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Thousands still without power after snow storm hammers Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Hydro says it's making good progress restoring electricity to customers blacked out by the snow storm that blasted southern areas of the province, but it still has a lot of work to...
Oct 13, 2019
Late opera star Jessye Norman's US hometown honours her life
AUGUSTA, Ga. - International opera star Jessye Norman never forgot her home in a small Southern U.S. city. And Augusta, Georgia, never forgot the woman who grew up among many musical influences to bec...
Oct 13, 2019
WolfPack soccer keeps playoff hopes alive after final home games of regular season
KAMLOOPS - Both of the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack soccer teams finished the home portions of their 2019-20 regular seasons this weekend. The TRU women came out with a 1-1 draw against the UBC...
Oct 13, 2019 (Image Credit: Jonathan Amponsah / TRU Athletics)
Trudeau dons protective vest as security threat delays Toronto-area rally
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau took extraordinary safety precautions at a major election rally west of Toronto Saturday, donning an armoured vest and appearing with a heav...
Oct 13, 2019
Fighters with Vancouver ties enjoy banner day on One Championship cards
TOKYO - Vancouver-born (Unstoppable) Angela Lee and Vancouver-based bantamweight Bibiano (The Flash) Fernandes both successfully defended their One Championship MMA titles Sunday. Lee (10-2-0) submitt...
Oct 13, 2019
LEGASSIC: Can we finally start voting for who we actually want to represent us?
I THINK THIS MAY be the year that young people toss the idea of "strategic voting" out the window, and it's long overdue. The last - and only time - either the Conservatives or Liberals didn't have po...
Oct 13, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Power out, highways closed: Blast of early winter cripples southern Manitoba
WINNIPEG - An early blast of winter-like weather knocked out power and made travel nearly impossible in many parts of southern Manitoba on Friday. Heavy, wet sn...
Oct 13, 2019
Canada, Namibia rue missed shot at rare Rugby World Cup win due to typhoon
KAMAISHI, Japan - With Typhoon Hagibis closing in, the Canadian rugby team went to bed Saturday with three possible scenarios for its final Pool B match against Namibia at the Rugby World Cup in Japan...
Oct 13, 2019
Wood pulp, steel cables: Scientists study how to make ice roads last longer
The road should have been frozen solid, but it was anything but. When drivers tried to travel the Mackenzie Valley winter road in the Northwest Territories last March, it was an unpassable h...
Oct 13, 2019
Esper says Trump orders US troops to leave northern Syria
WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Mark Esper says President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. troops in northern Syria to move south, but not leave the country. Esper tells CBS' "Face the Nation" that th...
Oct 13, 2019
