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Decathlete Damian Warner wins Lionel Conacher Award as CP's male athlete of the year
Damian Warner won gold in one of track and field's most gruelling events, masterfully laying down one terrific performance after another over 10 events and two days, in the smothering Tokyo heat. But ...
Dec 29, 2021

A Canadian sporting legend, Lionel (Big Train) Conacher could do it all
Lionel Conacher did it all. Known as The Big Train, Conacher was an overwhelming winner of CP's outstanding athlete of the half-century in 1950. He was also named Canada's top football player of the h...
Dec 29, 2021

Connor Bedard scores four goals to enter record books, Canada thrashes Austria 11-2
EDMONTON - Connor Bedard's four goals propelled Canada to an 11-2 win over Austria at the world junior men's hockey championship on Tuesday. Mason McTavish scored twice and Cole Perfetti had a goal an...
Dec 29, 2021

Kilde confirms his super-G dominance with 3rd straight win
BORMIO, Italy (AP) - Aleksander Aamodt Kilde mastered a tricky course to win a World Cup super-G by a large margin Wednesday for his third straight victory in the discipline. The Norwegian skier finis...
Dec 29, 2021

B.C. health officials scheduled to provide an update on preliminary COVID-19 data
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials are scheduled to release an update today on COVID-19 cases, vaccinations, hospitalizations and deaths in the province. The health ministry reported 1,785 n...
Dec 29, 2021

2021 Year in Review with Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian
Join host Bill O'Donovan as he speaks with Mayor Ken Christian in a discussion around the challenges faced by the City of Kamloops in 2021.
Dec 29, 2021

COVID cases rising, Jason Kenney hoping for 2022 bounceback : In The News for Dec. 29
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 29... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Dec 29, 2021

Desmond inquiry: Nova Scotia inquest into shooting tragedy facing complex challenges
HALIFAX - Almost five years after Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond killed three family members and himself, an inquiry is expected to draw to a close next month in Nova Scotia with questions sti...
Dec 29, 2021

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney banks on strong economy in 2022 after tough COVID year
EDMONTON - It was a speech that symbolized Alberta's pandemic politics in 2021: Premier Jason Kenney's boastful, bullhorn-loud, first-out-of-the-gate victory whoop over COVID-19 preceding a crushing h...
Dec 29, 2021

Several provinces considering allowing COVID positive health workers to stay on job
Even as some provinces have reported record-high daily COVID-19 case counts, health experts are warning the real infection rate is likely much higher, pointing out that data has been clouded by holida...
Dec 29, 2021

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