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Boeing will spend $61M in B.C. as part of Canada's military planes contract
RICHMOND, B.C. - Boeing Canada plans to invest $61 million in British Columbia for an aerospace manufacturing training facility as well as research and development. The announcement is the latest from...
Aug 07, 2024
Canadian featherweight Kyle Nelson gets new opponent for UFC Fight Night card
American Steve (Mean Machine) Garcia has replaced the injured Calvin (The Boston Finisher) Kattar as the opponent for Canadian featherweight Kyle (The Monster) Nelson on a Sept. 7 UFC Fight Night card...
Aug 07, 2024
Ex-adviser with the Coalition Avenir Québec pleads not guilty to electoral fraud
QUBEC - A former Coalition Avenir Qubec political adviser has been charged with electoral fraud by the province's elections authority. lections Qubec says tienne Boulrice helped or incited someone to ...
Aug 07, 2024
Canada's Haumana-Parades, Wilkerson a win away from women's beach volleyball medal
PARIS - Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson were staring down an early exit from the Paris Games. Now they are one win away from delivering Canada's first-ever medal in women's beach volleyba...
Aug 07, 2024
Yemen official says 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Thirty people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding in Yemen's southern city of Hodeidah following several days of heavy rains, the governor said Wednesday. Hodeidah ...
Aug 07, 2024
Medicine Hat Major Mavs book ticket to Canadian Little League championship final
The Medicine Hat Major AAA 12U Mavs are now one win away from representing Canada at the the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn.The Mavs, as Little League Alberta, won 6-0 over the host ...
Aug 07, 2024
Great Barrier Reef waters were hottest in 400 years over the past decade, study finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef hit their highest level in 400 years over the past decade, according to researchers who warned that the reef likely won't survive if plan...
Aug 07, 2024
Two former NHLers charged in world junior sexual assault case sign with KHL teams
Two of the five former Team Canada world junior hockey players awaiting trial for an alleged group sexual assault in 2018 have signed contracts with teams in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), accor...
Aug 07, 2024
Turkey submits request to join genocide case against Israel in UN court
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey on Wednesday filed a request with a U.N. court to join South Africa's genocide lawsuit against Israel, the foreign minister said. Turkey's ambassador to the Netherlands, a...
Aug 07, 2024
Bangladesh's interim government will take oath on Thursday, says the military chief
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's military chief said Wednesday that an interim government headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus would be sworn in on Thursday night as he returns from Paris to t...
Aug 07, 2024