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'Concerning' number of impaired drivers arrested in roads in Saanich, B.C.: police
SAANICH, B.C. - Police on southern Vancouver Island say they've arrested almost as many impaired drivers in the first eight months of this year than they did in 2023 in a concerning trend of people ge...
Sep 11, 2024
Ottawa Redblacks look to return to CFL playoffs with road victory
Dru Brown can take the Ottawa Redblacks somewhere they haven't been since 2018 on Saturday afternoon. Ottawa (8-3-1) visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3-9) needing a victory to clinch a playoff berth. T...
Sep 11, 2024
Canada's Charles (Air) Jourdain moves down to bantamweight on UFC Edmonton card
Canadian Charles (Air) Jourdain is moving down to bantamweight to take on Victor (La Mangosta) Henry on the UFC's Nov. 2 Fight Night card in Edmonton. The five-foot-nine Jourdain (15-8-1) has been fig...
Sep 11, 2024
Social media comments blocked: Montreal mayor says she won't accept being insulted
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante is defending her decision to turn off comments on her social media accounts - with an announcement on social media. She posted screenshots to X this morning of ...
Sep 11, 2024
All nine CFL teams unveil 10 players from their respective negotiation lists
TORONTO - He's currently a senior at Purdue but quarterback Hudson Card now has a second option at a pro football career. Card was one of 10 negotiation-list players revealed Wednesday by the Edmonton...
Sep 11, 2024
PM, senior security officials slated to return to foreign interference inquiry
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his inner circle are slated to return to a federal inquiry into foreign interference in coming weeks. A newly published provisional witness list f...
Sep 11, 2024
Two Quebec real estate brokers suspended for using fake bids to drive up prices
MONTREAL - Two Quebec real estate brokers are facing fines and years-long suspensions for submitting bogus offers on homes to drive up prices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Christine Girouard has been ...
Sep 11, 2024
Soyuz craft heads to space station with 2 Russians and 1 American
MOSCOW (AP) - A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American blasted off Wednesday for an express trip to the International Space Station. The space capsule atop a towering rocket set off at...
Sep 11, 2024
Israeli airstrikes hit UN school and homes in Gaza, killing at least 34 people, hospitals say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, in...
Sep 11, 2024
Speaker Johnson pulls a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months when the new budget year begins on Oct. ...
Sep 11, 2024