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US, Guatemala sign agreement to restrict asylum cases
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration signed an agreement with Guatemala that will restrict asylum applications to the U.S. from Central America. The "safe third country" agreement would require migra...
Jul 28, 2019
Another spell of sunny weather expected this week in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - According to latest forecasts from Environment Canada, the Kamloops area should experience another round of sunshine this week. Meteorologist Chris Emond says today, and tomorrow will have ...
Jul 28, 2019 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds
Jin Young Ko wins at Evian for 2nd major title of season
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France - Jin Young Ko clinched her second major title of the season, firing a 4-under 67 in the final-round rain on Sunday to win the Evian Championship by two shots with a 15-under t...
Jul 28, 2019
A Tour for the ages is getting its 1st South American winner
PARIS - A Tour de France for the ages is getting a champion of an unusually young age: 22-year-old Egan Bernal, who is set to become South America's first winner of cycling's greatest race when he rid...
Jul 28, 2019
US presses WTO to stop lenient trade treatment of China
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pressed the World Trade Organization on Friday to stop letting China and other economies receive lenient treatment under global trade rules by calling themselves "d...
Jul 28, 2019
Inquiry into Glen Assoun wrongful conviction should be led by Nova Scotia: Lametti
HALIFAX - The federal justice minister says he feels sorry for a man wrongfully convicted of murder, but he's leaving the decision about an inquiry into the rol...
Jul 28, 2019
Woman set to replace Puerto Rico governor rejects job
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The woman who is supposed to replace Puerto Rico's embattled governor amid a political crisis says she doesn't want the job. Justice Secretary Wanda Vzquez said Sunday in a Twi...
Jul 28, 2019
Switching sides: Jays trade Sogard across diamond to Rays
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays traded veteran utilityman Eric Sogard across the diamond Sunday, sending him to the visiting Tampa Bay Rays. Toronto is expected to receive a minor leaguer for the 33-y...
Jul 28, 2019
Deadline coming: Scientists tell environment minister to speed up conservation
Some of North America's top conservation scientists have written to the federal government urging it to speed up land protection in Canada. The 32 scientists from 23 universities and other o...
Jul 28, 2019
Scientists in Gulf of St. Lawrence see four of seven right whale calves born this year
HALIFAX - A recent scientific trip in the Gulf of St. Lawrence made multiple sightings of endangered North Atlantic right whales, including four of the seven calves born last winter. Amy Knowlton, a l...
Jul 28, 2019
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