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Vancouver's Turkish community unites to collect donations for quake survivors
VANCOUVER - Donations are pouring into a Vancouver warehouse for those affected by Monday's devastating earthquake in Turkey, but a volunteer organizer says the country could most benefit from profess...
Feb 08, 2023
'The only Black one left:' Alberta village remembers it's African-American roots
BRETON, ALBERTA - "My name is Vant Hayes and I'm the only Black one left out here." Hayes, who says he's 88 years old or "somewhere around there," represents the end of an era in the village of Breton...
Feb 08, 2023
Crews find survivors, many dead after Turkey, Syria quake
GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) - Thinly-stretched rescue teams worked through the night into Wednesday, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings downed in Turkey and Syria by a catastroph...
Feb 07, 2023
Scoring King: James passes Abdul-Jabbar for NBA points mark
LeBron James is the NBA's new career scoring leader. With a stepback jump shot with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night, James pushed his career t...
Feb 07, 2023
Scoring King: James passes Abdul-Jabbar for NBA points mark
LeBron James is the NBA's new career scoring leader. With a stepback jump shot with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night, James pushed his career t...
Feb 07, 2023
Warren Foegele scores twice, Oilers beat Red Wings 5-2
DETROIT (AP) - Warren Foegele scored twice in the second period and the Edmonton Oilers went on to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Tuesday night. Ryan McLeod and Foegele had goals 36 seconds apart e...
Feb 07, 2023
Democrats win control of Pennsylvania House, end GOP rule
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Democrats won control of the Pennsylvania House in special elections Tuesday, wresting partial power from Republicans for the first time in a dozen years in the closely competit...
Feb 07, 2023
Ontario Hockey League's Bulldogs officially relocating from Hamilton to Brantford
BRANTFORD, Ont. - The Ontario Hockey League's Hamilton Bulldogs officially have a new home. The team announced Tuesday that it will relocate to Brantford, Ont., and play at the Brantford Civic Centre ...
Feb 07, 2023
B.C. minister says her cancer has returned, but she's 'confident' in treatment
VICTORIA - British Columbia's minister of post-secondary education says she is undergoing chemotherapy after a scan revealed cancer had returned. Selina Robinson told the B.C. legislature that she got...
Feb 07, 2023
Missouri man who killed 4 executed despite innocence claims
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend and her three young children was executed Tuesday despite his claims that he was in another state when the killings o...
Feb 07, 2023