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Union for grain terminal workers in Metro Vancouver says strike to start Tuesday
BURNABY, B.C. - The union representing grain workers at terminals in Metro Vancouver says it has served the employer with a 72-hour strike notice. The Grain Workers Union Local 333 says in a notice po...
Sep 23, 2024
US is sending more troops to the Middle East as violence rises between Israel and Hezbollah
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is sending additional troops to the Middle East during a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that has raised the risk of a greater regiona...
Sep 23, 2024
Man wanted on Canada-wide warrant arrested in Medicine Hat after shots fired
A 34-year-old man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant was taken to hospital Saturday afternoon after shooting himself in the South East Hill neighbourhood of Medicine Hat, police said.The Medicine Hat Pol...
Sep 23, 2024
Iran's President accuses Israel of seeking wider Mideast war and laying 'traps' to lead Iran into it
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iran's president accused Israel on Monday of seeking a wider war in the Middle East and laying "traps" to lead his country into a wider conflict. Masoud Pezeshkian told about two...
Sep 23, 2024
Quebec anglophones have right to health services in English, updated directive says
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has published a new health-care directive clarifying that anglophones have the right to receive health and social services in English. The five-page document states mu...
Sep 23, 2024
Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign veteran Peters to one-year contract extension
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed American cornerback Jamal Peters to a one-year contract extension Monday. The deal keeps Peters with the CFL club through the 2025 season. Peters, 27, has reg...
Sep 23, 2024
Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime to lead Canada into Davis Cup Final 8
MONTREAL - Montreal's Flix Auger-Aliassime will lead the Canadian team into the Davis Cup Final 8, with Frank Dancevic returning as captain. Auger-Aliassime will once again be joined by Denis Shapoval...
Sep 23, 2024
Parents of 28-year-old man killed by Montreal police in 2017 want case reopened
MONTREAL - The family of a Quebec man killed by police in 2017 is calling on the province's justice minister to order an independent investigation after the Crown declined to charge the officers invol...
Sep 23, 2024
Presidents Cup: Canadians on International team have ties to Kent State University
Herb Page was going about his business on a Tuesday morning when Mackenzie Hughes, one of his former star players on Kent State University's men's golf team, reached out to him on FaceTime. Hughes sai...
Sep 23, 2024
Birmingham, Alabama, officials plead for information on mass shooting and offer reward money
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Officials in Birmingham, Alabama, pleaded Monday with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed four people and injured mo...
Sep 23, 2024