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Leon Draisaitl drives Edmonton Oilers to 5-2 win over Nashville Predators
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers' hot start has them hitting impressive team and individual marks. Leon Draisaitl's two goals and an assist in a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Wednesday pushed ...
Nov 04, 2021
Israeli parliament passes budget, clearing key hurdle
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's parliament passed a national budget for the first time in three years early on Thursday, avoiding a November deadline that would have triggered fresh elections. The marathon ...
Nov 04, 2021
Vast majority of federal public servants comply with mandatory vaccination policy
OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says 95.3 per cent of federal public servants have indicated they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. She says another 2.7 per cent of the roughly 268...
Nov 03, 2021
Six more deaths and 40 active COVID-19 outbreaks reported in B.C. facilities
VICTORIA - British Columbia reported 430 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and six more deaths. There were 4,373 active cases and just over 200,000 people who tested positive for the virus were consi...
Nov 03, 2021
World Series TV viewers up 20% from 2020 but down from 2019
NEW YORK (AP) - World Series television ratings rebounded following the record low set last year. The Atlanta Braves' six-game victory over the Houston Astros averaged 11,750,000 viewers on Fox, the n...
Nov 03, 2021
B.C. reports 430 new COVID-19 cases, active cases drop by more than 300
KAMLOOPS - There were 430 new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C. for Wednesday (Nov. 3), with 88 of them in Interior Health.Active cases in the province decreased to 4,373 (down by 321 since Tuesday), bu...
Nov 03, 2021
Clearwater and St. Ann's open B.C. Boys single A soccer championship.
KAMLOOPS --- The B.C. Boys single A soccer championship is underway in Burnaby.Clearwater qualified for provincials for the first time, and it's been a rough start for the Raiders.An 8-1 loss to West ...
Nov 03, 2021
Former Blazers President and President of Kamloops and Quesnel Minor Hockey dies at 74.
KAMLOOPS --- Former Kamloops Blazers President Case Van Diemen has died at the age of 74.Van Diemen served on the Blazers Board of Directors and then team President when the team was still community o...
Nov 03, 2021
Alberta's Kenney denies scapegoating chief medical officer for COVID-19 failures
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney is rejecting accusations that he is blaming the province's chief medical officer of health for Alberta's failures in the handling of the fourth wave of COVID-19. "The b...
Nov 03, 2021
Kamloops sees slight decrease in weekly COVID-19 cases
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Local Health Area (LHA) got back on track to reducing weekly COVID-19 cases.After a brief increase last week, the Kamloops LHA saw 131 COVID-19 cases between Oct. 24 to 30, acc...
Nov 03, 2021
