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Former Raptors president, vice-chairman bids farewell to Raptors with YouTube video
TORONTO - Masai Ujiri bid farewell to Toronto Raptors fans Monday in a YouTube video. The Raptors announced June 27 that Ujiri had been fired as the team's vice-chairman and president, marking the end...
Jul 07, 2025

Transport committee to debate whether to study BC Ferries' Chinese ship contract
OTTAWA - The House of Commons transport committee is meeting to decide whether to study BC Ferries' decision to purchase four Chinese vessels. BC Ferries announced last month that it hired China Merch...
Jul 07, 2025

Russia's ex-minister found dead hours after being fired in an apparent suicide, officials said
Russian's transport minister was found dead Monday, hours after being dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, in what officials said was an apparent suicide. Roman Starovoyt, who served as Russia's tra...
Jul 07, 2025

RCMP investigate suspicious death in Southwest Alberta
Alberta Mounties are investigating the suspicious death of a teenager found in Glenwood, southwest of Lethbridge over the weekend.On Friday Cardston RCMP received a report of an abandoned vehicle appr...
Jul 07, 2025

Dabrowski, Routliffe advance to women's doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, advanced to the women's doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon with a 7-6 (1), 7-6 (2) win over Hungary's Fanny Stollar ...
Jul 07, 2025

Batsel tops among four Medicine Hat area golfers at Mickelson National Invitational
Four Medicine Hat area golfers competed in a field of 90 at the three day Mickelson National Invitation in Calgary, which wrapped up Saturday.Desert Blume Golf Club assistant golf pro Dillon Batsel wa...
Jul 07, 2025

Camp Mystic 'grieving the loss of 27 campers and counselors' following catastrophic Texas floods
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) - Camp Mystic says it is mourning the loss of 27 campers and counselors as the search continued Monday for victims of catastrophic Texas flooding over the Fourth of July holiday ...
Jul 07, 2025

In the news today: RCMP warn of fire near Kelowna's airport
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... RCMP warn of fire near Kelowna's airport RCMP in British Columbia are asking residents who live near a wildfir...
Jul 07, 2025

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad faces criticism from several sides amid review
VICTORIA - Dave Sharkey still remembers how he felt about the future of the Conservative Party of B.C. when he was part of the delegation that marched in the 2022 Aldergrove Christmas Light Up Parade....
Jul 07, 2025

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts, sending ash cloud 11 miles in the air
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 18 kilometers (11 miles) into the sky and depositing ash on vi...
Jul 06, 2025