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Clemson QB Lawrence leads AP preseason All-America team
Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team presented by Regions Bank . He has two teammates from the top-ranked Tigers with him on the first team. La...
Aug 20, 2019
Liberals granting more leeway to would-be Venezuelan immigrants, refugees
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are easing immigration and refugee rules for Venezuelans amid the deepening political and economic crisis in that country. Failed asylum claimants from Venezuela wil...
Aug 20, 2019
Federal and provincial leaders march together in Montreal's Pride parade
MONTREAL - A jubilant, rainbow-hued crowd lined the streets of Montreal on Sunday as federal and provincial political rivals set their differences aside to march together in the city's annual Pri...
Aug 20, 2019
Earth's future in being written in fast-melting Greenland
HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland - Greenland is where Earth's refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise. Scientists are hard at work there, trying to understand the alarm...
Aug 20, 2019
Italian PM Conte to resign after League party pulls backing
ROME - Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has told senators he is handing in his resignation because his right-wing coalition partner, the League party led by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, has decided...
Aug 20, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: A little less rehabilitation and a lot more punishment
THERE'S SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG with our drunk driving laws. The man who ran a red light and slammed into the marked cruiser of a Langford, B.C. RCMP constable, killing her, has been granted a six-m...
Aug 20, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Iranian tanker sought by US heads to unknown destination
GIBRALTAR - An Iranian supertanker hauling $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects to be tied to a sanctioned organization lifted its anchor and begun moving away from Gibraltar l...
Aug 20, 2019
Aaron Best scores 20 points in Canada's 122-88 basketball rout of New Zealand
SYDNEY, Australia - Aaron Best scored 20 points while Andrew Nembhard added 17 as Canada's men's basketball team trounced the New Zealand Tall Blacks 122-88 in a pre-FIBA World Cup exhibition game Tue...
Aug 20, 2019
Man in custody following Monday night disturbance on Columbia Street
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have a 34 year old man in custody following a series of incidents last night ( August 19) on Columbia Street. Sergeant Brandon Buliziuk says in a news release police responded to a num...
Aug 20, 2019 Image Credit- CFJC Today
Status hearing set for civil lawsuit against Jussie Smollett
CHICAGO - A hearing is set in the city of Chicago's effort to recover costs from actor Jussie Smollett after police said his claims of a racist and anti-gay attack were phoney and staged. The status h...
Aug 20, 2019
