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DeChambeau lets clubs do most of talking at TOC Southwind
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Bryson DeChambeau let his clubs do most of the talking Saturday at TPC Southwind. DeChambeau shot a 7-under 63 on Saturday to pull within two strokes of leader Harris English in ...
Aug 07, 2021
Recreational vehicle parking for evacuees in Vernon
Recreational vehicle parking for the White Rock Lake Fire evacuees is currently available at any of the three SD#22 elementary schools listed below:Beairsto Elementary (evacuees can also use the schoo...
Aug 07, 2021
Decathlon champion Warner named Canada's flag-bearer for Tokyo closing ceremony
TOKYO - Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner has been named Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. Warner won Canada's first ever decathlon gold medal with a stellar ...
Aug 07, 2021
Blue Jays beat Red Sox after a walk-off home run in first game of doubleheader
TORONTO - A patient Blue Jays lineup found a way to outlast a solid pitching performance from Canadian Nick Pivetta in the opening game of their doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. Wi...
Aug 07, 2021
Lynyrd Skynyrd pulls out of Pro Football Hall of Fame show
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - Lynyrd Skynyrd has pulled out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame concert after guitarist Rickey Medlocke tested positive for COVID-19. The country rock band was set to co-headline th...
Aug 07, 2021
Indigenous festival back in Montreal, a year after being delayed due to COVID-19
MONTREAL - The Montreal First Peoples' Festival is back until Aug. 11 at the Place des Festivals and other locations in the city, a year after most Indigenous events such as powwows were put off due t...
Aug 07, 2021
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole announces first promise in Quebec
MONTREAL - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he wants to financially support the creation of a Quebec research and development centre on food self-sufficiency in Sainte-Hyacinthe, southeast of Mon...
Aug 07, 2021
Texas Democrats continue holdout, don’t show for new session
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Democrats still refused to return to the state Capitol on Saturday as Gov. Greg Abbott began a third attempt at passing new election laws, prolonging a monthslong standoff t...
Aug 07, 2021
White Rock Lake wildfire pushes toward Okanagan Lake in B.C. Interior: Fire service
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says an aggressive fire that's forced thousands out of their homes around a stretch of now-closed Highway 97 in the southern Interior has grown to an...
Aug 07, 2021
'I'm pretty proud of the work we put in:' local high jumper reflects on unique Olympic experience
NANAIMO - It may have ended a little earlier than he'd hoped, but a Nanoose high jumper is relishing his fourth Olympic experience.Michael Mason cleared 2.25 metres in the qualification round, but fel...
Aug 07, 2021
