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Joly targets polarization in UN speech, urges liberals to reclaim the word 'freedom'
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is asking members of the United Nations to counter growing political polarization. Joly is addressing the UN General Assembly on behalf of Canada after th...
Sep 30, 2024
Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced....
Sep 30, 2024
Controlling interest in owner of hockey brand Bauer to be sold to Fairfax affiliates
The owner of Bauer Hockey says affiliates of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. will acquire controlling interest in its overall business. Peak Achievement Athletics Inc. did not reveal the value of the ...
Sep 30, 2024
FBI to pay $22M to settle claims of sexual discrimination at training academy
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instruc...
Sep 30, 2024
Raptors president Masai Ujiri says there are no issues with Edward Rogers
TORONTO - Toronto Raptors team president Masai Ujiri tried to lay to rest rumours that he has friction with Edward Rogers, the executive chair of Rogers Communications, Inc. Ujiri says he and Edward R...
Sep 30, 2024
Supplies rushed to communities isolated by Helene as death toll rises to nearly 100
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A crisis unfolded in western North Carolina as officials rushed to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas without power and cellular service Monday, thr...
Sep 30, 2024
FBI to pay $22M to settle claims of sexual discrimination at training academy
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instruc...
Sep 30, 2024
A man gets life in prison in Russia for a car bomb that wounded a writer
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian court on Monday sentenced a man convicted over a car bombing that seriously wounded nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin to life in prison. Prosecutors said the May 2023 bombing ...
Sep 30, 2024
France's Le Pen denies wrongdoing as she and her party go on trial accused of embezzling EU funds
PARIS (AP) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen denied violating any rules as she and her National Rally party and two dozen others went on trial on Monday, accused of embezzling European Parliamen...
Sep 30, 2024
Cheering on Canada 'bittersweet' for injured rugby star Sophie de Goede
VANCOUVER - Sitting on the sidelines hasn't been easy for Sophie de Goede. Perched in the press box at BC Place on Sunday, the Canadian rugby star leapt from her seat every time her teammates appeared...
Sep 30, 2024