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Yankees lefty James Paxton has back surgery, out 3-4 months
All during the off-season, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman worried about James Paxton's back pain and kept suggesting: "Let's just get the surgery out of the way. We're losing time." Pa...
Feb 07, 2020

Sun Peaks donates $10k winter vacation package to aid Australia
KAMLOOPS - Sun Peaks Resort has put together an "ultimate Canadian winter getaway" in order to support bushfire relief efforts in Australia. The package, which will be auctioned off by Snow Aid Austra...
Feb 07, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds

Ottawa spent at least $8 million on First Nations child welfare case: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent more than $8 million in legal fees in the ongoing human rights case over First Nations child welfare. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of th...
Feb 07, 2020

Investigators: No sign of engine failure for Bryant copter
LOS ANGELES - Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any sign of engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board said Fri...
Feb 07, 2020

NHL Notebook: With Ovechkin set to hit 700 goals, Gretzky record looks in reach
Alex Ovechkin was having a quiet night. Through two periods of action Tuesday, he'd registered a solitary shot attempt that sailed wide, two hits and one giveaway. That was it. Then, as he's...
Feb 07, 2020

Approved ride hailing company has plans to expand to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - One of two ride hailing companies recently approved to operate in B.C. has plans to operate in Kamloops by the end of the year. KABU Ride Inc. has been approved by the Passenger Transportat...
Feb 07, 2020 Image Credit: Dreamstime

Canadian special forces treading carefully in Iraq amid 'sensitive' relations
OTTAWA - Canadian special-forces soldiers are treading carefully in Iraq following an Iranian missile attack against their main base last month and what their commander describes as a sensitive a...
Feb 07, 2020

Former Maple Leaf and Canada's Sports Hall of Famer Brian Glennie dies at 73
TORONTO - Former NHL defenceman Brian Glennie, who spent most of his 10-year career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He was 73. Glennie, who was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame ...
Feb 07, 2020

Winfrey says King not doing well after social media backlash
NEW YORK - Oprah Winfrey says her friend Gayle King is facing death threats following a social media backlash caused by an interview with retired WNBA star Lisa Leslie that concerned the late Kobe Bry...
Feb 07, 2020

Court orders Surrey, B.C., to stop fining ride-hailing giant Uber
VANCOUVER - A judge has ordered the Metro Vancouver city of Surrey to immediately stop ticketing and fining Uber drivers. The city had been issuing $500 tickets to drivers, arguing that they were...
Feb 07, 2020

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