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TransLink warns of huge public transport cuts unless '$600m funding gap' is addressed
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Metro Vancouver's transportation provider TransLink is warning of massive service cuts unless a $600-million funding gap is addressed. It says overall transit reductions of up ...
Jul 25, 2024
Former Canada rugby sevens coach Damian McGrath shares life lessons in book
Damian McGrath learned more than a few life lessons in coaching the Canadian, Samoan, German and Kenyan rugby sevens teams. The veteran English coach shares some of those learnings in his book, "Can Y...
Jul 25, 2024
Bob Rae elected to lead UN international development body
OTTAWA - Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, will head the UN's Economic and Social Council. Global Affairs Canada says Rae has been elected president of the council for a one-year ter...
Jul 25, 2024
Poverty more prevalent among those who died during B.C.'s heat dome: study
VANCOUVER - A study of British Columbia's deadly heat dome in 2021 says the risk factor most strongly associated with dying during those sweltering days was whether that person was receiving income as...
Jul 25, 2024
Poverty more prevalent among those who died during B.C.'s heat dome: study
VANCOUVER - A study of British Columbia's deadly heat dome in 2021 says the risk factor most strongly associated with dying during those sweltering days was whether that person was receiving income as...
Jul 25, 2024
Defending champion Canada tops New Zealand 2-1 in Olympic soccer opener
SAINT-ETIENNE - The Canadian women's soccer team is opening the Paris Games with a 2-1 victory over New Zealand. Cloe Lacasse and Evelyne Viens scored for the defending champions in the Group A opener...
Jul 25, 2024
Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons
President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after reporting by The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption, failures and...
Jul 25, 2024
Norad says it has intercepted Chinese, Russian aircraft near Alaskan airspace
OTTAWA - Norad says Canadian and American fighter jets have intercepted a group of Russian and Chinese planes flying near Alaska. The North American Aerospace Defence Command says the planes were dete...
Jul 25, 2024
Poilievre says Ontario teenager's killing shows Liberal, NDP policies have failed
OTTAWA - Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre blames a national rise in crime and the recent killing of an Ontario teenager on what he calls failed Liberal and NDP policies. Poilievre held ...
Jul 25, 2024
Veteran quarterback Jeremiah Masoli lands back on Redblacks roster
OTTAWA - Jeremiah Masoli is back on the Ottawa Redblacks roster. Masoli was listed as the third quarterback on Ottawa's depth chart Thursday. The Redblacks (4-2) host the Calgary Stampeders (3-3) on F...
Jul 25, 2024