - A beloved cove on Valdez Island is expanding as official park land. BC Parks purchased two hectares of land around Wakes Cove Marine Park for $535,000.The cove at the north end of the island...
Jul 12, 2021
Canadian Premier League teams to return to home markets at end of July
The Canadian Premier League announced the home-market portion of its schedule on Monday, with teams set to play 20 more matches each through the end of the regular season on Nov. 6. The third-year lea...
Jul 12, 2021
Bianca Andreescu withdraws from Canada's Olympic tennis team, citing pandemic
Bianca Andreescu says she has withdrawn from Canada's Olympic tennis team. The 21-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., posted on her Instagram account that she is pulling out of the Games due to pandemic-...
Jul 12, 2021
Saskatchewan premier says Ottawa has rejected province's carbon pricing plan
REGINA - Premier Scott Moe says Ottawa has rejected Saskatchewan's plan for replacing the federal carbon price with one of its own, while the Liberal government is saying any proposed changes simply h...
Jul 12, 2021
Dean Chynoweth joins Toronto Maple Leafs coaching staff as assistant
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Dean Chynoweth as an assistant coach. The 52-year-old replaces former assistant coach Dave Hakstol, who was recently named the first head coach of the expa...
Jul 12, 2021
Toronto FC star speaks out against racist abuse of England players after Euro final
Toronto FC star Jozy Altidore added his voice Monday to the chorus decrying the racist abuse of Black England players after the European Championship final. British police are investigating abuse targ...
Jul 12, 2021
