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Chiefs' Reid deflects attention as he approaches NFL history
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Good luck getting Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid to ruminate on the fact that he's nearing NFL history, just one win away from becoming the first to reach 100 with two different...
Sep 15, 2021

Montreal care home doctor worried about lack of staff as COVID-19 hit, coroner hears
MONTREAL - A doctor who treated residents of a Montreal-area care home where dozens of patients died of COVID-19 says she was concerned about the lack of staff and personal protective equipment at the...
Sep 15, 2021

Browns' Beckham not ready after surgery, 2021 debut delayed
BEREA, Ohio - Browns star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. isn't ready to play following knee surgery and won't make his debut Sunday against Houston. Coach Kevin Stefanski ruled Beckham out Tuesday, s...
Sep 15, 2021

Grizzlies waive Marc Gasol days after trading for his rights
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Memphis Grizzlies have waived center Marc Gasol days after acquiring his rights in a trade with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Grizzlies announced the move Wednesday. They acquired G...
Sep 15, 2021

MAPS: Thefts of bicycles and from motor vehicles — Week of Sept. 6, 2021
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops saw an increase in bicycle thefts and thefts from motor vehicle this week.According to Kamloops RCMP, there were 58 thefts from motor vehicle (up by 23), and five bicycle thefts (u...
Sep 15, 2021

SOUND OFF: B.C. Vaccine Card keeps Kamloops businesses open for business
OVER THE LAST YEAR-AND-A-HALF of the global pandemic, one thing has become abundantly clear - the COVID-19 virus lives to spread and spreads to live. That's why our government has created the B.C. Vac...
Sep 15, 2021

Huge advance polling turnout in Kamloops pressures Elections Canada to hire more vote-counters
KAMLOOPS - Voters in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo (KTC) riding showed up in droves for advance polling - but that has put Elections Canada officials in a bind for general voting day on Monday (Sept. 20)....
Sep 15, 2021

Desmond inquiry: former soldier sought counselling the same day he killed his family
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Less than a month before Lionel Desmond killed his wife, mother, daughter and himself in 2017, the Afghanistan war veteran called a community group near his home in Nova Scotia...
Sep 15, 2021

OHL to require proof of full vaccination at Ontario facilities beginning Sept. 22
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League will now require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 for entry into all 17 of its facilities across the province starting Sept. 22. The move comes after the ...
Sep 15, 2021

Pandemic recovery for Indigenous tourism will be slow, says report
VANCOUVER - The Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada is making a bleak prediction about its members' ability to rapidly recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The association says even with the very ...
Sep 15, 2021

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