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Rescue efforts underway at B.C. mine where three workers are trapped underground
DEASE LAKE - Rescue efforts are continuing at a northern B.C. mine where three workers are trapped underground. Operator Newmont Corp. has said it was working to assemble specialist teams from nearby ...
Jul 24, 2025
Old school baseball carries Blue Jays past Yankees and to the top of the AL East
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays made a strong case for old school baseball in their series win over the long-ball loving New York Yankees. Bo Bichette's two-run homer capped off a wild victory as Toro...
Jul 23, 2025
Thai and Cambodia soldiers fire at each other in disputed border area
BANGKOK (AP) - Thai and Cambodian soldiers fired at each other in contested border area Thursday after the nations downgraded their diplomatic relations in a rapidly escalating dispute. It was not imm...
Jul 23, 2025
Bo Bichette's two-run homer caps Blue Jays' wild 8-4 win over rival Yankees
TORONTO - Bo Bichette's two-run homer capped off a wild vicotry as the Toronto Blue Jays held off the New York Yankees 8-4 on Wednesday. The victory tied the Blue Jays with the Houston Astros for the ...
Jul 23, 2025
Canada's Mboko ousted in second round of Citi Open with loss to Rybakina
WASHINGTON - Canada's Victoria Mboko fell 6-3, 7-5 to Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina in second-round action at the Citi Open tennis tournament on Wednesday. Mboko fired three aces but committed nine doub...
Jul 23, 2025
Columbia University agrees to pay more than $220M in deal with Trump to restore federal funding
NEW YORK (AP) - Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the ...
Jul 23, 2025
Appeals court finds Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional, upholds block
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump's order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked i...
Jul 23, 2025
Police investigate 'suspicious' death of care home patient in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD - Police say they are investigating the "suspicious" death of a patient who had been living in a care home in Abbotsford, B.C. The Abbotsford Police Department says the local hospital calle...
Jul 23, 2025
Gun-shaped lighters banned in Vancouver, violators will face $1,000 fine
VANCOUVER - City council in Vancouver has voted to immediately ban the sale of gun-shaped lighters to reduce the public safety risk. Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the city is the first municipality in ...
Jul 23, 2025
From Uber Eats to Wimbledon, Canada's Carson Branstine climbing tennis ranks
MONTREAL - Carson Branstine remembers collecting cans and bottles with her mother and two sisters to help pay for gas and groceries after her family "lost everything" about a decade ago. At the beginn...
Jul 23, 2025