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Canada coach Bev Priestman calls up three youngsters for Brazil women's friendlies
Canada coach Bev Priestman has called up three members of the Canadian under-17 team to join her squad for a two-game series in Brazil in the November international window. It's the first senior invit...
Oct 31, 2022
Mariners soccer teams win PACWEST, advance to nationals
NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners are the 2022 PACWEST champions in women's and men's soccer. Both teams won gold medals in West Vancouver on Oct. 30, with the women being dominant in a 5-1 win over the Doug...
Oct 31, 2022
'Money for free': Critics warn proposed Alberta well cleanup plan a royalty giveaway
EDMONTON - Critics fear Alberta's new United Conservative premier is preparing to bring in a program that would use billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded royalty breaks to subsidize energy companies ...
Oct 31, 2022
Canada sanctions Iranian police force, university as regime cracks down on protests
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada is adding Iran's national police force and an Iranian international university to its sanctions list. The addition of Iran's Law Enforcement F...
Oct 31, 2022
Neymar's trial on fraud and corruption enters final day
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Neymar's trial entered its final day on Monday with the company that accused him of fraud and corruption reducing the prison sentence it sought for the player's alleged involve...
Oct 31, 2022
'Please be aware:' RCMP preach safety for trick-or-treaters and motorists
NANAIMO - With thousands of children filling the streets around the mid Island Monday evening, Nanaimo RCMP are imploring people to be prepared.Nanaimo RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O'Brien said motorists, tric...
Oct 31, 2022
China launches 3rd and final space station component
BEIJING (AP) - China on Monday launched the third and final module to complete its permanent space station, realizing a more than decade-long endeavor to maintain a constant crewed presence in orbit. ...
Oct 31, 2022
Sloly Emergencies Act testimony continues, food costs survey: In The News for Oct. 31
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 31 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 31, 2022
Exiting B.C. Premier Horgan says he learned to listen, but fuse still burns bright
VICTORIA - John Horgan says some of the greatest lessons he learned while premier of British Columbia came from people considered political adversaries. He said he found ways to work with people of al...
Oct 31, 2022
Exiting B.C. Premier Horgan says he learned to listen, but fuse still burns bright
VICTORIA - John Horgan says some of the greatest lessons he learned while premier of British Columbia came from people considered political adversaries. He said he found ways to work with people of al...
Oct 31, 2022