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Emergency crews respond to window cleaning platform stuck on Vancouver building
VANCOUVER - A double malfunction on a window-cleaning platform meant a pair of glaziers working on an office building in downtown Vancouver spent hours suspended 10 storeys above the busy city sidewal...
Mar 9, 2023
Liberals set to begin consultation on creation of foreign influence registry
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is poised to take the next step toward creating a registration system to help prevent foreign meddling in Canadian affairs. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino plans...
Mar 9, 2023
Blue Jays beat Braves, lose to Rays in split-squad spring training games
George Springer hit a two-run homer as a Toronto Blue Jays split squad beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 in spring training baseball action Thursday. Another Jays split squad was defeated 6-1 by Tampa Bay a...
Mar 9, 2023
Canadians can experience several means of foreign interference: expert
OTTAWA - Allegations of foreign interference in Canada's democracy have dominated discussions on Parliament Hill for the past week, with the prime minister unveiling new measures aimed at investigatin...
Mar 9, 2023
Mail delivery in Nanaimo goes electric
NANAIMO - Canada Post has unveiled its new electric-powered delivery vehicles, with Nanaimo being the first in Canada to swap out its entire fleet from gas to electricity. President and CEO of Canada ...
Mar 9, 2023
Law delaying expansion of assisted dying regime to March 2024 passes
OTTAWA - A Liberal bill to delay the planned expansion of Canada's medically assisted dying regime has passed third reading in the Senate. The expansion, which was originally slated for March 17, woul...
Mar 9, 2023
Germany: Deaths, injuries in shooting inside Hamburg church
BERLIN (AP) - Shots were fired inside a church in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday night, and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded, police said. Police said on Twitter...
Mar 9, 2023
St-Onge, COC respond to letter calling for hard ban of Russian, Belarusian athletes
Canada's sport minister and the Canadian Olympic Committee have restated that Russia and Belarus should be excluded from the next Olympics, but differ on if athletes from those countries could be allo...
Mar 9, 2023
Split verdict for ex-Fox execs in soccer rights bribe case
NEW YORK (AP) - A former Fox executive was convicted Thursday of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to nab broadcasting rights to the World Cup and other top soccer matches. A second ex-exec...
Mar 9, 2023
Prospects Taylor, Brodrique set for their CFL audition at national combine
Jake Taylor won't have to venture far to participate in the CFL's national combine. The versatile University of Alberta Golden Bear will be among 87 prospects participating in the combine March 21-25 ...
Mar 9, 2023