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Head coach Keefe signs multi-year contract extension with Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Head coach Sheldon Keefe has signed a multi-year contract extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Terms of the deal were not announced. The 42-year-old was named Maple Leafs head coach on No...
Aug 30, 2023
Canadian Armed Forces doing away with mandatory duty to report policy
OTTAWA - The military's chief of professional conduct and culture says the Canadian Armed Forces will end its "inflexible and inhuman" mandatory reporting policy. Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan says members...
Aug 30, 2023
Wildfire threat in B.C. continues as winds pick up during stormy weather
Several major wildfires continue to burn out-of-control in British Columbia's Interior, where forecasted rain had been hoped to dampen blazes in parts of the Central Okanagan and the Shuswap. But Envi...
Aug 30, 2023
Wildfire threat in B.C. continues as winds pick up during stormy weather
Several major wildfires continue to burn out-of-control in British Columbia's Interior, where forecasted rain had been hoped to dampen blazes in parts of the Central Okanagan and the Shuswap. But Envi...
Aug 30, 2023
Preliminary hearing postponed for Quebec man charged with killing 3 people with truck
AMQUI, Que. - A preliminary hearing for a Quebec man charged with killing three people with his truck has been postponed until January 2024. A spokesperson for the province's prosecutions office says ...
Aug 30, 2023
Trudeau to visit Indonesia, Singapore and India next week as Canada seeks trade deals
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to Asia next week for a whirlwind tour of Indonesia, Singapore and India. The trip involves the G20 leaders' summit in New Delhi, and a focus on econom...
Aug 30, 2023
N.W.T. extends state of emergency, premier to tour Edmonton evacuation centre
YELLOWKNIFE - A state of emergency in the Northwest Territories has been extended until Sept. 11. The territorial government declared it on Aug. 15 as wildfires threatened several communities, includi...
Aug 30, 2023
White House says Putin and Kim Jong Un traded letters as Russia looks for munitions from North Korea
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Wednesday said that it has new intelligence that shows Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have swapped letters as Russia looks to...
Aug 30, 2023
North Korea launches a missile toward the sea after US flies bomber during drills with South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, hours after the U.S. flew at least one long-range bomber to the ...
Aug 30, 2023
Judge's illness delays sentencing for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio's sentencing for orchestrating the far-right extremist group's attack on the U.S. Capitol was delayed until Sept. 5 because the trial...
Aug 30, 2023