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Classics at B.C. Age Group Swim Championships
KAMLOOPS ---- The Kamloops Classic Swim Team placed 15th out of the 39 Team 450 swimmer, BC Age Group Provincial Swimming Championships in Chilliwack over the weekend. The Classics had 9 swimmers comp...
Jun 24, 2019 Imagecredit:Kamloops Classics
Blazers, former Blazers, Kamloops players attending NHL development camps
KAMLOOPS --- The Blazers had one player taken in this weekends NHL draft.Defenceman Quinn Schmiemann went in round six to Tampa Bay, the 182nd overall pick. Earlier defenceman John Ludvig, who is from...
Jun 24, 2019 imagecredit:NHL
Montreal's new, $4.4-billion Champlain Bridge opens to first traffic
Montreal's expensive new Samuel De Champlain Bridge opened to traffic for the first time this morning, about six months behind schedule. Federal Infrastructure Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne was...
Jun 24, 2019
Venom wrap up regular season with a win, finish first
KAMLOOPS --- The Venom wrapped up the regular season in junior lacrosse with a 14-4 win over the Vernon Tigers. The Venom finished up first with a record of 11-and-3, nine points in front of second pl...
Jun 24, 2019 Image credit:Kamloops Venom
Screenwriters can play key role in gender parity, actors say
LOS ANGELES - Academy Award-winning actor Geena Davis says achieving gender parity on screen is simple, and it could happen overnight. "Just go through (the script) and cross out a bunch of male first...
Jun 24, 2019
Wife of reality TV bounty hunter in medically induced coma
HONOLULU - The wife of reality TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman is in a medically induced coma, a report said. Beth Chapman is in the intensive care unit of Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, The...
Jun 24, 2019
Parents of soldier killed in parachute exercise ask for thorough investigation
OTTAWA - The remains of the Canadian soldier killed in a parachute-training exercise in Bulgaria returned to Canada Saturday, where his grieving parents asked for a thorough investigation to prevent a...
Jun 24, 2019
Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse lands same job with Canada's men's team
Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is the new coach of Canada's men's basketball team. Canada Basketball announced the hiring on Monday, less than two weeks after Nurse guided the Raptors to their ...
Jun 24, 2019
France to try former IAAF boss Diack and his son
PARIS - French legal authorities have decided to hold a trial for Lamine Diack, once one of the most influential men in Olympic sport, but who has been disgraced by investigations that uncovered corru...
Jun 24, 2019
Big rollers: Eldorado buys Caesars in deal valued at $17B
LAS VEGAS - Eldorado Resorts will buy Caesars in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $17.3 billion, creating a casino giant. The acquisition Monday puts about 60 casinos and resorts in 16 states under a s...
Jun 24, 2019
