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Hotel group hits back at City of Kamloops over nuisance designation, shifts focus to lookout park
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Accommodation Association (KAA) says it is disappointed in a decision by the City of Kamloops to declare several hotels and motels along Columbia Street West nuisance propertie...
Dec 10, 2020
Montreal's St-Laurent Boulevard hit by Christmas tree-stealing 'Grinch'
MONTREAL - The merchant's association on Montreal's St-Laurent Boulevard says it has been the victim of a Christmas tree-stealing "Grinch." Tasha Morizio, the head of the merchant's association, says ...
Dec 10, 2020
Pop Culture in (ugh) 2020, from the bizarre to the sublime
And now, for our annual look at the year in pop culture.... Oh, wait. This was 2020. The year everything stopped cold. Well, not really. Truth is, people turned to culture of all kinds in 2020 - highb...
Dec 10, 2020
Time magazine names BTS its Entertainer of the Year
NEW YORK - BTS has had more than just a "Dynamite" year - they've become such a global phenomenon that Time magazine named the South Korean group its 2020 Entertainer of the Year. The magazine announc...
Dec 10, 2020
Canada's Davies, Buchanan make player-voted list of top 55 footballers in the world
Canadians Alphonso Davies, in a historic first, and Kadeisha Buchanan have both made FIFPRO's list of the top 55 soccer players in the world. Davies, one of 11 newcomers to the honour roll, is the fir...
Dec 10, 2020
Syrian refugees take citizenship oath on fifth anniversary of first arrivals
OTTAWA - A group of Syrian refugees is taking the Canadian citizenship oath in an online ceremony today to mark the fifth anniversary of when the first plane carrying Syrian refugees arrived in Canada...
Dec 10, 2020
Professional Women's Hockey Player's Association gains backer for Calgary team
CALGARY - The Professional Women's Hockey Player's Association has signed a sponsor for its Calgary team.Team Scotiabank joins Toronto's Team Sonnet as PWHPA teams with a name sponsor.PWHPA players ar...
Dec 10, 2020
Christine Sinclair's milestone 185th goal named Canada Soccer's Moment of the Year
Christine Sinclair's record-breaking strike at the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship in January has been named the 2020 Canada Soccer Moment of the Year. The Canada captain scored caree...
Dec 10, 2020
Infielder David Mendham named top Canadian college player of 2020
TORONTO - Infielder David Mendham is the 2020 Canadian college player of the year.The Canadian Baseball Network announced Mendham as the winner of its annual award Thursday.Mendham received first-plac...
Dec 10, 2020
Crackdown on land protests in 2020 infringes on liberties, future activism: experts
TORONTO - Months after a group of Haudenosaunee people set up camp on a construction site near Caledonia, Ont., an provincial court granted Haldimand County an order permanently forbidding people from...
Dec 10, 2020
