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Masse, Liendo among four captains named for Canadian Olympic swim team
Kylie Masse, Mary-Sophie Harvey, Josh Liendo and Jeremy Bagshaw have been named the four captains of Canada's Olympic swimming team. Swimming Canada made the announcement Friday morning, saying captai...
Jul 5, 2024
Warnings expand as heat wave settles over B.C., with weekend temperatures set to rise
A heat wave is settling over parts of British Columbia with Environment Canada warning of very high temperatures stretching into next week. The agency has expanded a series of heat warnings to include...
Jul 5, 2024
Heat wave settling over B.C., temperatures set to rise over the weekend
A heat wave is settling over parts of British Columbia with Environment Canada warning of very high temperatures stretching into next week. The agency has expanded a series of heat warnings to include...
Jul 5, 2024
Saskatchewan files for injunction over Canada Revenue Agency collecting carbon money
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says it has filed for an injunction to stop the Canada Revenue Agency from collecting carbon levy dollars the province owes. Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre didn't p...
Jul 5, 2024
Kansas’ top court rejects 2 anti-abortion laws, bolstering a state right to abortion access
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas' highest court on Friday struck down state laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care providers and banning a common second-trimester procedure,...
Jul 5, 2024
Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall's elections, overturning its own ruling two years ago lim...
Jul 5, 2024
Canad's Andreescu drops third-round match to Italy's Paolini at Wimbledon
LONDON, Ont. - Bianca Andreescu, of Mississauga, Ont., is out of the women's singles draw at Wimbledon after dropping her third-round match to Italy's Jasmine Paolini in straight sets 7-6 (4), 6-1 on ...
Jul 5, 2024
Ottawa approves sale of Teck's steelmaking coal business to Glencore
VANCOUVER - Ottawa says it has approved Teck Resources Ltd.'s sale of a majority stake in its steelmaking coal business to Swiss commodities giant Glencore. In a statement posted Thursday, Industry Mi...
Jul 5, 2024
Third-round play at Wimbledon gets underway after 2-hour rain delay
LONDON (AP) - Rain delayed the start of play by two hours at Wimbledon on Friday and threatened to disrupt much of the day at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament. Play on the outside courts didn't s...
Jul 5, 2024
Police clear pro-Palestinian encampment in Montreal financial district
MONTREAL - Police have cleared protesters out of a pro-Palestinian encampment that was set up last month in the heart of Montreal's financial district. Municipal workers are on site in the city's Vict...
Jul 5, 2024