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Fernandez digs deep to win NBO singles opener against resilient Sanders
TORONTO - Canada's Leylah Fernandez made her return to the court Monday night with a 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3 win against Australian Storm Sanders in the opening round of the National Bank Open. For Fernande...
Aug 8, 2022
Polls open in Kenyan presidential election said to be tight
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Polls opened Tuesday in Kenya's unusual presidential election, where a longtime opposition leader who is backed by the outgoing president faces the deputy president who styles hi...
Aug 8, 2022
Orioles hit 4 homers in 7-4 victory over Blue Jays
BALTIMORE (AP) - The Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays will be seeing a lot of each other in the coming weeks. On Monday night, Ramn Uras and the upstart Orioles measured up fine. Uras hit a thr...
Aug 8, 2022
Canada slips past Sweden 4-3 in pre-world junior test
EDMONTON - Canada scored three unanswered goals in the first period, including one on the power play, and went on to defeat Sweden 4-3 on Monday in the final exhibition tune-up before Tuesday's start ...
Aug 8, 2022
Unpredictable winds make wildfires an erratic adversary: experts
Hot weather and dry conditions are the usual suspects in any wildfire season, but a complex interplay of topography and unpredictable winds can create particularly challenging adversaries for firefigh...
Aug 8, 2022
BC Wildfire Service using a number of methods to bring Okanagan blaze under control
KEREMEOS, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says it is using a combination of tools to control a blaze on the outskirts of the southern Okanagan region. Information officer Mikhail Elsay had said control...
Aug 8, 2022
Vernon, B.C., New Democrat MLA to face recall petition over health-care issues
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government's handling of the health-care file has prompted a Vernon, B.C., resident to launch a recall campaign against her local New Democrat member of the legislature...
Aug 8, 2022
Course record already matched after Day 1 of Canadian Junior Boys Golf Championship at Rivershore
KAMLOOPS - Golfers from across Canada have descended on Kamloops and the Rivershore Golf Course for the Canadian Junior Boys Championship.Three titles are on the line - Low Junior, Low Juvenile and Pr...
Aug 8, 2022
Nostalgia abounds at Hot Nite in the City
KAMLOOPS - The streets of downtown Kamloops were packed this weekend as car lovers took in Hot Nite in the City, the annual car show.Jerry Czeczei has been a car guy since the 1980s."[I] work in the a...
Aug 8, 2022
Hundreds of Kamloops residents bid in City's auction of surplus, unclaimed items
KAMLOOPS - City crews are busy clearing out Valleyview Arena, after a successful first auction of surplus equipment and unclaimed bicycles. According to Team Auctions territory manager Gord Gerrits, m...
Aug 8, 2022
