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'Unusual mortality event' declared as grey whales appear on West Coast beaches
VANCOUVER - The American federal agency dedicated to ocean science has declared an "unusual mortality event" as the bodies of dozens of grey whales wash up on West Coast beaches in Cana...
May 31, 2019
'Unusual mortality event' declared as grey whales appear on West Coast beaches
VANCOUVER - The American federal agency dedicated to ocean science has declared an "unusual mortality event" as the bodies of dozens of grey whales wash up on West Coast beaches in Cana...
May 31, 2019
'We are all hyped:' Toronto's Cameroonian community cheers on Raptors' Siakam
TORONTO - There was little fanfare when the Toronto Raptors chose skinny, unheralded forward Pascal Siakam in the 2016 NBA draft, but Gervais Tchinda says the city's Cameroonian communi...
May 31, 2019
US officials to put off oil leases near sacred tribal land
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has agreed to put off oil and gas leasing for a year on land that Native Americans consider sacred surrounding Chaco Culture National Histor...
May 31, 2019
South Kam girls drop to consolation round after loss in final round-robin game
KAMLOOPS - The South Kam Titans have been relegated to the consolation round at the B.C. AA High School Girls Soccer Championships.The Titans lost 2-0 on Friday morning to Collingwood Secondary in the...
May 31, 2019 The best the South Kam Titans girls' soccer team can finish is fifth at the B.C. AA High School Girls Soccer Championships in Campbell River.
White hoping for first injury-free season in CFL with Lions
KAMLOOPS - John White's CFL career has been plagued by injuries. While with Edmonton, White missed the entire 2015 season - the year the Eskimos won the Grey Cup - with a torn achilles tendon. He then...
May 31, 2019 New Lions running back John White has suffered two season-ending injuries over the course of his six-year CFL career (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Rival fighter-jet makers warn procurement rule change for F-35 will hurt Canada
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government's plan to loosen federal procurement rules for the F-35 stealth fighter is sparking public warnings from other fighter-jet makers that it will ultimately hurt Canada. T...
May 31, 2019
Kutcher testifies he knocked on slain woman's door in 2001
LOS ANGELES - Ashton Kutcher testified at a Los Angeles murder trial Wednesday that he went to pick up a 22-year-old fashion-design student to go out for drinks one night 18 years ago and left when sh...
May 31, 2019
Defence lawyer says anti-Semitic attack at Winnipeg cafe was not a hoax
WINNIPEG - A lawyer for one of three family members accused of fabricating an anti-Semitic attack at their cafe says his client firmly denies any suggestion it was staged. "We...
May 31, 2019
Experts call for ban on waste exports after Philippine garbage embarrassment
OTTAWA - One of Canada's foremost experts on the garbage industry says the only way to stop Canadian trash from ending up in foreign ports and landfills is for Canada to ban waste exports altoget...
May 31, 2019
