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Vancouver's B.C. Place to host games at soccer's 2025 Gold Cup
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's B.C. Place Stadium has been named as one of the host venues for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial regional championship for teams in North and Central America and the Ca...
Sep 25, 2024
Medicine Hat political consultant says premier's You Tube video comes ahead of leadership review
Medicine Hat political consultant Jim Groom says premier Danielle Smith's You Tube video outlining planned changes to the Alberta Bill of Rights, was simply an exercise to appease members of the UCP a...
Sep 25, 2024
Pope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over 'sadistic' abuses
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people - a bishop, priests and laypeople -- from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation unc...
Sep 25, 2024
Small English soccer team has huge year, thanks in part to Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A soccer game in England on Tuesday night drove a spike in online traffic across the Atlantic to a website launched by the Newfoundland and Labrador government. Newfoundland and Lab...
Sep 25, 2024
Biden says all-out war is still possible as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalates
NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday that "all-out war" is still possible as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, but he's hopeful an off-ramp can be found to prevent further...
Sep 25, 2024
Quebec opposition parties denounce $6.5M subsidy to Presidents Cup golf tournament
QUBEC - Quebec's opposition parties are denouncing the $6.5-million subsidy granted by the provincial government to the Presidents Cup golf tournament taking place in the Montreal area this week. The ...
Sep 25, 2024
High-ranking Montreal police officer accuses force of racism in resignation letter
MONTREAL - A high-ranking Montreal police officer says racism is a "cancer eating away at the organization" in a resignation letter marking the end of his 30-year career with the force. Cmdr. Patrice ...
Sep 25, 2024
Quebec opposition parties denounce $6.5M subsidy to Presidents Cup golf tournament
QUBEC - Quebec's opposition parties are denouncing the $6.5-million subsidy granted by the provincial government to the Presidents Cup golf tournament taking place in the Montreal area this week. The ...
Sep 25, 2024
2024 wildfire season is on track to be second largest in last two decades
Canada's wildfire season is on track to be the second largest in at least the last two decades, trailing only last year's record-breaking season. Federal officials say above-normal temperatures and dr...
Sep 25, 2024
Passenger killed when gunman hijacks city bus, leads police on chase through downtown Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A passenger was killed after a gunman hijacked a city bus in Los Angeles early Wednesday, leading to a slow police chase through downtown before the suspect was eventually arrested,...
Sep 25, 2024