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City of Medicine Hat joins the Next Generation Energy Innovation Challenge
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat City Council voted in favour of investing $850,000 to participate in the Next Generation Energy Innovation Challenge on Monday. The challenge is a three-year project th...
Jul 18, 2023
Lack of compensation for Doukhobor religious group disappointing: B.C. ombudsperson
VICTORIA - British Columbia's ombudsperson says he's "deeply disappointed" the government won't commit to compensating members of an exiled Russian religious group who were forcibly removed from their...
Jul 18, 2023
A mudslide in Colombia kills at least 14 people and blocks a crucial highway
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A mudslide in central Colombia killed at least 14 people early Tuesday and blocked a highway that connects Bogota to the nation's eastern plains, officials said. The avalanche ...
Jul 18, 2023
British Columbia's record-breaking wildfire season, by the numbers
British Columbia's wildfire season is now the most destructive on record, with about 14,000 square kilometres of the province burned, surpassing the previous high of 13,543 square kilometres set in 20...
Jul 18, 2023
Visa re-ups sponsorship with US Soccer, equal investment in women
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - On the eve of the Women's World Cup, U.S. Soccer has extended its partnership with Visa for the next five years. As part of the agreement announced Tuesday, Visa again vow...
Jul 18, 2023
Crowded GOP field vies for the Christian Zionist vote as Israel's rightward shift spurs protests
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - When John McCain was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, he was forced to reject megachurch pastor John Hagee's endorsement after a sermon surfaced that was derided as a...
Jul 18, 2023
Björn Borg's son Leo wins his first match on ATP tour
BASTAD, Sweden (AP) - More than 40 years later, there is another Borg on the list of ATP match winners. Leo Borg, the son of 11-time Grand Slam champion Bjrn Borg, won a main-draw match on the ATP tou...
Jul 18, 2023
National Lacrosse League's Vancouver Warriors hire Malawsky as head coach, GM
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Warriors have hired Curt Malawsky as their head coach and general manager. He is the third general manager and third head coach in the National Lacrosse League team's history...
Jul 18, 2023
Quebec gondola crash probe continues; victim identified as Canadian soldier
MONTREAL - The Canadian Armed Forces confirmed today that the man who died in a fatal gondola crash Sunday at the Mont-Tremblant resort was a military member. Fifty-year-old Sheldon Johnson of Kingsto...
Jul 18, 2023
Belarus arrests a prominent journalist in its continued crackdown on dissent
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - Authorities in Belarus have arrested a prominent journalist who has written for the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the latest step in a yearslong crackdown on opp...
Jul 18, 2023