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Talks on today over HandyDART strike affecting vulnerable people in Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Mediated talks between the union representing HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver and its employer, Transdev, are set to resume today as a strike that has stopped most services drags into...
Sep 12, 2024
Tidal power junk: N.S. village wants huge, abandoned moorings moved from fishing area
WALTON, N.S. - Four boxcars filled with concrete are sitting on the floor of the Bay of Fundy near Walton, N.S., where residents are worried the debris - abandoned by another failed tidal power projec...
Sep 12, 2024
Clippers lose back and forth battle 7-5 to Bulldogs
NANAIMO - After not playing for ten months the Clippers had an emotional preseason battle with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.The Clippers lost 7-5 in contest with several momentum changes and nastiness ...
Sep 11, 2024
Vietnam death toll climbs to 197 as typhoon's aftermath brings flash floods and landslides
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and more than 125 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll, state media reported Thursda...
Sep 11, 2024
Vietnam death toll climbs to 197 as typhoon's aftermath brings flash floods and landslides
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and more than 125 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll, state media reported Thursda...
Sep 11, 2024
Mariners righty Bryan Woo perfect through 6 innings against Padres
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo has not allowed a baserunner through six innings against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. Woo has relied mostly on his fastball at the to...
Sep 11, 2024
Canada's Stakusic, partner Savinykh lose in doubles quarterfinals at Guadalajara Open
ZAPOPAN - Canada's Marina Stakusic and Valeria Savinykh of Russia are out of the Guadalajara Open. The pair lost in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 to Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia and Kamilla Rakhimova of Ru...
Sep 11, 2024
McDavid looking forward after Oilers' run to Stanley Cup final
LAS VEGAS - Connor McDavid attacked the off-season from a different angle. The Edmonton Oilers superstar captain hopes it will help his team secure one more victory next June. After the club fell to t...
Sep 11, 2024
Canada exits U-20 World Cup but not before giving defending champion Spain a scare
SANTIAGO DE CALI - Captain Silvia Lloris' 81st-minute goal lifted defending champion Spain to a 2-1 comeback victory over Canada on Wednesday in round-of-16 play at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Lu...
Sep 11, 2024
Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted for human rights abuses, dies at 86
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru's economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that later...
Sep 11, 2024