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Linebacker Jacob Roberts making most of chance to start with Calgary Stampeders
Preparation ensured Jacob Roberts was ready when the Calgary Stampeders needed him most. The second-year linebacker leads Calgary in total tackles (43), which also leaves him tied for third in the CFL...
Jul 28, 2025
Quebec City judge to rule Thursday on bail for three accused of extremist plot
QUBEC - A Quebec court judge will decide Thursday whether to grant bail to three men facing terrorism charges in the Quebec City region. Judge Ren de la Sablonnire heard final arguments Monday from Cr...
Jul 28, 2025
Heat warnings span B.C. Interior, southern areas to see temperatures up to 37 C
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for a swath of British Columbia's Interior stretching from Grand Forks near the U.S. border to areas north of Prince George. The weather agency ...
Jul 28, 2025
Tropical Storm Keli forms and is second cyclone now in central Pacific Ocean
HONOLULU (AP) - A second tropical cyclone has formed in the central Pacific Ocean alongside a Category 1 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Keli has maximum sustained winds o...
Jul 28, 2025
After tough start to season, Canada's Leylah Fernandez rides momentum into NBO
MONTREAL - Leylah Fernandez won't sugar-coat it. Less than 24 hours after winning the D.C. Open, Fernandez offered a blunt assessment of her season before that title run. "The rest of the year hasn't ...
Jul 28, 2025
Ottawa, B.C. provide $77M to bring high-speed internet to nearly 7,000 households
ARMSTRONG, B.C. - The federal and B.C. governments are providing more than $77 million in combined funding to bring high-speed internet to more than 6,900 homes in the province. A statement from Innov...
Jul 28, 2025
UPDATE: Boil Water Notice rescinded
UPDATE 11:30 a.m. July 31The Boil Water Notice for select properties in Vernon's BX area has been lifted.The notice was issued after a power outage caused a loss of pressure at a pump station Monday.G...
Jul 28, 2025
Man believed drowned after falling into Coquihalla River near Hope, B.C.
Access to the Othello Tunnels in Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park near Hope, B.C., has been closed as emergency responders work to recover the body of a man believed to have drowned. RCMP say police ...
Jul 28, 2025
Heat warning issued as mercury set to climb
The temperatures are expected to climb above the seasonal averages this week, and heat warnings have been issued.Environment Canada says the Okanagan, including Vernon and Kelowna, could see daytime t...
Jul 28, 2025
Lack of action on Gaza erodes Muslims' sense of belonging in Canada: envoy
OTTAWA - Ottawa's approach to the war in Gaza is eroding many Muslim-Canadians' "sense of belonging" in this country, says the federal special representative on combating Islamophobia. "This ongoing, ...
Jul 28, 2025
