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It's a NorthPaws "double".
KAMLOOPS --- The Kamloops NorthPaws may have added the most uniquely talented player in the West Coast League. Ryland Zaborowski is a 6'5" freshman corner infielder at NCAA Division I Grand Canyon Uni...
Feb 19, 2021
Blue Jays GM Atkins sees many benefits to Guerrero Jr.'s off-season weight loss
DUNEDIN, Fla. - General manager Ross Atkins can't wait to see slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s busy off-season translate on the baseball field this year for the Toronto Blue Jays. Guerrero spent a lot ...
Feb 19, 2021
'He saw dead people.' Inquiry learns about the mental decline of Lionel Desmond
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Lionel Desmond experienced severe mental decline and horrible visions after he served as an infantryman in the Afghanistan war, a fatality inquiry in Nova Scotia learned Friday...
Feb 19, 2021
Extra weeks to be added to COVID-19 benefits for workers, parents, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is adding 12 weeks of eligibility to two key benefits for unemployed workers and parents at home with children. The extra life for th...
Feb 19, 2021
Housing unit construction drops in Thompson-Okanagan
KAMLOOPS - The Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) said the construction of housing units declined by 13.3 per cent from 2019 to 2020 in the Thompson-Okanagan.According to t...
Feb 19, 2021
Toronto FC president Bill Manning says Toronto FC will open 2021 season in Florida
Toronto FC will open the 2021 regular season in Florida due to pandemic-related travel restrictions. Tampa has been mentioned as a possible home. The MLS club also has ties to Orlando, having held tra...
Feb 19, 2021
Drugs, baton seized after Sahali arrest
KAMLOOPS - RCMP took some drugs and a weapon off the streets when they arrested a man in Sahali this week.In a release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says the man was located at about 10:45 p.m. Wednesday (Feb....
Feb 19, 2021
Provincial opposition won't deter federal action on municipal handgun bans, PM says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalled today the federal government won't let provincial opposition stand in the way of municipalities that want to work with Ottawa to ban handguns. Trudeau ...
Feb 19, 2021
Sentencing hearing continues for man who pleaded guilty to murdering two children
EDMONTON - A sentencing hearing continues today in Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench for a man who admitted to assaulting his girlfriend and killing her two young children. The 31-year-old man, who cann...
Feb 19, 2021
Jury deliberating in trial of man accused of killing woman in Edmonton hotel room
EDMONTON - A jury has begun deliberating the fate of an Ontario man accused of killing a woman whose bloody body was found in the bathtub of his Edmonton hotel room. Bradley Barton has pleaded not gui...
Feb 19, 2021
