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O'Shea, Steinauer saw each other continuing on together as CFL coaches
Back when they were teammates with the Toronto Argonauts, Mike O'Shea and Orlondo Steinauer always figured they'd coach together. After winning a Grey Cup as players with Toronto in 2004, O'...
Jul 31, 2019
CFL picks: Hamilton Tiger-Cats turn to Dane Evans for game against Roughriders
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are now Dane Evans' team. Evans becomes Hamilton's starter after incumbent Jeremiah Masoli suffered a season-ending knee injury in the Ticats' 23-15 home win over the previousl...
Jul 31, 2019
Missing food trailer sparks spud search
KAMLOOPS - A local company specializing in poutine is now missing a vital part of its business- its food trailer. Frenchie's Poutinerie, which has a store in the 300 block of Victoria Street, tweeted ...
Jul 31, 2019 Image Credit: Frenchies Poutinerie
Risk of student loan defaults rising, say documents warning 'system is broken'
OTTAWA - Federal officials warned in a presentation earlier this year that the risk of student loan defaults and delays was on the rise, noting bleakly: the "system is broken." Federal stude...
Jul 31, 2019
R. Kelly judge to decide on order protecting evidence
CHICAGO - A federal judge overseeing singer R. Kelly's child-pornography case in Chicago is set to rule on how tightly he should restrict access to and mentions of the evidence. There's little doubt J...
Jul 31, 2019
Hamilton Tiger-Cats add former Saskatchewan quarterback David Watford
HAMILTON - Three days after losing starting quarterback Jeremiah Masoli to a season-ending injury, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed QB David Watford. Masoli tore his left anterior cruciate ligament...
Jul 31, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Auditor General’s report on drinking water is shocking
KAMLOOPS - A REPORT RELEASED by B.C. Auditor General Carol Bellringer yesterday is an indictment of the provincial government's failure to take the crisis in water quality seriously.The report says th...
Jul 31, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Rare Steinbeck story, set in Paris, published this week
NEW YORK - Ernest Hemingway wasn't the only Great American Writer with something to say about Paris. Hemingway's contemporary and fellow Nobel laureate, John Steinbeck, was best known for "The Grapes ...
Jul 31, 2019
Trump signs Sept. 11 victims' compensation fund extension
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday signed a bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund helping those impacted by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks never runs out of money, ending years of leg...
Jul 31, 2019
2nd confirmed Ebola case in Congo's city of Goma dies
KINSHASA, Congo - The man who became the second confirmed Ebola case in Congo's major crossroads city of Goma has died, officials said Wednesday, adding that he may never have known he had the virus. ...
Jul 31, 2019
