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Dallas Stars beat Calgary Flames 7-3 to advance to next round in NHL playoffs
EDMONTON - Denis Gurianov scored four times and added an assist as the Dallas Stars beat the Calgary Flames 7-3 on Thursday to advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs. Miro Heiskanen...
Aug 20, 2020

Trotz's Islanders eliminate Capitals with 4-0 win in Game 5
TORONTO - Anthony Beauvillier scored twice, Semyon Varlamov shut out the team that drafted him and the New York Islanders knocked the Washington Capitals out of the playoffs in the first round by beat...
Aug 20, 2020

Training camp would have started today, if not for COVID-19
KAMLOOPS --- If this had been a normal year, Blazers training camp would be getting underway today at the Sandman Centre --with the first pre-season games next weekend, and the start of the season the...
Aug 20, 2020

Minnesota wins NBA draft lottery, rights to No. 1 pick
The NBA draft lottery was delayed three months. The Minnesota Timberwolves are certainly feeling like the wait was worthwhile. The Timberwolves won the lottery Thursday night, giving them the No. 1 pi...
Aug 20, 2020

Kamloops organizations work to keep community fed during pandemic
KAMLOOPS - Volunteers at the Mount Paul Community Food Centre operate like a well-oiled machine as they prepare food for their next round of takeaway meals. "To date we're actually at 24,971 meals," s...
Aug 20, 2020

Feds and Ontario reach agreement with 3M to make N95 masks in Brockville, Ont.
TORONTO - The federal and Ontario governments have secured an agreement with 3M that will see the company produce N95 masks at a facility in Brockville, Ont., a spokesman for the provin...
Aug 20, 2020

AP Exclusive: Feds to seek death sentence for Boston bomber
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department will seek to reinstate a death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man who was convicted of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Attorney General William B...
Aug 20, 2020

Rain helps cool 37-hectare wildfire near Adams Lake
KAMLOOPS - Rain in the North Thompson is helping firefighters get the upper hand on a fire near the north end of Adams Lake.Fire Information Officer Kyla Fraser says the Barriere Pass Forest Service R...
Aug 20, 2020

Police investigating possible connection between Shuswap-area shooting, hit-and-run incident
CHASE, B.C - Chase RCMP are investigating a recent shooting and hit-and-run incident that may be connected. In a release from Sgt. Barry Kennedy, RCMP say around 3:00 a.m Thursday (Aug. 20) officers h...
Aug 20, 2020

Quebec trampoline and laser tag centre turns to homeschooling, sparking controversy
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area trampoline and laser tag centre is offering homeschooling services to parents worried about sending their kids back to school during the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...
Aug 20, 2020

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