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Edmonton Elks sign Grey Cup winning defensive lineman Shawn Oakman, four others
EDMONTON - Defensive lineman Shawn Oakman headlined a group of five players the Edmonton Elks signed on Sunday. Linebacker Derrick Moncrief, defensive lineman Noah Taylor, along with national wide rec...
Jul 07, 2024
Frenchman Anthony Turgis wins tough Tour de France stage on gravel roads, Pogacar keeps the lead
TROYES, France (AP) - Frenchman Anthony Turgis emerged victorious from a long breakaway through the dust of gravel roads to claim the ninth stage of the Tour de France after a hectic day of racing, ma...
Jul 07, 2024
Alcaraz holds off Humbert in 4 sets to reach Wimbledon quarterfinals
LONDON (AP) - Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz came up with the big shots when it mattered most to hold off Ugo Humbert and reach the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 win on Centre C...
Jul 07, 2024
Venom vanquish Flames in post-season lacrosse action
KAMLOOPS -- The Kamloops Venom doused the South Okanagan Flames of Penticton 17-5 in Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League playoff action on Saturday (July 6) at Memorial Arena. Kamloops has a 1-0 ...
Jul 07, 2024
After highway death of a beloved bear in B.C., experts look for lessons
FIELD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - In the spring of 2023, a Parks Canada team strung electric fence along a section of the Trans Canada Highway from Lake Louise to the B.C.-Alberta boundary. It was par...
Jul 07, 2024
COLLINS: October election campaign is getting fired up
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE OCTOBER PROVINCIAL ELECTION campaign for some time now, and it seems a bit strange that the election is only three-and-a-half months away. This election is critical. The v...
Jul 07, 2024
Montreal failed to address school flushing sewage into river for years
MONTREAL - A Montreal elementary school has been inadvertently flushing raw sewage into a nearby river for years, and the city, despite identifying the problem in 2021, is only now taking action to fi...
Jul 07, 2024
Montreal failed to address school flushing sewage into river for years
MONTREAL - A Montreal elementary school has been inadvertently flushing raw sewage into a nearby river for years, and the city, despite identifying the problem in 2021, is only now taking action to fi...
Jul 07, 2024
Heat warnings expand in B.C. as heat expected to intensify
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says a heat wave covering more than three dozen regions in British Columbia is expected to intensify today. It says elevated temperatures pose a risk to public health, s...
Jul 07, 2024
France is voting in key elections that could see a historic far-right win or a hung parliament
PARIS (AP) - Voting has begun in mainland France on Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immig...
Jul 07, 2024
