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All-star Scottie Barnes leads Raptors into home opener vs. Cavaliers
TORONTO - Scottie Barnes and the Toronto Raptors kick off the new NBA season tonight as they host the Cleveland Cavaliers. Barnes has been made the focal point of the team as the Raptors lean into a r...
Oct 23, 2024
Hurricane Kristy strengthens into a Category 2 storm in the Pacific Ocean
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 2 storm in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday and was expected to remain away from land as it quickly grows more powerful, forecasters said...
Oct 23, 2024
French maritime authorities report 2 migrant deaths in English Channel
PARIS (AP) - French maritime authorities pulled the bodies of two migrants from the English Channel on Wednesday, pushing the count of dead and missing in French waters so far this year above 50. Auth...
Oct 23, 2024
Lawmakers: South Korea’s spy chief says North Korea has sent another 1,500 troops to Russia
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's spy chief told lawmakers Wednesday that North Korea has sent another 1,500 troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine. Last week, the National Intellig...
Oct 23, 2024
In the news today: Some Liberal MPs set to ask Trudeau to step down
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Unspecified number of Liberal MPs set to confront Trudeau, ask him to step down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...
Oct 23, 2024
Oil removal work begins on 'fragile' Second World War-era wreck in coastal B.C.
An oil salvage operation is underway on the fragile wreckage of a U.S. army transport ship that sank almost 80 years ago off coastal British Columbia in a race to head off an eruption of thousands of ...
Oct 23, 2024
Furstenau to speak as prospects loom for minority government in B.C.
VICTORIA - Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is set to meet the media for the first time since British Columbia's indecisive election on Saturday, amid speculation about a possible minority government. The...
Oct 23, 2024
What you need to know as Trudeau fights to retain leadership of the Liberal party
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resisted calls for his resignation for more than a year now but in recent weeks those calls have grown louder and in some cases more public. The Liberal cauc...
Oct 23, 2024
Canada's Fernandez through to quarterfinals at Toray Pan Pacific Open
TOKYO - Canada's Leylah Fernandez is through to the quarterfinals at the Toray Pan Pacific Open after downing Varvara Gracheva 6-0, 3-6, 7-5 on Wednesday. The 22-year-old from Laval, Que., fired three...
Oct 22, 2024
Red-hot Calgary Flames grind out 4-3 shootout win over Pittsburgh Penguins
CALGARY - Justin Kirkland scored the decisive goal in the sixth round of the shootout Tuesday as the red-hot Calgary Flames prevailed 4-3 over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Nazem Kadri, Rasmus Andersson an...
Oct 22, 2024