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Man guilty of killing 2 police officers faces death penalty
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - A Florida man has been convicted of fatally shooting two police officers and could be sentenced to death. The Orlando Sentinel reports that 47-year-old Everett Glenn Miller guilty wa...
Sep 11, 2019
Blazers release Zawatsky, settle on their three overage players
KAMLOOPS - The Blazers have decided on who their three 20-year-olds will be going into the new season. The team released overage forward Alec Zawatsky on Wednesday (Sept. 11), keeping forwards Zane Fr...
Sep 11, 2019 Alec Zawatsky scored twice in three preseason games before the Blazers released him on Wednesday (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
'We want him in the mix': Marner absent from Maple Leafs' golf tournament
MILTON, Ont. - Morgan Rielly would have liked nothing more than to tee off with Mitch Marner at the Toronto Maple Leafs' annual golf tournament. After going through William Nylander's contract impasse...
Sep 11, 2019
'Friends of Science' thanks Elections Canada for warning on climate-change talk
OTTAWA - A Calgary organization that argues climate change is nothing close to a global emergency says Elections Canada is right to keep a close eye on campaign-period communications from th...
Sep 11, 2019
Canadian passengers scramble after British Airways cancels flights due to strike
LONDON - Canadian travel agencies are scrambling to help passengers whose British Airways flights have been cancelled on Monday and Tuesday after a pilots strike grounded the global carrier. The ...
Sep 11, 2019
Bill giving protections to Uber drivers, others moves ahead
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Assembly is expected to give final consideration Wednesday to a bill that would provide new wage and benefit protections to workers at so-called gig economy compani...
Sep 11, 2019
Spokesman: Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens dies at age 91
OKLAHOMA CITY - T. Boone Pickens, a brash and quotable oil tycoon who grew even wealthier through corporate takeover attempts, died Wednesday. He was 91. Pickens' spokesman Jay Rosser confirmed the de...
Sep 11, 2019
Tories turn to Bryan Adams' songwriter for election campaign theme
TORONTO - The Conservatives have turned to Bryan Adams' longtime hitmaker Jim Vallance to pen their campaign song. The guitar-driven tune is packed with Vallance's trademarked pop-rock zeal, as a chor...
Sep 11, 2019
Girlfriend of Browns DE Smith killed in roadside accident
CLEVELAND - The girlfriend of Browns defensive end Chris Smith has been killed in an accident. She was 26. The team said Petara Cordero, died when she was struck by an oncoming car on I-90 West at aro...
Sep 11, 2019
Kamloops student won't face charges after sending Snapchat that threatened school
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops say a student's poor choice of words on Snapchat could have landed her in serious trouble.On Tuesday (Sept. 10), Kamloops RCMP were notified that a student from Sa-Hali S...
Sep 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
