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Sudan’s warring sides send envoys for talks in Saudi Arabia
ASWAN, Egypt (AP) - Sudan's two warring generals sent their envoys on Friday to Saudi Arabia for talks aimed at firming up a shaky cease-fire after three weeks of fierce fighting that has killed hundr...
May 05, 2023
The Simon Fraser Football Alumni Society tables proposal to university
BURNABY, B.C. - The Simon Fraser Football Alumni Society outlined details Friday of a proposal it sent to the school regarding the future of its football program. School president Joy Johnson announce...
May 05, 2023
Senator says RCMP must release evidence of alleged Chinese police stations in Canada
MONTREAL - A Canadian senator is denouncing the stigmatization of two Montreal-area community organizations that have been accused by the RCMP of hosting secret Chinese government police stations. Ind...
May 05, 2023
New Westminster, B.C., police charge two suspects with kidnapping
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Police in New Westminster, B.C., say two suspects have been charged in the armed kidnapping of a person in the city last month. Police say they learned a local resident had bee...
May 05, 2023
Hundreds of pounds of pasta dumped near New Jersey stream
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) - Authorities in a central New Jersey town say they are no longer noodling over the mystery of how hundreds of pounds of pasta were dumped near a stream. Old Bridge Mayor Owen He...
May 05, 2023
Supreme Court blocks Richard Glossip’s execution in Oklahoma
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday blocked Oklahoma from executing death row inmate Richard Glossip after the state's attorney general agreed Glossip's life should be spared. Glossip had be...
May 05, 2023
More than 13,000 people forced from homes as wildfires burn across Alberta
Alberta emergency officials say more than 13,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as 78 wildfires burn across the province - 19 of them out of control. An out-of-control 1,500-hectare wil...
May 05, 2023
Scrutiny of CRA push to collect on overpaid COVID benefits welcome: minister's office
OTTAWA - Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier's office says it welcomes a federal watchdog's decision to monitor the Canada Revenue Agency's approach to collecting on overpayments of COVID-19 benefits...
May 05, 2023
Laval's Arnaud Desjardins to attend Bombers camp via CFL internship program
TORONTO - Quarterback Arnaud Desjardins ended last season celebrating a Vanier Cup championship with the Laval Rouge et Or. He will start the '23 campaign at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' training camp. ...
May 05, 2023
Leafs forward Knies has concussion, unlikely to return in second-round series
Toronto forward Matthew Knies has been ruled out of the Maple Leafs' next two playoff games with a concussion and is unlikely to return during their second-round series, head coach Sheldon Keefe said ...
May 05, 2023