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Speller balances bee with reality TV, social media stardom
OXON HILL, Md. - Akash Vukoti no longer stands out at the Scripps National Spelling Bee for his age, not with a record 23 spellers competing this year who are 9 or younger. But he's the only member of...
May 30, 2019
Rare white young killer whale swimming off the British Columbia coast
VANCOUVER - A rare white killer whale has been spotted off the coast of British Columbia. Jared Towers, an orca ecologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, says the young transient killer whale w...
May 30, 2019
Louisiana's Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana's Democratic governor signed a ban on abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy Thursday, a move that puts him squarely in line with the leaders of other conservative So...
May 30, 2019
Fish aren't the only ones taking the bait, bike thieves are too
PRINCE GEORGE-RCMP are deploying bait bikes around the city in the efforts to catch thieves and deter future bike thefts.On Wednesday, multiple arrests were made in a two hour period after frontline o...
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Watchdog slams former grain commissioner for post-employment ethics violations
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog says a former acting head of the Canadian Grain Commission took improper advantage of his public office when he went to work for one of the country's largest ...
May 30, 2019
Vancouver Whitecaps hope club's history provides lessons for victory
VANCOUVER - A lot has changed in the soccer world in the 40 years since the Vancouver Whitecaps captured a North American Soccer League championship. Players have different haircuts now and don't ofte...
May 30, 2019
Feeling Aretha's spirit, J Hud honours icon at Pulitzers
NEW YORK - With bad weather in Chicago on Monday and her flight cancelled, Jennifer Hudson fretted at the thought of missing her performance at Tuesday's Pulitzer Prize awards ceremony to pay tribute ...
May 30, 2019
Restaurant must provide surveillance footage in Spacey case
NANTUCKET, Mass. - A judge is ordering a Nantucket restaurant to hand over any surveillance footage taken the night prosecutors say actor Kevin Spacey groped a young man in 2016. Nantucket District Co...
May 30, 2019
VanVleet, Toronto Raptors not happy with just being in NBA championship series
TORONTO - Guard Fred VanVleet and the Toronto Raptors aren't happy with just being in the NBA Finals. Toronto squares off against the Golden State Warriors in the league final, which opens Thursday ni...
May 30, 2019
Wildfire of note: 1,018 hectare Black Angus Creek fire
NORTHERN BC-The 1,018 kilometre fire is burning 40 kilometres south of Lower Post.According to the BC Wildfire Service website the smoke from the lighting caused fire is highly visible to surrounding ...
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