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Sound decision: Montreal to change bylaw to protect venues from noise complaints
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is promising to rapidly change a bylaw to protect entertainment venues and bars from noise complaints, after a court ordered a beloved music hall to pipe down. In a dec...
Sep 25, 2024
Former Houston officer convicted of murder in deaths of couple during drug raid
HOUSTON (AP) - A former Houston police officer was convicted of murder Wednesday in the deaths of couple during a 2019 drug raid that revealed systemic corruption problems within the police department...
Sep 25, 2024
B.C. helicopter pilot sick with fever in days before fatal crash, report finds
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says a helicopter pilot killed in a crash in British Columbia almost two years ago was sick in the days leading up to the accident and reported "shiver...
Sep 25, 2024
B.C. helicopter pilot sick with fever in days before fatal crash, report finds
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says a helicopter pilot killed in a crash in British Columbia almost two years ago was sick in the days leading up to the accident and reported "shiver...
Sep 25, 2024
Vancouver's B.C. Place to host games at soccer's 2025 Gold Cup
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's B.C. Place Stadium has been named as one of the host venues for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial regional championship for teams in North and Central America and the Ca...
Sep 25, 2024
Putin says a nuclear power supporting an attack on Russia can be considered an aggressor
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that a nuclear power supporting another country's attack on Russia will be considered a participant in aggression under a new version of M...
Sep 25, 2024
Pope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over 'sadistic' abuses
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people - a bishop, priests and laypeople -- from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation unc...
Sep 25, 2024
Small English soccer team has huge year, thanks in part to Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A soccer game in England on Tuesday night drove a spike in online traffic across the Atlantic to a website launched by the Newfoundland and Labrador government. Newfoundland and Lab...
Sep 25, 2024
Biden says all-out war is still possible as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalates
NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday that "all-out war" is still possible as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, but he's hopeful an off-ramp can be found to prevent further...
Sep 25, 2024
Quebec opposition parties denounce $6.5M subsidy to Presidents Cup golf tournament
QUBEC - Quebec's opposition parties are denouncing the $6.5-million subsidy granted by the provincial government to the Presidents Cup golf tournament taking place in the Montreal area this week. The ...
Sep 25, 2024