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Argos can clinch season series versus Redblacks with home win Saturday
TORONTO - Ryan Dinwiddie isn't overthinking it. The Toronto Argonauts (2-6) host the Ottawa Redblacks (2-6) on Saturday afternoon. The winner not only takes sole possession of third in the East Divisi...
Aug 08, 2025
Trump says he will meet with Putin 'very shortly' to discuss the war in Ukraine
DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he will meet "very shortly" with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine and that he will anno...
Aug 08, 2025
At least two railway trestle bridges lost in Wesley Ridge wildfire, third damaged
UPDATE: As of the morning of Sunday, Aug. 10, the Wesley Ridge wildfire is now 590 hectares in size and remains burning out of control. EARLIER: PARKSVILLE - While no homes or buildings have reported ...
Aug 08, 2025
Bombers head to Calgary looking to avenge early losses to Stampeders
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers have different motivating factors heading into their showdown Saturday at McMahon Stadium. While the Stampeders (5-3) are looking to bounce b...
Aug 08, 2025
'Outstanding' Mboko hailed as role model for young Canadian tennis players, girls of colour
TORONTO - After her extraordinary win at the National Bank Open in Montreal, 18-year-old tennis sensation Victoria Mboko is being celebrated as a role model for the next generation of Canadian athlete...
Aug 08, 2025
Trump administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official says
The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, a White House official said Friday. The person was not authorized to speak publicly about th...
Aug 08, 2025
Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97
CHICAGO (AP) - James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest,...
Aug 08, 2025
Transportation Safety Board sends investigators to B.C. after tour boat runs aground
Canada's Transportation Safety Board says it is looking into what happened when a sightseeing vessel ran aground in the waters off Metro Vancouver last weekend. The agency says investigators have been...
Aug 08, 2025
Resident still nervous despite returning after evacuation from home for B.C. wildfire
A Vancouver Island artist who was evacuated from her home studio near an out-of-control wildfire says she remains nervous despite being allowed back this week. Ina-Griet Raatz-von Hirschhausen, whose ...
Aug 08, 2025
Whitecaps ready for home stretch of MLS season after a welcome week off
VANCOUVER - It was the calm before the storm. The Vancouver Whitecaps used a weeklong break to rest and recharge - though they still made waves off the pitch with the acquisition of former Bayern Muni...
Aug 08, 2025