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Former B.C. mayor sentenced to two years less a day for sexual offences
SMITHERS, B.C. - British Columbia's prosecution service says the former mayor of Burns Lake has been sentenced to two years less a day for sexual offences involving four boys under...
Dec 04, 2019

Brazilian slum residents protest after 9 die in police raid
SAO PAULO - Hundreds of people in Sao Paulo's Paraisopolis slums took to the streets Wednesday to protest against local police three days after nine young people died in a stampede during a police ope...
Dec 04, 2019

Blue Jays GM Atkins plans to be aggressive as he aims to bolster rotation
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays can boast about a young core with plenty of potential. The next step for general manager Ross Atkins is surrounding those players with some reliable starting pitch...
Dec 04, 2019

Report says Canadian food prices to rise 2 to 4 per cent in 2020
Canada's Food Price Report is forecasting prices in Canada will increase by between two and four per cent in 2020.The 10th annual edition of the report, which was released Wednesday, said the annual c...
Dec 04, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

RCMP warning residents to leave hitchhikers alone
RCMP is warning the public not to hitchhike or pick hitchhikers up on roadways. Cpl. Rob King said hitchhiking has not been safe since the 50s but people are still doing it. "There's no safe way to hi...
Dec 04, 2019 (ID 136689544 © Elenamuz | Dreamstime.com)

Inuit sharing ancient knowledge of ice, sea and land with social media app Siku
HALIFAX - A social media app geared towards the outdoor lives of Inuit launched Wednesday with features that tie traditional knowledge to smartphone technology. The Siku app and web platform...
Dec 04, 2019

Tyler Tardi not tardy in jump from junior curling to elite men's ranks
Tyler Tardi could have chased more national and international curling history in his final year of junior eligibility. The 21-year-old skip from Langley, B.C., and third Sterling Middleton won back-to...
Dec 04, 2019

Powell's consistency, both starting and coming off bench, good sign for Raptors
TORONTO - Consistency has been Norman Powell's biggest bugaboo in his four seasons with the Toronto Raptors. While the Raptors were lamenting Tuesday's overtime loss to the Miami Heat, one bright spot...
Dec 04, 2019

St. Petersburg mayor shoots down plan for Rays to play in Montreal before 2028
MONTREAL - A potential return of Major League Baseball to Montreal is on hold until at least 2028 after the mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla., said negotiations to split the Tampa Bay Rays' home dates hav...
Dec 04, 2019

Photo radar coming to Wakaw intersection
The intersection of Highway 41 and Highway 2 at Wakaw will soon have photo speed enforcement (PSE).The provincial government made the decision after a review from the PSE Committee, which is made up o...
Dec 04, 2019 A photo speed enforcement box like this one will soon be in Wakaw. (Submitted/SGI)