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Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas a...
Dec 09, 2024
Mass evacuation of Philippine towns underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas and deb...
Dec 09, 2024
Knicks edge Raptors 113-108, Barnes suffers ankle injury
TORONTO - Karl-Anthony Towns drilled a 29-foot three-pointer with six seconds left on the clock as the New York Knicks escaped with a 113-108 win over the Toronto Raptors on Monday. Raptors all-star f...
Dec 09, 2024
Blue Jays, Dodgers and Red Sox among losing bidders for Juan Soto
DALLAS (AP) - The Toronto Blue Jays lost out on Juan Soto, a year after failing to sign Shohei Ohtani. "Both of those guys, they're obviously great, elite players," Toronto manager John Schneider said...
Dec 09, 2024
After ‘reflecting,’ Sajjan didn’t attend Taylor Swift concert
OTTAWA - Liberal Minister Harjit Sajjan did not attend the Taylor Swift concert in Vancouver Saturday, despite earlier defending his decision to accept the tickets. Global News first reported that Saj...
Dec 09, 2024
BC Coroners Service sees 'significant decline' in drug deaths, but reason unclear
VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded its lowest monthly number of illicit drug overdose deaths in more than four years, part of what the BC Coroners Service says is a "significant decline" in fata...
Dec 09, 2024
LGBTQ+ groups pushing for speedy court process, halt to Alberta transgender bill
EDMONTON - LGBTQ+ advocate organizations say they're working as quickly as possible to ask a court to stop the Alberta government from bringing into force a transgender law they say will cause immedia...
Dec 09, 2024
Polygamous sect leader gets 50 years in prison in scheme to orchestrate sex involving children
PHOENIX (AP) - A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual "wives" including 10 underage girls was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday for coercing girls as young as 9 years...
Dec 09, 2024
6 Guatemalans arrested and charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Six Guatemalans are charged with human smuggling linked to a semi-trailer truck crash in Mexico in 2021 that killed more than 50 migrants and were arrested in Guatemala and Texas ...
Dec 09, 2024
B.C. selects nine wind power projects to boost energy supply by eight per cent a year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has given the green light to nine wind energy projects that will boost the province's hydro-electric grid by eight per cent a year, enough to power 500,000 homes. Premier ...
Dec 09, 2024