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Kamloops Tsunami Swim Club athletes set personal bests at B.C. Summer Championships
KAMLOOPS --- Twenty members of the Kamloops Tsunami Swim Club competed at the BC Summer Swimming Association Provincial Championships which were held this past weekend at the Canada Games Aquatic Cent...
Aug 19, 2019 Image credit: Kamloops Tsunami Swim Club
Bombers quarterback Nichols on 6-game injured list with upper body injury
WINNIPEG - Matt Nichols was at Blue Bombers practice on Monday, but the starting quarterback was wearing a tank top and only watched his teammates go through their paces. Head coach Mike O'Shea said a...
Aug 19, 2019
Kyle Seager's eighth-inning homer lifts Mariners over Blue Jays 4-3
TORONTO - The Blue Jays will administer caution with a left knee tweak Vladimir Guerrero Jr. suffered in the second inning of his team's 4-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Saturday. The 20-year-old G...
Aug 19, 2019
QB Josh McCown joins Eagles, ends retirement
PHILADELPHIA - Josh McCown's retirement lasted two months. The Philadelphia Eagles signed the 40-year-old quarterback to a one-year deal on Saturday. He is coming out of retirement to join his 11th te...
Aug 19, 2019
Top Canadian canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe suspended for doping violation
OTTAWA - One of Canada's top medal contenders in next year's Tokyo Olympics has been provisionally suspended for a doping violation, but Laurence Vincent Lapointe insists she did "nothing wrong." The ...
Aug 19, 2019
Dodgers' Urìas to serve 20-game domestic violence penalty
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Uras has accepted a 20-game suspension by Major League Baseball for a domestic violence incident and is expected to return in September. MLB gave him credit for servi...
Aug 19, 2019
Dozens dead or hurt in wedding party blast in Afghan capital
KABUL - A suicide-bomb blast ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan's capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said. More than 1,000 p...
Aug 19, 2019
Rodgers expected to play in Packers' 3rd preseason game
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Aaron Rodgers is participating in practice and is expected to play in the Packers' third preseason game against the Oakland Raiders in Canada. Green Bay general manager Brian Gutekun...
Aug 19, 2019
It's official: Publisher announces Mark Halperin book
NEW YORK - Mark Halperin's planned book about the 2020 election has been officially announced amid protests that the "Game Change" co-author hasn't earned a second chance since facing multiple allegat...
Aug 19, 2019
Chrystia Freeland condemns violence in Hong Kong, backs right to peaceful assembly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has condemned violence in Hong Kong amid escalating tension between pro-democracy protesters and police. She made the remarks in a joint statem...
Aug 19, 2019
