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Ottawa, Quebec tout 'new business model' to fast-track affordable housing
MONTREAL - The governments of Canada, Quebec and the City of Montreal are crediting a new fast-track housing program for plans to build 1,001 affordable homes in Montreal and Rimouski, Que. A news rel...
Aug 30, 2024
Vancouver Whitecaps kick off final stretch of MLS season with visit to Austin FC
VANCOUVER - A trip back to Austin, Texas, has Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Ali Ahmed in a reflective state of mind. It's been more than two years since the 23-year-old Canadian made his Major League...
Aug 30, 2024
Escaped killer who was on the run in Pennsylvania for 2 weeks pleads guilty to escape charges
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) - A convicted killer captured last year after two weeks on the run in southeastern Pennsylvania's rolling farmlands has pleaded guilty to escape and burglary charges. Danilo Cav...
Aug 30, 2024
Ukrainian president fires air force commander after fatal F-16 crash
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the commander of the country's air force after one of its Western-donated F-16 warplane crashed and the pilot died. The order to ...
Aug 30, 2024
CFL commissioner Ambrosie holding Argos' QB Kelly to the promise he made to him
TORONTO - It's been called a last-chance agreement but Randy Ambrosie sees the CFL's reinstatement of Chad Kelly as the league holding the Toronto Argonauts quarterback accountable for a promise he ma...
Aug 30, 2024
Hotel workers in 3 Quebec cities, including Montreal, hold another 24-hour walkout
MONTREAL - About 2,500 workers at 22 hotels in some of Quebec's biggest cities have launched a one-day strike to protest an impasse in contract talks. The walkout at hotels in Montreal, Quebec City an...
Aug 30, 2024
Labour Day a special time of the season for CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie
Labour Day will forever be special for CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. Traditionally, it has kicked off the unofficial start of the second half of the league's regular season, a time when games becom...
Aug 30, 2024
Quebec nurses threaten to stop working overtime as talks continue for new contract
MONTREAL - A Quebec union representing 80,000 health-care workers has dismissed the province's latest contract offer and called on its members to refuse to work overtime beginning Sept. 19. Fdration i...
Aug 30, 2024
Slumping Lions strive to snap skid against Redblacks in Victoria
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions are once again looking to turn their fortunes around. This time, though, the quest will take place in a unique locale as the Lions (5-6) host the Ottawa Redblacks in Victori...
Aug 30, 2024
Man pleads guilty to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur in attack that shocked the city
BALTIMORE (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Friday to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere last September in an apparently random attack that shocked the city. Jason Billingsley, 33, entered the ...
Aug 30, 2024