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Chasing an 8th Wimbledon title, Williams next plays Riske
WIMBLEDON, England - Serena Williams will face fellow American Alison Riske in the quarterfinals at the All England Club as she chases an eighth Wimbledon title and a 24th major overall. Riske upset t...
Jul 09, 2019
Stamps earn big road win in Grimshaw
The final week of the Wheatbelt Baseball League season kicked off Monday night as the Peace River Stampeders traveled to Grimshaw to meet the Huskies.Monday's game was a crucial one for the Stampeders...
Jul 09, 2019

Trump lashes out at Britain's ambassador for a second day
LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out for a second day at Britain's ambassador to the United States on Tuesday, describing him as "wacky" and a "pompous fool," after a leak of emails critica...
Jul 09, 2019

Tom Steyer launches 2020 campaign after saying he wouldn't
WASHINGTON - Tom Steyer, the billionaire investor and activist, said Tuesday he's joining the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, reversing course after deciding earlier this year that he...
Jul 09, 2019

Navigators announce newest recruit
Despite the sun shining and the ice out of many rinks in the Peace Region the teams in the North West Junior Hockey League continue to gear up for next season.Five of the six teams in the league have ...
Jul 09, 2019 (photo credit to the North Peace Navigators)

Construction zone speed this month's focus for Enforcement Services
July is construction zone road safety month for the Selected Traffic Enforcement Program, also known as STEP.Enforcement Services are using this month to remind drivers to use extra caution when drivi...
Jul 09, 2019

Afghan officials say car bomb kills 12, wounds scores
KABUL - The Taliban carried out a devastating suicide car bombing in central Afghanistan Sunday that killed 12 people and wounded over 150 others, said Afghan officials. The attack came as an all-Afgh...
Jul 09, 2019

US bomb from WWII defused in Germany after mass evacuation
FRANKFURT - A 500-kilo (1,100-pound) World War II bomb was defused near the Frankfurt headquarters of the European Central Bank hours after thousands of people were evacuated from the surrounding dist...
Jul 09, 2019

UK ambassador called Trump administration 'clumsy and inept'
LONDON - Britain's ambassador to the United States described the Trump administration as "diplomatically clumsy and inept" and said he doubted it would become "substantially more normal," according to...
Jul 09, 2019

Conservative party wins Greek election, ousts left-wing PM
ATHENS, Greece - Conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis comfortably won Greece's parliamentary elections Sunday, delivering a stinging blow to leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after a...
Jul 09, 2019