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Kamloops speed skating camp sees participants learn skills from Olympic medalist
KAMLOOPS - While most Kamloopsians are enjoying the summer weather, some kids are spending their time on the ice speed skating.For the 2022 Speedy Weekend, Winter Olympic Silver-medalist Jessica Hewit...
Jul 31, 2022
Finau wins Rocket Mortgage for 2nd straight victory; Canada's Pendrith ties for 2nd
DETROIT (AP) - Tony Finau ran away with the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday at Detroit Golf Club to become the first PGA Tour player in three years to win consecutive regular-season events. Finau cl...
Jul 31, 2022
Windshield smashed in P.E.I. pub's van after photos of Trudeau visit drew harassment
CHARLOTTETOWN - A brewpub on Prince Edward Island says a barrage of harassment that followed a visit from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has culminated in violence, after someone smashed the windshield...
Jul 31, 2022
Out-of-office reply: Prime Minister Trudeau, family on holiday in Costa Rica
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Costa Rica for a two-week vacation with his family. The Prime Minister's Office says the family is returning to the same place where they stayed ov...
Jul 31, 2022
'A specific form of anti-Black racism:' Scholars want Canadian apology for slavery
More than a year after Canada proclaimed Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day, Black leaders and scholars are renewing their calls for Ottawa to make a formal apology for the country's history of slavery and it...
Jul 31, 2022
It's coming home! England rejoices as soccer women win Euros
LONDON (AP) - "It's coming home!" England won a major international soccer tournament on Sunday for the first time in more than half a century. The fact it was the women's team, not the men's, that en...
Jul 31, 2022
It's coming home! England rejoices as soccer women win Euros
LONDON (AP) - "It's coming home!" England won a major international soccer tournament on Sunday for the first time in more than half a century. The fact it was the women's team, not the men's, that en...
Jul 31, 2022
Monkeypox: Experts at AIDS conference say the current global response is not enough
MONTREAL - A panel of scientists and activists at the AIDS 2022 conference in Montreal are urging worldwide governments to ramp up resources to handle the monkeypox outbreaks. The plea comes as intern...
Jul 31, 2022
England beats Germany 2-1 in European Championship final
LONDON (AP) - England beat Germany 2-1 in the final of the European Championship after extra time on Sunday to win its first major women's soccer title. Chloe Kelly scored the winning goal on a reboun...
Jul 31, 2022
Olympic champ Mitchell races to her third cycling silver of the Commonwealth Games
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - A day after Kelsey Mitchell joked that she was "consistently silver," Canada's Olympic champion added one more. The 28-year-old from Sherwood Park, Alta., won silver in tr...
Jul 31, 2022
