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Basketball and block party take over downtown Kamloops this weekend
KAMLOOPS - Basketball. Beats. Beer. Add in a bucket full of sunshine, and you've got the recipe for a bangin' two-day block party that's taken over the 300-block of Victoria Street in downtown Kamloop...
Jun 01, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
NHL scouting combine wraps with physical testing as Jack Hughes sits out
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Bowen Byram voiced what every prospect at the NHL's scouting combine was thinking going into the event's final day. Ranked as the No. 2 North American skater ahead of June's draft...
Jun 01, 2019
Serena Williams joins No. 1 Osaka on way out of French Open
PARIS - Serena Williams' quest for a 24th Grand Slam title ended with her earliest loss at a major tournament in five years. Williams was outplayed in the third round of the French Open by 20-year-old...
Jun 01, 2019
R. Kelly charged with 11 new sex-related counts in Chicago
CHICAGO - Prosecutors charged R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday with 11 new sex-related counts involving one of the women who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was underage, including cou...
Jun 01, 2019
Missing, murdered women inquiry calls for justice system to review policies
OTTAWA - The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is calling for considerable legal reforms, including that police services establish standardized ...
Jun 01, 2019
Ottawa expands program to support privately sponsored LGBTQ refugees
TORONTO - The federal government is expanding a program offering support to privately sponsored refugees in the LGBTQ community. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says the Rainbow Refugee Assistance P...
Jun 01, 2019
Popularity of audio technology is a factor in decline of braille: experts
VANCOUVER - Experts say fewer people with poor eyesight are learning to read braille in North America, partly because audio books and voice technology are supplanting the written word. ...
Jun 01, 2019
Popularity of audio technology is a factor in decline of braille: experts
VANCOUVER - Experts say fewer people with poor eyesight are learning to read braille in North America, partly because audio books and voice technology are supplanting the written word. ...
Jun 01, 2019
Procurement minister defends rule change for F-35 as necessary for competition
OTTAWA - The federal procurement minister is defending the government's plan to loosen procurement rules for the F-35 stealth fighter in the face of questions and concerns from companies that make com...
Jun 01, 2019
Feds eyeing guns 'designed to hunt people' as they ponder possible curbs
OTTAWA - The Liberal government says no options have been ruled out to clamp down on guns "designed to hunt people" as it weighs new measures against assault-style rifles and handguns. The sharply wor...
Jun 01, 2019
