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Canada's Jeff Smith wins way back to PDC pro darts tour via qualifying school
WIGAN, England - Canadian Jeff Smith has won his way back to the pro darts tour. The 44-year-old from Saint John, N.B., joined Karel Sedlacek and Aaron Beeney in securing tour cards on Day T...
Jan 21, 2020
Sun Peaks to support Australia wildfire relief efforts this weekend
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Staff and residents in Sun Peaks will be celebrating Australia Day this weekend - all in support of wildfire relief efforts down under.In a news release, Sun Peaks resort says Masa's...
Jan 21, 2020 Image Credit: Sun Peaks Resort
Brazilian broadcast executive gets probation in FIFA scandal
NEW YORK - A federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced Brazilian broadcast executive Jose Margulies to two years' probation on Tuesday for acting as an intermediary in a scheme to exchange bribes for the me...
Jan 21, 2020
Defender Rocco Romeo makes move to Toronto FC first team as homegrown player
Toronto FC has signed defender Rocco Romeo to a contract as a homegrown player. The 19-year-old from Toronto becomes the 21st player in club history to join the first team from the Toronto FC academy....
Jan 21, 2020
Prison watchdog decries 'Indigenization' of Canada's correctional system
OTTAWA - Canada's prison ombudsman says disturbing and entrenched imbalances mean the proportion of Indigenous people in federal custody has hit a record high of more than 30 per cent. Correctional in...
Jan 21, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
At 90, Native Alaska woman will be 1st counted in US Census
TOKSOOK BAY, Alaska - Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in the windswept western wilds of Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing ...
Jan 21, 2020
Trudeau stays mum on Sussexes' security costs as Harry returns to B.C.
WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to say who will cover security costs for Prince Harry and his family while they are in Canada. At a news conference in Winnipeg today, Trudeau...
Jan 21, 2020
Parks Canada says no to gondola proposed from Banff townsite to Mount Norquay
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada has rejected a proposed gondola to take skiers and hikers from Banff townsite to the summit at the Mount Norquay ski resort. The agency has been considering ...
Jan 21, 2020
Highway 1 reopened after fatal crash east of Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - One person is dead after a crash between a semi-truck and pickup truck on Trans Canada Highway east of Revelstoke.Staff Sgt. Kurt Grabinsky says in a news release that officers were...
Jan 21, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Female soccer players more likely to have medical assessments after head trauma
TORONTO - Half of female soccer players who suffered a head-collision event received medical assessments, compared to a third of male players, according to a Canadian study published in the Journal of...
Jan 21, 2020
