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Kamloops Venom defeat Vernon for third time this season to pad TOJLL lead
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Venom remain at the top of the three-team Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League standings. The Venom defeated the Vernon Tigers 10-8 at Memorial Arena on Sunday night, Kamlo...
May 13, 2019 The Kamloops Venom defeated Vernon 10-8 on Sunday night at Memorial Arena.
Ottawa MPP Marie-France Lalonde seeks federal seat after Leslie retires
OTTAWA - Ontario Liberal politician Marie-France Lalonde wants to run for Parliament to replace retired general Andrew Leslie in the Ottawa riding he's vacating after just one term. Lalonde annou...
May 13, 2019
Kamloops Classics swimmers come home with 28 medals from Kelowna meet
KELOWNA, B.C. - The Kamloops Classic swimmers brought home quite the medal haul from this weekend's meet in Kelowna. Sienna Angove and Jack Cameron each won four gold medals in their respective events...
May 13, 2019 Swimmers from the Kamloops Classic Swimming Club brought home 28 medals, including 10 gold, from this weekend's Kelowna May Invitational Swim Meet
A glossy ibis drifts off course to a Nova Scotia marsh and draws a crowd
BROOKFIELD, N.S. - Nature photographers are gathering in a central Nova Scotia marsh this weekend capturing images of the latest bird species to fly off course and find itself in a foreign - but nouri...
May 13, 2019
Alex Trebek in Ottawa to open Royal Canadian Geographical Society's new HQ
OTTAWA - Canadian "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek will be in Ottawa later today for the official opening of the new headquarters of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Emmy-Award-winning&nb...
May 13, 2019
June Jones leaves Hamilton Tiger-Cats for XFL head coaching position
HAMILTON - June Jones is leaving the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the XFL. The Ticats confirmed Monday that Jones has stepped down as at their assistant head coach/offensive co-ordinato...
May 13, 2019
Toronto mayor jokes that he supports calls for Raptors Kawhi Leonard as mayor
Toronto Mayor John Tory has joked that he supports calls on social media for Raptors star Kawhi Leonard to take his job. But Tory says that Leonard, who won the series-clinching Game 7 again...
May 13, 2019
Wildlife corridors essential in an age of climate change, conservationist says
MONTREAL - For several years, conservationists have been stressing that ecological corridors, which allow wildlife to move between natural areas, are essential to preventing habitat fragmentation and ...
May 13, 2019
Power play: Papal aide's manhole act angers Italy's Salvini
ROME - Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has taken aim at a Vatican cardinal who climbed into a utility manhole to restore electricity to squatters in a government-owned building, pitting Pope ...
May 13, 2019
Denied graves by Nazis, resistance fighters finally buried
BERLIN - Executed for standing up against Adolf Hitler's dictatorship and then denied graves so as not to become a rallying point for others, the partial remains of 300 Nazi resistance fighters were l...
May 13, 2019
