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Here's why Canada's leading gas price watcher thinks drivers may soon catch a break
KAMLOOPS - Canada's leading gas price watcher says there are a few positive factors working in favour of drivers this summer.But Senior Petroleum Analyst Dan McTeague of GasPriceWizard.com says longte...
Jul 13, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Halep star struck at meeting duchesses at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England - Simona Halep joined the list of tennis royalty at Wimbledon on Saturday, then got a bit star struck at meeting the real thing. Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Meghan, the...
Jul 13, 2019
Trump applauds far-right social media provocateurs
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump used a White House conference Thursday to applaud far-right social media provocateurs even as he conceded that some of them are extreme in their views. Trump, who h...
Jul 13, 2019
Developer to return disputed land to Kanesatake Mohawks as ecological gift
MONTREAL - A Quebec land developer has signed an agreement with the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake to return a parcel of pine forest that was central to the Oka crisis that began 29 years...
Jul 13, 2019
White man indicted in killing of black teen over rap music
PHOENIX - A white man who authorities say was out of prison for two days when he stabbed a black teen on July 4th because he felt threatened by the youth's rap music at a suburban Phoenix convenience ...
Jul 13, 2019
Saturday morning power outage affects busy shopping area in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A power outage is affecting a small but important section of Lower Sahali.According to BC Hydro, the outage just before 9:30 a.m. Saturday is affecting 49 customers, but those are all in th...
Jul 13, 2019 Image Credit: BC Hydro
Stylish England powers into World Cup final vs New Zealand
BIRMINGHAM, England - The first flew over long-on. The second went straight down the ground, too, off the very next ball. Jason Roy made it a hat trick of sixes with the best of the lot, almost sendin...
Jul 13, 2019
Film airing on PBS recalls city's dark deportation history
BISBEE, Ariz. - The darkest, most violent chapter in the history of Bisbee was an open secret for decades in the funky old Arizona copper town 7 miles (11 kilometres) north of the U.S.-Mexico border. ...
Jul 13, 2019
Kamloops Venom drop Game 1 of league final in double overtime
KAMLOOPS --- The Venom looked to have the opening game of the Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League final in control. But the visiting South Okanagan Flames, in their first-ever league final, mount...
Jul 13, 2019 The Venom dropped a 16-15 double overtime decision in Game 1 of the Thompson-Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League final on Friday night.
Indy 500 winner Pagenaud grabs fastest time in final Honda Indy practice
TORONTO - Simon Pagenaud had the fastest lap on Saturday morning in the final practice session at the Honda Indy Toronto. Pagenaud, the winner of the Indianapolis 500 in May, clocked a time of 59...
Jul 13, 2019
