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Kamloops to host former NHL and Major League Baseball stars at NSA World Series
KAMLOOPS --- Kamloops will play host to the NSA Co-ed Canadian World Series next weekend.This is the third year for the NSA World Series ----- which has grown from 74 teams two years ago to 127 regist...
Aug 22, 2019 Image credit: Andy Bhatti
LA Opera names lawyer to lead Placido Domingo investigation
SAN FRANCISCO - Los Angeles Opera said Tuesday it will immediately open a "thorough and independent investigation" into allegations of sexual harassment against the opera star Placido Domingo, the com...
Aug 22, 2019
Philly police head resigns as bias suit roils department
Philadelphia's police commissioner resigned Tuesday amid allegations that members of his department engaged in sexual harassment and racial and gender discrimination against two women serving in the r...
Aug 22, 2019
Best in the West: Eskimos host Bombers in shocase of top CFL teams
EDMONTON - From the moment they broke training camp facing a season of significant change after missing the 2018 playoffs, the Edmonton Eskimos have insisted that if they focus on the process, the res...
Aug 22, 2019
B.C. father charged with murdering daughters says suicide note was old
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver Island man who is accused of killing his two young daughters has told a jury that a suicide note police found at the scene was a month old. Andrew Berry has pleaded n...
Aug 22, 2019
B.C. father charged with murdering daughters says suicide note was old
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver Island man who is accused of killing his two young daughters has told a jury that a suicide note police found at the scene was a month old. Andrew Berry has pleaded n...
Aug 22, 2019
Canadian Brooke Henderson goes low in opening round of CP Women's Open
AURORA, Ont. - Canada's Brooke Henderson is quite comfortable in the role of defending champion. She showed why during a strong opening round Thursday morning at Magna Golf Club. H...
Aug 22, 2019
Surrey, B.C., plan to switch to municipal force from RCMP gets preliminary nod
SURREY, B.C. - The Vancouver-area city of Surrey, home to Canada's largest RCMP detachment, has been given provincial approval to begin a transition to a municipal police department. British...
Aug 22, 2019
Quebec's largest school board to respect province's secularism bill
QUEBEC - Job postings at Quebec's largest school board have begun including the requirement that new teachers not wear religious symbols or face coverings on the job, in accordance...
Aug 22, 2019
Alberta oil curtailment rules extended to late 2020 as pipeline delays persist
CALGARY - A program that allows the Alberta government to impose production caps on oil companies is being extended by a year as delays in building new market-opening pipelines persist. "I am the very...
Aug 22, 2019
