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Winnipeg Jets score three second-period goals en route to 4-1 win over Calgary Flames
WINNIPEG - Mason Appleton score twice to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Winnipeg (7-3-1) earned a second straight win over Calgary (4-5-1). Appleton's s...
Feb 04, 2021

Canadian tennis star Andreescu says she's physically and mentally ready to return
Canada's Bianca Andreescu says she is physically and mentally ready to return to competitive play for the first time in 15 months. The 20-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., met with reporters in Melbour...
Feb 04, 2021

Stutzle sensational as Sens snap losing skid with 3-2 win over Canadiens
MONTREAL - The Ottawa Senators snapped a nine-game losing skid Thursday, upsetting the Montreal Canadiens 3-2. Rookie Tim Stutzle put up a goal and two assists for the Senators (2-8-1), who had not wo...
Feb 04, 2021

Spezza turns back the clock with his eighth career hat trick as Leafs hammer Canucks
TORONTO - Jason Spezza recorded the eighth hat trick of his career - and first in nearly five years - as the Toronto Maple Leafs dismantled the Vancouver Canucks 7-3 on Thursday night. Auston Matthews...
Feb 04, 2021

Biden halts Trump-ordered US troops cuts in Germany
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has formally stopped the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany that was ordered last year by the Trump administration but had never actually begun. Speaking a...
Feb 04, 2021

'The time was right to step aside': MP McLeod reflects on 12 years representing Kamloops region in Ottawa
KAMLOOPS - For the past twelve years, Cathy McLeod has represented the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Riding as our Member of Parliament. On Thursday (Feb. 4), McLeod announced she won't be seeking another...
Feb 04, 2021

A glance at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's incendiary words
WASHINGTON - Freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, was stripped of her committee assignments by the House Democratic majority Thursday over racist remarks, her embrace of conspir...
Feb 04, 2021

Enhanced mask mandate ‘a good first step’: Critic Tegart
ASHCROFT, B.C. - On Thursday (Feb 4), BC's Minister of Education Jennifer Whiteside announced enhanced safety standards for students and teachers in schools with regards to mask-wearing."To make sure ...
Feb 04, 2021

B.C. officials urge 'safe choices' on Super Bowl Sunday amid COVID-19 variants
VICTORIA - The COVID-19 curve is slowly bending downward in British Columbia but health officials are urging caution for those making weekend plans given the presence of new variants. The province con...
Feb 04, 2021

Valleyview Secondary joins COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has added Valleyview Secondary School in Kamloops to its COVID-19 exposure list. According to IH, the exposure took place on Wednesday through Friday of last week, January 2...
Feb 04, 2021

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