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Rourke, Lions look to hand Ottawa Redblacks their first home loss of '24 season
Nathan Rourke and the B.C. Lions will attempt to do something on Saturday night no other CFL team has done this season. B.C. (5-5) will look to snap a four-game losing streak when it visits Ottawa (6-...
Aug 21, 2024
After furor from locals, Quebec open to moving services from Montreal drug-use site
QUBEC - The Quebec government says it wants to meet the demands of Montrealers fed up with a housing project in the city's southwest that caters to unhoused people living with addiction or mental heal...
Aug 21, 2024
AFN national chief promotes child welfare agreement, as expert raises concerns
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says there are 47.8 billion reasons for chiefs to accept a child welfare reform deal with Canada, but a leading child welfare expert is war...
Aug 21, 2024
Canada draws into group with Puerto Rico, Cuba, Panama at 2026 World Baseball Classic
PULLY - Canada has drawn into a pool with Puerto Rico, Cuba and Panama at the 2026 World Baseball Classic. San Juan, Puerto Rico, will host Pool A from March 6 to 11, with those three nations joined b...
Aug 21, 2024
Vancouver Canucks change up goalie coaching staff
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks are switching up their goaltending staff, promoting one coach and moving another to a scouting role. The club announced Wednesday that goalie coach and director of go...
Aug 21, 2024
People with disabilities twice as likely to have food insecurity, StatCan report says
A new Statistics Canada report says people with disabilities are twice as likely to live in food insecure households than those without disabilities. The report used data from the 2021 Canadian Income...
Aug 21, 2024
Rescue crews unload body bag in Sicily port as search continues after yacht sinking
PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) - Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily recovered at least one body Wednesday, as the search continued for more missing passengers and questions inten...
Aug 21, 2024
Rescue crews unload body bag in Sicily port as search continues after yacht sinking
PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) - Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily recovered at least one body Wednesday, as the search continued for more missing passengers and questions inten...
Aug 21, 2024
Business groups call on federal government to prevent rail work stoppage
OTTAWA - A coalition of business groups is calling on the federal government to prevent a work stoppage at Canada's two biggest railways. A phased shutdown of the networks at Canadian National Railway...
Aug 21, 2024
Iran's hard-line parliament approves all members of president's Cabinet, first time since 2001
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's hard-line parliament on Wednesday approved all members of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian's Cabinet, the first time in over two decades a leader has been able to get a...
Aug 21, 2024