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Four fantastic puppies are now up for adoption
NANAIMO - It's puppy time!Meet Dragon, Griffin, Kraken, and Phoenix, a group of three-month-old Presa Canario/Pit Bull Terriers looking to start their life in their forever homes.While these puppies a...
Jul 29, 2025
Assisted-living facility where fire killed 10 temporarily lost certification for mistreatment
A Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fire killed 10 people earlier this month temporarily lost its certification nearly a decade ago due to resident mistreatment, according to state regula...
Jul 29, 2025
CF Montreal defender Joel Waterman fined by MLS
NEW YORK - CF Montreal defender Joel Waterman has been fined by Major League Soccer for violating the league's policy regarding simulation/embellishment. The amount of the fine was undisclosed. The in...
Jul 29, 2025
Canadian O'Neill homers again as Orioles rout Blue Jays 16-4 in the opener of a doubleheader
BALTIMORE (AP) - Tyler O'Neill, of Maple Ridge, B.C., homered for a fourth straight game, and the Baltimore Orioles tied a major league record with five sacrifice flies on Tuesday in a 16-4 rout of th...
Jul 29, 2025
Reports: Former Canada coach Bev Priestman touted to take over Wellington Phoenix FC
WELLINGTON - Bev Priestman, who lost her job as Canada coach in the wake of the Paris Olympic drone-spying scandal, is set to take over the Wellington Phoenix FC women's team in New Zealand, according...
Jul 29, 2025
Attack on military base in Burkina Faso kills about 50 soldiers, residents say
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - An attack by an armed group on a military base in northern Burkina Faso has left about 50 soldiers dead, according to accounts by a community leader and a resident on Tuesday. Th...
Jul 29, 2025
'Unbound by laws': B.C. court gives man 6 years for illegal sea cucumber fishing
NANAIMO - A British Columbia judge has sentenced a man with the longest record of Fisheries Act violations in Canadian history to six years in prison for "ravaging the ocean and flouting the law." Sco...
Jul 29, 2025
Katie Ledecky remains unbeatable in the 1,500 freestyle taking the title again at the worlds
SINGAPORE (AP) - Katie Ledecky has ceded a tiny bit of ground in other events, but she's still unbeatable in the 1,500-meter freestyle. She won it again Tuesday in the swimming world championships in ...
Jul 29, 2025
Vancouver airport hijack suspect in brief B.C. court appearance, lawyer to seek bail
RICHMOND - The man accused of allegedly hijacking a plane that triggered a security incident at Vancouver International Airport appeared briefly in a provincial court in Richmond, B.C., where his lawy...
Jul 29, 2025
Carney, Mitchell named top defensive, offensive players in CFL's honour roll.
TORONTO - Malik Carney of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Bo Levi Mitchell of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats were named the top defensive and offensive players Tuesday in the CFL's honour roll. Carney, a de...
Jul 29, 2025