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Frenchy's Prowlers keep championship hopes alive with Game 2 win
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Major Men's Fastball League championship will go to a third and deciding game after the Frenchy's Prowlers out of Chase stayed alive with a Game 2 win on Tuesday night. The Pro...
Jul 17, 2019 The championship series in the Kamloops Major Men's Fastpitch League begins Thursday at Charles Anderson Stadium
A long wait, but finally a Tour win for sprint prodigy Ewan
TOULOUSE, France - A bit more than a year ago, Caleb Ewan was devastated to be left out of the Tour de France. The Australian sprinter had to watch cycling's biggest race on TV after finding out at th...
Jul 17, 2019
Kamloops Venom keep season alive with first win of league final
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Venom will live another day in the Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League final after taking care of business at home on Tuesday night. The Venom won their first game of the ...
Jul 17, 2019 Game 4 of the TOJLL Final is Thursday night in Oliver.
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
GENEVA - The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday after the virus spread this week to a city of two million peo...
Jul 17, 2019
Toronto man who lost family in Ethiopian plane crash testifies at US Congress
A Toronto man who lost his family in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet in Ethiopia called Wednesday for a stronger aircraft approval process in the U.S. and said more people would die if that typ...
Jul 17, 2019
Interviews with family of highway shooting victim heard in Calgary court
CALGARY - The trial of an Alberta youth accused of firing a gun at a German tourist on a highway west of Calgary is having to rely on police interviews done with the family after he was shot...
Jul 17, 2019
'Told to shoot:' Trial begins for Alberta youth in shooting of German tourist
CALGARY - There was conflicting testimony in court Monday about whether a youth charged in the shooting of a German tourist on an Alberta highway may have acted on his own or was ordered to ...
Jul 17, 2019
Search for missing Quebec businessman, son stretches into fifth day
MONTREAL - A sonar-equipped provincial police boat explored a deep reservoir Monday for signs of a missing helicopter carrying a Quebec entrepreneur and his teen son who haven't been heard from since ...
Jul 17, 2019
Anglican Church rejects same-sex marriage amendment; will not add policy to national laws
The Anglican Church of Canada narrowly voted down a proposal to bless same-sex marriage across the denomination, with its newly elected leader acknowledging the disappointment the decision w...
Jul 17, 2019
Boxing champ Pernell Whitaker dies; hit by car in Virginia
Pernell Whitaker, an Olympic gold medallist and four-division champion who was regarded as one of the greatest defensive fighters ever, has died after being hit by a car in Virginia. He was 55. Police...
Jul 17, 2019
