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Three die in head-on crash along Trans-Canada Highway through B.C.'s Shuswap region
CHASE, B.C. - RCMP are investigating a head-on crash in British Columbia's Shuswap region that left three people dead. A statement from Chase RCMP says police were called to an area along the Trans-Ca...
Jul 06, 2022
Hampered Nadal gets past Fritz at Wimbledon; Kyrgios next
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Normally so relentless from point to point, Rafael Nadal occasionally would watch as a ball off the racket of Taylor Fritz landed in during the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Winci...
Jul 06, 2022
Ukrainian Canadian Congress calls on Canada to lead effort to oust Russia from G20
OTTAWA - The Ukrainian Canadian Congress wants Russia expelled from the G20. The group's president, Alexandra Chyczij, has written to the prime minister asking him to lead a global campaign to expel R...
Jul 06, 2022
Quebec government lawyer defends police power to randomly stop vehicles
MONTREAL - A Quebec government lawyer is defending the power of police officers to make random traffic stops and is arguing that it's up to police forces to address racial profiling. Michel Dom is mak...
Jul 06, 2022
B.C. cabinet minister bows out of NDP leadership race before it starts
VICTORIA - A New Democrat cabinet minister has taken himself out of the party's leadership contest to replace British Columbia Premier John Horgan. Economic Recovery Minister Ravi Kahlon says in a sta...
Jul 06, 2022
Coach Bob Bradley says Lorenzo Insigne's Toronto FC debut to be delayed by injury
Toronto FC coach Bob Bradley says a calf injury will likely delay Italian star Lorenzo Insigne's debut until July 23. The former Napoli captain and fellow Italian Domenico Criscito have been waiting f...
Jul 06, 2022
Unsettled B.C. weather prompts flash floods, complicates river level forecasts
VANCOUVER - The city of Prince George is the latest to feel the lash of torrential downpours linked to ongoing unsettled weather across British Columbia. Environment Canada is reporting about six mill...
Jul 06, 2022
A chronology of Patrick Brown's political career
A timeline of the ups and downs in Patrick Brown's political career: 1998: elected president of the Ontario PC Youth Association. 2000: elected as city councillor in Barrie, Ont. 2003: re-elected as B...
Jul 06, 2022
Edmonton Elks add Watson, Lyles and Scarlett to practice roster
EDMONTON - American linebacker Tre Watson has found a new home. Watson joined the Edmonton Elks practice roster Wednesday. He was released by Montreal on Monday after starting in the Alouettes' first ...
Jul 06, 2022
Biden tells with Griner's wife he's working to get her home
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has called the wife of WNBA player Brittney Griner, who is detained in Russia, and has pledged that he is working to win her release as soon as possible, the Whit...
Jul 06, 2022