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Nielsen says World Series is a snooze for most TV viewers
NEW YORK - Fans in Washington and Houston may be excited, but the rest of the country is reacting to the World Series with a collective yawn. Through the first five games, the World Series has been av...
Oct 30, 2019
Denmark allows Russia-Germany gas pipeline
COPENHAGEN - Denmark said Wednesday that it is giving permission for a joint German-Russian underwater gas pipeline to be laid to through its territory, in a blow to the United States, which had fierc...
Oct 30, 2019
NewsAlert: Andreescu eliminated WTA Finals
SHENZHEN, China - Canada's Bianca Andreescu has been eliminated from the WTA Finals after retiring from her match against Karolina Pliskova today with a left knee injury. Andreescu came up limping aft...
Oct 30, 2019
Lebanese protesters get creative as they block roads
BEIRUT - On a main thoroughfare in Beirut on Monday, Lebanese protesters set up a living room with an area rug, a couch and a refrigerator. On another, they held a morning yoga class. And on a third r...
Oct 30, 2019
IS leader's death ushers in new phase for the group
BEIRUT - One of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's last audio messages was an appeal for his followers to do everything in their power to free Islamic State detainees and the women being held in jails and camps i...
Oct 30, 2019
Colonel testifies he raised concerns about Ukraine, Trump
WASHINGTON - Defying White House orders, an Army officer serving with President Donald Trump's National Security Council testified to impeachment investigators Tuesday that he twice raised concerns ov...
Oct 30, 2019
Future of Kamloops ALS Walk in doubt
KAMLOOPS - The annual Walk to End ALS in Kamloops may be in jeopardy unless someone steps up to the plate to coordinate the event next June. A news release from the B.C. Society says the walk has been...
Oct 30, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: Westsyde school zone speeding shouldn’t be a surprise
KAMLOOPS - TOO MANY DRIVERS are ignoring the school zone at Westsyde elementary school - so say police and they're absolutely right.Since school opened in September, hundreds of vehicles have been clo...
Oct 30, 2019 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
Bregman regrets carrying bat to 1st after World Series homer
HOUSTON - Alex Bregman knocked a home run into the Crawford Boxes in the first inning of Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night to put Houston on top. Then he carried his bat with him all the way...
Oct 30, 2019
Continued sporting success the legacy of Vancouver Olympics: Furlong
VANCOUVER - John Furlong still sees the signature of the 2010 Olympic Games scrawled across Vancouver as he walks through the city's downtown. It's not just the cauldron where tourists gather for self...
Oct 30, 2019
