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Reported sexual assaults across US military increase by 13%
WASHINGTON (AP) - Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restricti...
Aug 31, 2022
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez breaks silence, condemns 'disgusting' tweets
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has broken his silence over his department's funding of an agency whose senior consultant posted a series of tweets about "Jewish white supremacists." In a s...
Aug 31, 2022
Coach says Canadian women are on the rise ahead of Rugby World Cup in New Zealand
Canada coach Kevin Rouet has named his 32-woman roster for the Rugby World Cup this fall, a team he expects will show improvements each time out at the 12-country tournament in New Zealand. While the ...
Aug 31, 2022
B.C. club hands out hard drugs in bid to save lives, despite Health Canada rejection
VANCOUVER - Organizers of a Vancouver compassion club say they will continue to distribute tested cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine despite a rejection from Health Canada, calling it the only way to...
Aug 31, 2022
B.C. club hands out hard drugs in bid to save lives, despite Health Canada rejection
VANCOUVER - Organizers of a Vancouver compassion club say they will continue to distribute tested cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine despite a rejection from Health Canada, calling it the only way to...
Aug 31, 2022
Four dead in Streptococcus A outbreak at west-end Montreal seniors home
Montreal health authorities are confirming that four people have died from a Streptococcus A outbreak at a private seniors residence. A spokesman for the regional health authority says six cases of in...
Aug 31, 2022
Union for B.C. 911 dispatchers calls for extended supports amid staff shortage
VANCOUVER - The union that represents E-Comm 911 emergency service dispatchers in British Columbia is calling for the agency to extend temporary compensation and psychological supports amid a "dire" s...
Aug 31, 2022
Palestinian detainee to end nearly 6-month hunger strike
JERUSALEM (AP) - A Palestinian detainee held without charge or trial by Israel said Wednesday that he will suspend his nearly six-month hunger strike after reaching an agreement that will see him rele...
Aug 31, 2022
Expedition team recovers sunken truck from remote Arctic waters
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - An international team has recovered a submerged truck from remote Arctic waters using divers, airbags and a helicopter. The long-planned recovery mission of the Ford-150, which f...
Aug 31, 2022
Rourke, McManis, Rhymes named CFL top performers for month of August
TORONTO - B.C. quarterback Nathan Rourke, Toronto linebacker Wynton McManis and Lions receiver Dominique Rhymes are the CFL's top performers for August. Rourke completed 95 of his 120 pass attempts (7...
Aug 31, 2022