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Canada's men's volleyball team stuns Brazil 3-0, advances to VNL quarterfinals
MANILA - The Canadian men's volleyball team is on an impressive roll as the Paris Olympics approach. Eric Loeppky had a match-high 21 points as Canada qualified for the Volleyball Nations League quart...
Jun 21, 2024
Criminal investigation continuing into serious Nanaimo Parkway crash
NANAIMO - Local Mounties continue probing the circumstances leading to a serious collision along the Nanaimo Parkway earlier this week.Traffic was blocked off in both directions for several hours afte...
Jun 21, 2024
Playoffs for HoopQueens, Canadian semi-pro women's basketball league, start Sunday
The WNBA is coming to Toronto in 2026, but professional women's basketball has been in Canada for years. HoopQueens, a semi-pro league with players from across Canada, will hold the semifinals of its ...
Jun 21, 2024
Homelessness: Quebec, Ottawa announce $115 million for emergency housing in Montreal
MONTREAL - The federal and Quebec governments have announced nearly $60 million a year for the next two years to get unhoused Montrealers a roof over their heads. Ottawa and Quebec are putting up $57....
Jun 21, 2024
Large, smoky fire extinguished in Metro Vancouver, air quality bulletin to be lifted
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Metro Vancouver Regional District says a fire at a trestle bridge in Richmond, B.C., has been extinguished after sending up huge plumes of smoke that prompted an air quality bulle...
Jun 21, 2024
Canada rugby 7s men end 29-game losing run with win at last-chance Olympic qualifier
MONACO - Canada's men ended a 29-game losing streak with a much-needed 31-12 win Friday over Uganda at the World Rugby Sevens Repechage tournament. Twelve men's and 12 women's teams are competing for ...
Jun 21, 2024
Ontario public school teachers are protected from unreasonable searches: top court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says Ontario public school board teachers have a Charter-protected right against unreasonable search and seizure in the workplace. The top court's decision comes t...
Jun 21, 2024
Trump ally Bannon asks the Supreme Court to delay his 4-month prison sentence on contempt charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump ally Steve Bannon has asked the Supreme Court to delay his prison sentence while he fights his convictions for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the...
Jun 21, 2024
NY prosecutors urge judge to keep gag order blocking Trump from criticizing jurors who convicted him
NEW YORK (AP) - Manhattan prosecutors are urging the judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money case to uphold a gag order that bars the former president from criticizing jurors, court staff ...
Jun 21, 2024
Canada lays more sanctions on Haiti gang leaders as violence surges
OTTAWA - Canada is imposing economic sanctions on three more people for their involvement in worsening violence in Haiti. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly made the announcement Friday, saying Otta...
Jun 21, 2024