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Olympic champion Lydia Ko wins Women's British Open at home of golf for third major title
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) - Lydia Ko captured her third major title - and first in eight years - by breaking free from a logjam of world-class talent to win the Women's British Open at the home of go...
Aug 25, 2024
SOUND OFF: Seeding the future — How the Kamloops Community Seed Library is contributing to food sovereignty
THE KAMLOOPS COMMUNITY SEED LIBRARY is a program run by the Kamloops Food Policy Council (KFPC) that has been facilitating the sharing of community seeds since its start in 2018. Originally, the Seed ...
Aug 25, 2024
Week in Review: Week of Aug. 19
KAMLOOPS -- Welcome to Week in Review.This week, summer visitors -- Sun Peaks is playing host to tourists detoured by wildfire.Pollution impacts -- a new study points to a connection between bad air q...
Aug 25, 2024
Babe Ruth's 'called shot' jersey sells at auction for over $24 million
DALLAS (AP) - The jersey Babe Ruth wore when he called his shot during the 1932 World Series, hitting a home run to center field, sold at auction early Sunday for over $24 million. Heritage Auctions s...
Aug 25, 2024
Companies take stock of rail shutdown's hit to economy — and bottom lines
MONTREAL - The economic fallout of the country's rail shutdown is set to come into focus this week as shippers and producers take stock of cargo delays and financial losses. A work stoppage that began...
Aug 25, 2024
COLLINS: What's the future of bus transportation?
EVERY YEAR, a campaign comes out asking us to take the bus. Leave the car at home and take the bus. It's easier on your nerves, it's cheaper on your pocketbook. Wheelchair accessible buses, buses that...
Aug 25, 2024
Feds to take steps on housing promises ahead of cabinet retreat in Halifax
HALIFAX - Housing Minister Sean Fraser is expected to unveil details on a Liberal promise to lease federal land to developers to build affordable housing on Sunday just before the full federal cabinet...
Aug 25, 2024
2 separate bus accidents in Pakistan leave at least 35 people dead, officials say
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Two separate bus accidents hours apart in Pakistan on Sunday left at least 35 people dead and dozens more injured, officials said. The first happened when a bus carrying Shiite Muslim...
Aug 25, 2024
Close encounters: People gather in New Brunswick conference to share Bigfoot stories
MONCTON, N.B. - Ann Marie Reinhart was enjoying a peaceful day's fishing near southern New Brunswick's Kingston Peninsula when a sound between a howl and a scream tore through the air. Birds fell sile...
Aug 25, 2024
German police say a 26-year-old man has turned himself in, claiming to be Solingen knife attacker
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - German police said early Sunday that a 26-year-old man turned himself in, claiming to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded. Dsseld...
Aug 24, 2024
