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Canadiens suffer big blow with Gallagher likely out at least six weeks with injury
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have placed forward Brendan Gallagher on long-term injured reserve with a fractured thumb. The team says Gallagher is expected to miss at least six weeks. Gallagher s...
Apr 07, 2021

SOUND OFF: Taking a stand against racism
RACISM HAS A LONG HISTORY in British Columbia and still exists today. From the Japanese internment camps to recent hate crimes against the Asian community, racism in B.C. is pervasive, systemic and vi...
Apr 07, 2021

Receiver Travis Rudolph cut by Winnipeg Blue Bombers after murder charge
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have released Travis Rudolph after the American wide receiver was arrested for first-degree murder in Florida on Wednesday. A Bombers spokesperson says the team re...
Apr 07, 2021

6 charged in NH youth detention centre sex abuse probe
CONCORD, N.H. - Six men were arrested Wednesday in connection with sexual abuse allegations at New Hampshire's state-run youth detention centre, the attorney general's office said. The Sununu Youth Se...
Apr 07, 2021

Schools in Kamloops and Salmon Arm added to Interior Health’s COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - Arthur Stevenson Elementary in Kamloops had a potential COVID-19 exposure take place between March 29 and April 1. Elsewhere, Salmon Arm Secondary - Jackson Campus, had a potential exposure...
Apr 07, 2021

AP source: Arizona parts ways with Miller amid investigation
Arizona has parted ways with men's basketball coach Sean Miller as the program awaits its fate in an NCAA infractions investigation, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press....
Apr 07, 2021

Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Springer suffers another injury in rehab
ARLINGTON, Texas - New Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Springer's debut with the team could be delayed further after he suffered a setback in his rehab on Tuesday. Springer, who is nursing an obli...
Apr 07, 2021

Merritt Mounties investigating a string of dumpster fires
MERRITT, B.C. - On Tuesday (April 6) morning, the Merritt Fire Department was called out to a fire in a commercial garbage dumpster. The responding crew was able to knock down the fire and prevent it ...
Apr 07, 2021

Kamloops man charged following crime spree across Thompson Nicola region
MERRITT, B.C. - Numerous criminal charges have been approved against a Kamloops man accused of carrying out a crime spree across the Thompson Nicola region at the beginning of the month."On April 1, 2...
Apr 07, 2021

In Canada, U.S., vaccine 'passports' could be new point of cross-border contention
WASHINGTON - Requiring proof of vaccination against COVID-19 could be the next point of contention between Canada and the United States. A new online Lger poll suggests a deep divide among both Canadi...
Apr 07, 2021

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