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Minten scores hat trick in back-to-back games as Blazers pick up back-to-back wins over Rockets
KAMLOOPS - Wednesday (Dec. 28) was a night of back-to-backs for the Kamloops Blazers.In front of more than 5,100 fans at Sandman Centre, the Blazers defeated their rival Kelowna Rockets for the second...
Dec 29, 2022
Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's President-elect Luiz Incio Lula da Silva on Thursday named Amazon defender Marina Silva as environment minister for his incoming government, indicating he will prioritiz...
Dec 29, 2022
Israel swears in Netanyahu as PM of hard-line government
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Thursday swore in Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister of the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in the country's history. Netanyahu took the oath of of...
Dec 29, 2022
Vatican: Benedict XVI lucid, stable, but condition 'serious'
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican said Thursday that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was lucid, conscious and stable, but that his condition remains serious a day after officials revealed that the 95-year-ol...
Dec 29, 2022
Investigation continues into alleged murder of OPP officer after two people charged
Ontario Provincial Police continue to investigate the alleged murder of an officer who police say was ambushed while responding to a call. Police say Const. Grzegorz "Greg" Pierzchala responded to a v...
Dec 29, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Staggered civic elections would avoid ‘learning curve’ jitters
THIS COMES UNDER the heading of "Advice, absolutely free of charge."As the wet-behind-the-ears Kamloops City council emerges from the holiday season and heads toward a new year, we can expect more of ...
Dec 29, 2022
Auger-Aliassime voted Canadian Press male athlete of the year
MONTREAL - Tennis player Flix Auger-Aliassime, who shone on some of the sport's biggest stages in 2022, is the winner of the Lionel Conacher Award as The Canadian Press male athlete of the year. Auger...
Dec 29, 2022
In The News for Dec. 29: In 2023, Albertans to choose status quo or look to the past?
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 29 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 29, 2022
Alberta set for 2023 election: one premier just got the job, the other wants it back
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's wood-panelled third-floor legislature office is bereft of bric-a-brac. There are no pictures, mementoes or books - only a small stack of Alberta sovereignty act bil...
Dec 29, 2022
Quebec to expand tracking-bracelet program for domestic violence suspects in 2023
MONTREAL - Twelve months ago Quebec became the first jurisdiction in Canada to launch a two-pronged tracking system for domestic violence suspects, and while victims' rights groups welcome the technol...
Dec 29, 2022
