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Kamloops Blazers to host two WHL pre-season games
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers' pre-season Western Hockey League schedule was released on Monday (June 24) and includes two home games for the River City club. Kamloops will play host to the Kelowna ...
Jun 24, 2024

Tokyo medallist Vincent leads Canada's sprint canoe/kayak team into Paris Olympics
MONTREAL - Olympic medallist Katie Vincent will lead Canada's canoe/kayak sprint team at the Paris Games this summer. Canoe Kayak Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Canada's 13-athlet...
Jun 24, 2024

Receiver Rasheed Bailey getting acclimated to Toronto Argonauts offence
TORONTO - It hasn't taken Rasheed Bailey long to make a solid first impression with the Toronto Argonauts. The six-foot-one, 217-pound receiver has six catches for 71 yards in his first two games with...
Jun 24, 2024

Testimony nears end for woman accused of killing her Boston officer boyfriend with SUV
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - The defense called its final witnesses Monday in the murder trial of a Massachusetts woman accused of striking her Boston police officer with her SUV and leaving him to die in a s...
Jun 24, 2024

Chiefs frustrated with AFN's child welfare work, say they're not being consulted
OTTAWA - Three regional chiefs representing nearly half of First Nations say a national association is overstepping its mandate by making decisions that will directly affect children and families with...
Jun 24, 2024

Princess Anne's planned trip to Newfoundland cancelled following injury
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - An injury has forced Princess Anne to cancel a trip to Newfoundland this weekend to mark the 100th anniversary of the unveiling of the National War Memorial in St. John's. A spokesp...
Jun 24, 2024

NorthPaws lose 13th straight after sweep to Riverhawks
KAMLOOPS - The 2024 West Coast League (WCL) season continues to go south for the Kamloops NorthPaws. The NorthPaws were swept by the Edmonton Riverhawks in a three-game series at home over the weekend...
Jun 24, 2024

Paladin Energy buying Fission Uranium in stock deal valued at $1.1 billion
KELOWNA, B.C. - Fission Uranium Corp. has signed a deal to be acquired by Australian company Paladin Energy Ltd. in an all-stock agreement valued at about $1.1 billion. Under the proposal, Fission sha...
Jun 24, 2024

Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from the Biden administration seeking to block state bans on gender-affirming ca...
Jun 24, 2024

Dali cargo ship leaves Baltimore for Virginia, nearly 3 months after bridge collapse
The cargo ship Dali headed out of Baltimore for Virginia on Monday, nearly three months after it lost power and crashed into one of the Francis Scott Key bridge's supporting columns and caused the bri...
Jun 24, 2024

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