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Vancouver Canucks training camp to be held in Victoria
VICTORIA - Canucks fans on Vancouver Island will have an easier time getting a glimpse of next season's team.The Vancouver Canucks announced its 2023 training camp will be held in Victoria from Thursd...
May 11, 2023
Man indicted on 98 charges including hate crimes for 2022 shooting at Taiwanese church in California
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A man accused of killing one person and wounding five others when he opened fire at a Southern California church luncheon last year has been charged with dozens of federal hat...
May 11, 2023
Man who choked NYC subway passenger to death will face manslaughter charge, prosecutors say
NEW YORK (AP) - Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday that they will bring criminal charges against a man who used a deadly chokehold on an unruly passenger aboard a New York City subway train, an incid...
May 11, 2023
Cattle seized from Quebec farm that was home to herd that went on the run for months
MONTREAL - Quebec's agriculture department says it has seized 38 cattle from the central Quebec farm that was home to a group of fugitive cows that escaped last summer and went on the run for months. ...
May 11, 2023
Hectares burned in B.C. wildfires four times higher as high heat moves in
Two major wildfires in British Columbia's Peace River region continue to burn out of control, as firefighters brace for the possibility that scorching weather may ignite more blazes. B.C.'s Ministry o...
May 11, 2023
'Money, power, sex': Idaho jury deliberates case against slain kids' mom in alleged doomsday plot
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho jury is weighing the fate of a woman charged in the slayings of her two youngest children and a romantic rival in what prosecutors say was a strange doomsday-focused plot....
May 11, 2023
Alberta regulator says Imperial Oil faces more water problems at Kearl oilsands mine
Imperial Oil is facing more wastewater problems at its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The Alberta Energy Regulator has issued a notice of non-compliance to the company after chemicals associ...
May 11, 2023
Finally back in form, Campbell getting familiar with new teammates at CF Montreal
MONTREAL - It's been a long time coming, but defender George Campbell is starting to settle in with CF Montreal. Acquired in December from Atlanta United, the six-foot-two, 185-pound centre back quick...
May 11, 2023
SFU names special adviser as it looks for feedback on its cancelled football team
BURNABY, B.C. - Simon Fraser University says it has appointed a special adviser to help determine the future of its cancelled football program. The university says in a statement that Bob Copeland, se...
May 11, 2023
As Liberals' grocery rebate bill becomes law, one-time payments will land this summer
OTTAWA - The Department of Finance says the grocery rebate the Liberals promised in this year's federal budget will be extended to eligible Canadians on July 5. That confirmation comes after Parliamen...
May 11, 2023