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Leafs prospect Nick Robertson producing like a first-round pick with Peterborough Petes
Peterborough Petes forward Nick Robertson had no hesitation approaching Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock to talk after Toronto selected him in the 2019 NHL Draft. Growing up in the suburbs of Detroit wh...
Nov 7, 2019
Canadian women's soccer team heads to Texas to open Olympic qualifying
MIAMI - Canada will be in a group with fellow 2019 World Cup participant Jamaica, Mexico and St. Kitts and Nevis at the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The finalists at the eight-team ...
Nov 7, 2019
VIDEO: After Kamloops recovery, ‘Crash’ the bald eagle returned to the Shuswap wild
SALMON ARM, B.C. - As wild animal releases go, this one was picture perfect.Once the gate of the crate was opened, it was pure raptor rapture in Salmon Arm on Wednesday, as an immature female bald eag...
Nov 7, 2019 Image Credit: Global Okanagan
Liberal winners, losers gather in Ottawa after disappointing election result
OTTAWA - Re-elected, newly elected and defeated Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill to mull over the disappointing results of the Oct. 21 election and contemplate the best way forwa...
Nov 7, 2019
Woman fired over access to leaked tape of ABC's Amy Robach
NEW YORK - A CBS News employee has lost her job following reports that she may have been involved in the leak of video that showed ABC's Amy Robach complaining that her bosses didn't run a story about...
Nov 7, 2019
CHARBONNEAU: My Segway is not a mongrel
TERRANCE WOJTKIW WAS TICKETED as he rode his "e-bike" on a road in Saanich, B.C. It would have been a legal e-bike if it was limited to a speed of 32 km/hr and could be pedalled but he was going 48 km...
Nov 7, 2019 Image Credit: Tomas Hajek / Dreamstime.com
Lobsterman rescues deer trapped in water off Maine coast
HARRINGTON, Maine - A Maine lobsterman hauled in an unusual catch 5 miles off the coast - a live deer. Ren Dorr says he was setting traps when he saw a young deer Monday morning. He says the deer had ...
Nov 7, 2019
Small aircraft operators making 'gradual drift' toward unsafe flying, says TSB
OTTAWA - Small aircraft operators in Canada have fallen into a trap of accepting too many safety risks - and it has to stop before more people are killed or injured, the Transportation Safety Board wa...
Nov 7, 2019
Quebec offers more for families in economic update, will end year with $1.4B surplus
Quebec's fall economic update is offering more money for families, a reduction in hospital parking fees and a return to a single rate for the province's subsidized daycar...
Nov 7, 2019
Canada Games Aquatic Centre Will Be Closed December 13–26
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops would like to inform residents that the Canada Games Aquatic Centre will be closed to the public December 13-26, 2019, to host the annual MJB Law Classic Swim Meet, whi...
Nov 7, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
