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Historic ocean swim returns to Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - For over 60 years, a flagship event has tested area swimmers.The Qualicum Beach Ocean Mile Swim returns Sunday, Aug. 20 with a one-mile dip along the town waterfront. It starts from t...
Aug 20, 2023
Spain wins its first Women's World Cup title, beating England 1-0 in the final
SYDNEY (AP) - Spain won the Women's World Cup for the first time with Olga Carmona's first-half strike giving La Roja a 1-0 victory over England in Sunday's final. Both teams were playing in the final...
Aug 20, 2023
Spain wins its first Women's World Cup title, beating England 1-0 in the final
SYDNEY (AP) - Spain won the Women's World Cup for the first time with Olga Carmona's first-half strike giving La Roja a 1-0 victory over England in Sunday's final. Both teams were playing in the final...
Aug 20, 2023
Women’s World Cup Guide: Results, schedule and how to watch
The Women's World Cup final is set. England will face Spain on Sunday after the Lionesses advanced with a 3-1 win over Australia on Wednesday. Spain moved on with 2-1 win over Sweden on Tuesday. Engla...
Aug 20, 2023
Live Updates from the Women's World Cup final: Spain takes 1-0 lead over England into half
SYDNEY (AP) - Live updates from the Women's World Cup final between England and Spain: ___ Spain took a 1-0 lead over England into the break of the Women's World Cup final on Sunday. Spain went up 1-0...
Aug 20, 2023
Housing crisis to take centre stage at Liberal cabinet retreat in Charlottetown
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to deliver a new mission for his cabinet at a three-day retreat in Charlottetown this week, in a bid to restore Canadians' sense of economic security and ...
Aug 20, 2023
Planting roots: Quebec cemetery turns former golf course into forest for the deceased
SAINTE-SOPHIE, Que. - At a new ecological cemetery north of Montreal, there are no gravestones or plaques. Instead, people locate burial sites with the help of a cellphone app. Cemetery Fort de la Sec...
Aug 20, 2023
Live Updates from the Women's World Cup final: Spain takes 1-0 lead over England into half
SYDNEY (AP) - Live updates from the Women's World Cup final between England and Spain: ___ Spain took a 1-0 lead over England into the break of the Women's World Cup final on Sunday. Spain went up 1-0...
Aug 20, 2023
Feds need to turbocharge construction innovation to get homes built faster: experts
OTTAWA - Canada's national housing agency has warned that millions of homes must be built within less than a decade to balance the housing market, but even it seems doubtful that its own target is ach...
Aug 20, 2023
The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon.
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's robot lander the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country's space agency Roscosmos reported on Sunday. "The apparatus move...
Aug 20, 2023