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As training camp closes, young kids standing out in bid to crack roster
KAMLOOPS - The Blazers' roster started out at 81 to begin camp last Thursday. It's now down to 31 players as the team gears up for its first two preseason games, both at home, this weekend."The player...
Aug 26, 2019 Forward Daylan Kuefler from Stettler, Alberta had an impressive showing at the recent four-day training camp (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Mark Giordano brings Norris Trophy cred to his seventh season as Flames captain
CALGARY - Mark Giordano will have "Norris Trophy winner" attached to his name this NHL season. The only Calgary Flame to win the award that goes to the league's top defenceman says the label motivates...
Aug 26, 2019
Two people arrested after high-speed escape
QUESNEL, B.C. - Two people have been arrested in Quesnel after a high-speed escape from officers.On Saturday, August 24 at around 7:12 AM Quesnel RCMP located a Grey Honda Accord that had fled from Wi...
Aug 26, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Viola Davis set to play Michelle Obama in proposed series
LOS ANGELES - Viola Davis is set to portray Michelle Obama in a Showtime series under development about America's first ladies. Davis also is an executive producer on the project, which Showtime said ...
Aug 26, 2019
MAP: Thefts from motor vehicles — Week of August 19, 2019
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say there were 35 reports of theft from motor vehicles last week.The detachment notes there was a higher concentration of such incidents in Aberdeen than usual.In addition to ...
Aug 26, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
StatCan study testing wastewater suggests Canadians' drug use varies by city
MONTREAL - A pilot project that analyzed wastewater in five major urban centres suggests Canadians' drug use varies from city to city. For example, the analysis by Statistics ...
Aug 26, 2019
GINTA: Climate change is everybody's problem
The fact that there are still people who debate whether the environmental (and social) phenomena collectively known as climate change is caused by human activity is, to put it mildly, a head scratcher...
Aug 26, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Provinces, territories to have input in future price of carbon tax, McKenna says
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says her government would take into consideration the views of provinces and territories on any change in the price of carbon tax. She also sa...
Aug 26, 2019
CFL players remind Bomber's Hecht of prior criticism following Harris suspension
It seems CFL players Derek Dennis and Richie Leone have long memories. Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris was suspended for two games Monday following a positive drug test. That prompted bo...
Aug 26, 2019
Feds seek death penalty in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
PITTSBURGH - Federal prosecutors want a man accused of killing 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue to face a death sentence. The U.S. attorney's office in Pittsburgh filed a notice of intent Monday to...
Aug 26, 2019
