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'Transformative' change possible, says Anjali Appadurai, 2nd NDP leadership candidate
VICTORIA - A former federal election candidate who describes herself as a human rights and climate advocate has entered the British Columbia New Democrat leadership race. Anjali Appadurai is the secon...
Aug 11, 2022
Saskatchewan man cut through fence to cross U.S. border with children: border patrol
The United States Border Patrol says a convicted Canadian sex offender drove through a barbed wire fence to cross theinternational border with two children and their mother. The border patrol said age...
Aug 11, 2022
Fourth-seeded Casper Ruud beats No. 14 Roberto Bautista Agut at National Bank Open
MONTREAL - Fourth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway reached the quarterfinals at the National Bank Open on Thursday with a 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4 victory over No. 14 Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain. Ruud is ...
Aug 11, 2022
Gauff beats Sabalenka to advance to Toronto quarterfinals, will face Halep next
TORONTO - Coco Gauff moved on to the quarterfinals of the women's National Bank Open on Thursday with an entertaining and error-filled 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4) win over Aryna Sabalenka. Serving for the match...
Aug 11, 2022
Unseal warrant for Mar-a-Lago search, AG Garland asks
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is asking a federal court to unseal the warrant the FBI used to search the Mar-a-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland...
Aug 11, 2022
Federal Tories running to the 'extremes,' says former B.C. premier Christy Clark
OTTAWA - Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark is endorsing Jean Charest to be the next leader of the federal Conservatives at a time when she says the party is running to the extremes. Clark ...
Aug 11, 2022
Trump hires prominent Atlanta attorney for election probe
ATLANTA (AP) - Donald Trump has hired a prominent Atlanta criminal defense attorney known for defending famous rappers to represent him in matters related to the special grand jury that's investigatin...
Aug 11, 2022
Large hog fuel fire ignites south of Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Fire crews from four different departments were woken early and kept busy by a large fire along Brenton Page Rd.An approximately 50 feet by 70 feet pile of hog fuel, a wood waste product fro...
Aug 11, 2022
Jury can't reach verdict in engineers' Flint water trial
DETROIT (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors said they couldn't reach a verdict in a dispute over whether two engineering firms should bear some responsibility for Flint's lead-con...
Aug 11, 2022
Canadian Rory (Red King) MacDonald gets new opponent on eve of PFL semifinal
Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald has a new opponent for Saturday's Professional Fighters League semifinal in the wake of Russian Magomed Umalatov's inability to get a visa to enter Brit...
Aug 11, 2022