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Susan Auch out as chief executive officer of Speed Skating Canada
CALGARY - Susan Auch is out as chief executive officer of Speed Skating Canada. A spokesman says the Speed Skating Canada board of directors decided that it "was in the best interest" of the federatio...
Oct 14, 2022
Canadian women expect stiff challenge from Italy at Rugby World Cup in New Zealand
Having opened the Rugby World Cup with a win despite losing a key player on the eve of the game, the Canadian women face a stiff challenge in Italy on Saturday in Auckland, New Zealand. Third-ranked C...
Oct 14, 2022
Firefighters respond to wildfire in West Vancouver near Cypress Falls Park
VANCOUVER - Firefighters in West Vancouver are responding to a what they describe as a wildfire at the top of the Caulfeild neighbourhood on the lower slopes of Cypress Falls Park. West Vancouver Fire...
Oct 14, 2022
Quebec suspect in decades-old murder and sex assault may have other victims: police
Quebec provincial police say they believe a man charged this week in the murder and sexual assault of a junior college student 22 years ago may have had other victims. Marc-Andr Grenon, 47, was charge...
Oct 14, 2022
AT&T Illinois to pay $23M to settle federal probe
CHICAGO (AP) - AT&T Illinois has agreed to pay a $23 million fine to resolve a federal probe into its illegal efforts to influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, prosecutors announ...
Oct 14, 2022
Drake's owl logo on Barcelona jersey for clásico at Madrid
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona's players will have the owl-shaped logo of Canadian rapper Drake on their jerseys at Real Madrid on Sunday in the first "clsico" of the season in the Spanish league. ...
Oct 14, 2022
Canadian star Alphonso Davies back training with Bayern Munich after blow to head
MUNICH - Canadian star Alphonso Davies, who had to be helped off the field last weekend after taking a boot to the head, was back training Friday with Bayern Munich. While Friday was officially a day ...
Oct 14, 2022
Revamped Foothills development to proceed following Lantzville council approval
NANAIMO - With little opposition from the public or around the Council table, Lantzville councillors have endorsed notable shifts to an ongoing housing development.In a pair of votes following a Sept....
Oct 14, 2022
Putin: Call-up of Russian reservists to finish in 2 weeks
KYIV, UKRAINE (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he thinks a partial mobilization of army reservists he ordered last month to bolster his country's troops in Ukraine will to be completed in ...
Oct 14, 2022
Police: Shooter, 15, kills 5 along North Carolina greenway
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The shooter who killed five people along a walking trail in North Carolina's capital city is a 15-year-old boy who has been hospitalized in critical condition, police said Friday....
Oct 14, 2022