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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
In wake of Merritt layoffs, USW president calls on federal government for help
MERRITT, B.C. - The president of the United Steelworkers Local 1-417 says he's not surprised at this week's news of layoffs at a Merritt sawmill. Aspen Planers announced Thursday it is cutting 50 empl...
May 31, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Canada's Bianca Andreescu withdraws from French Open due to shoulder injury
PARIS - Canadian Bianca Andreescu's return from a two-month injury absence was a short one. Andreescu withdrew from the French Open on Wednesday ahead of her second-round match aga...
May 31, 2019
Former MLSE boss Tim Leiweke says Raptors' run is a remarkable story
TORONTO - Tim Leiweke is loving what he sees. And the former MLSE boss will get a firsthand look Sunday when he takes in the Raptors and Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Leiweke calls the Raptors' run "one o...
May 31, 2019
