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Olympic dreams all but over for Canadian women's volleyball team after loss to Dutch
FUKUOKA - The Canadian women's volleyball team had their Olympic dreams all but ended Friday with a 3-0 loss to the Netherlands in Volleyball Nations League action. Set scores were 26-24, 25-16 and 25...
Jun 14, 2024
Canada rugby sevens captain Olivia Apps back training after cougar bite
LANGFORD, B.C. - Canada rugby sevens captain Olivia Apps is back with the team after being treated for a cougar bite in a B.C. provincial park. Rugby Canada confirmed the attack and said the 25-year-o...
Jun 14, 2024
Runway facelift, lighting upgrades complete for South Cariboo Regional Airport
108 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Upgrades for the South Cariboo Regional Airport have wrapped up, with the newly resurfaced runway in operation. According to a release from the Cariboo Regional District, it was...
Jun 14, 2024
CF Montreal strikers Josef Martinez, Matias Coccaro return from injury
MONTREAL - CF Montreal is getting reinforcements after their bye week in Major League Soccer. Head coach Laurent Courtois says strikers Matias Coccaro, Josef Martinez and Mahala Opoku are healthy afte...
Jun 14, 2024
Construction of 15 new homes for Simpcw First Nation nearing completion
SIMPCW - The Canadian government is putting $5.8 million towards building more than a dozen homes at the Simpcw First Nation near Barriere. The plan is to build five tri-plexes, creating 15 homes for ...
Jun 14, 2024
Canadian women climb one spot to No. 8 in latest FIFA women's world rankings
Canada has moved up one spot to No. 8 in the latest FIFA women's world rankings. Spain remains No. 1 while France moves into a career-high second place at the expense of England. Germany climbs one ru...
Jun 14, 2024
Star goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky in top form for the Florida Panthers
EDMONTON - Sergei Bobrovsky's dressing-room stall is a shrine. A gold crucifix hangs from a chain. Next to it is a royal blue Orthodox prayer tassel. And the Florida goaltender's play has been nothing...
Jun 14, 2024
South African President Ramaphosa seems set for reelection after key party says it will back him
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The leader of South Africa's second biggest party says it will back Cyril Ramaphosa for president, almost guaranteeing he will be relected for a second term in Parliamen...
Jun 14, 2024
'No pressure at all': Lions locked in for home opener against Stampeders
VANCOUVER - Rick Campbell wants his B.C. Lions to be locked in on Saturday, a task that will require tuning out a unique distraction - a 50 Cent concert. The rapper behind hits "In da Club" and "Just ...
Jun 14, 2024
Niger's highest court lifts immunity of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Niger's highest court lifted the immunity of the country's democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, nearly a year after he was overthrown by mutinous soldiers, his lawye...
Jun 14, 2024
