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Labour union vice-president endorses Tory candidate in federal byelection in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The Conservative candidate in an upcoming federal byelection in Winnipeg has received an endorsement from the international vice-president of a major union in his bid to unseat the NDP in t...
Aug 03, 2024
Herdman focused on task at hand rather than outside noise of Olympic spying scandal
TORONTO - A date with Mexico's Pachuca in Leagues Cup play offers Toronto FC a welcome albeit difficult new challenge. "Everyone's excited, to be honest," said Toronto defender Nickseon Gomis. "Becaus...
Aug 03, 2024
Closing submissions wrap-up in fatal Nanaimo waterfront stabbing trial
NANAIMO - A jury will soon be tasked with deciding the fate of two young men charged with manslaughter in the apparent random stabbing death of a 29-year-old developmentally challenged man on Nanaimo'...
Aug 03, 2024
Somali police say 32 people died in an attack on a beach hotel. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Police in Somalia said Saturday that 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the previous evening. Al-Qaida's East ...
Aug 03, 2024
Canada's Warner out of decathlon medal contention after pole vault miss
PARIS - Damian Warner's hopes of repeating as Olympic decathlon champion are over. The 34-year-old from London, Ont., knocked the bar down on all three attempts in the pole vault to fall out of medal ...
Aug 03, 2024
Iran says a short-range projectile killed Hamas' Haniyeh, reiterates vows of retaliation
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said a short-range projectile was behind the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and accused the United States of supporting the attack which it blamed on Israel...
Aug 03, 2024
B.C. makes flood plans for possible 'worst case' if landslide bursts from river
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - B.C.'s Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says the best-case scenario for a landslide blocking the Chilcotin River is a gentle clearing that doesn't take debris down the riv...
Aug 03, 2024
B.C. makes flood plans for possible 'worst case' if landslide bursts from river
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - B.C.'s Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says the best-case scenario for a landslide blocking the Chilcotin River is a gentle clearing that doesn't take debris down the riv...
Aug 03, 2024
'Everybody benefits:' Coombs car show a real blast from the past
COOMBS - A legendary car show is back on again this weekend in Oceanside.The 26 edition of the Ocean Idlers Blast from the Past Car Show takes place on Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Coombs Fairgrounds, 1014...
Aug 03, 2024
Forbidden fruit: Don't eat the food growing in downtown Ottawa planters, says NCC
OTTAWA - On the western side of Major's Hill Park, tall stalks of corn wave in the breeze from planters overlooking the place where the Rideau Canal empties into the Ottawa River. Scarlet beans have w...
Aug 03, 2024