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Canucks take over sole possession of top spot in NWJHL
Saturday night's NWJHL schedule featured a showdown between the top two teams in the circuit. The hometown Dawson Creek Junior Canucks jumped out to a 4-0 lead, and cruised the remainder of the way to...
Oct 13, 2019 Photo courtesy EverythingGP
Latest edition of Teepee Creek Stampede was one for the record books
The 103rd annual Teepee Creek Stampede set an attendance record this year, with over 31,000 people visiting during the 4 day event.President of the Stampede Association, John Muggaberg, says they adde...
Oct 13, 2019 Tuff Dreger chuckwagon racing photo by Micheline Thiberge/Facebook
Esper says Trump orders US troops to leave northern Syria
WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Mark Esper says President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. troops in northern Syria to move south, but not leave the country. Esper tells CBS' "Face the Nation" that th...
Oct 13, 2019
Pope canonizes John Henry Newman, 19th-century theologian
VATICAN CITY - With Prince Charles looking on, Pope Francis on Sunday canonized Cardinal John Henry Newman, praising the 19th-century Anglican convert who became an influential, unifying figure in bot...
Oct 13, 2019
IS supporters escape as Turkish troops near key Syrian town
AKCAKALE, Turkey - Turkish forces approached a key Kurdish-held town in northern Syria on Sunday, setting off clashes that allowed hundreds of Islamic State supporters to escape from a camp for displa...
Oct 13, 2019
Typhoon leaves 19 dead as Japan launches major rescue
TOKYO - Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan Sunday to rescue people stranded in flooded homes Sunday as the death toll from a ferocious typhoon climbed to at least 19...
Oct 13, 2019
Central Nova: Country star seeks to unseat Liberal incumbent in Tory stronghold
HALIFAX - With his lantern jaw and big cowboy hat, country music star George Canyon is hard to miss as he campaigns for votes in rural Nova Scotia. As the rookie Tory can...
Oct 13, 2019
'Be water': Police swoop as Hong Kong protests shift tactics
HONG KONG - Tearing a page out of ancient Chinese military philosophy, black-clad protesters in Hong Kong changed tactics and wreaked havoc by popping up in small groups in multiple locations across t...
Oct 13, 2019
Trump says he's an 'island of one' on Syria
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is an "island of one" for removing U.S. forces from northeastern Syria. But he remained steadfast and defended a move that drew widespread bip...
Oct 13, 2019
Trump backs Giuliani, but some aides wish he would cut ties
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday stood behind personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, one of his highest-profile and most vocal defenders, amid reports that federal prosecutors in the city Giu...
Oct 13, 2019