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B.C. residents can still get COVID shots until arrival of updated vaccines: province
British Columbia says its current supply of COVID-19 vaccines will remain available until new formulations are approved, unlike other provinces that say they're following instructions from the Public ...
Sep 05, 2024
Medicine Hat motorcycle rider finds success at world's fastest track
Medicine Hat's Gerald Beatch didn't quite hit 200 miles per hour on his motorcycle at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials at Bonneville Speedway in Utah, but still looks at his time there as a succ...
Sep 05, 2024
Discord users tipped off FBI last year about suspect in Georgia school shooting, report says
WINDER, Ga. (AP) - Users of the social media site Discord tipped off the FBI last year about the teenager charged with opening fire at a Georgia high school, a sheriff's report said. A sheriff's inves...
Sep 05, 2024
Alex Morgan retires from professional soccer and is expecting her second child
Two-time Women's World Cup champion Alex Morgan announced she is pregnant with her second child and is retiring from professional soccer. Over the course of a 15-year career with the United States, Mo...
Sep 05, 2024
Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard strikes gold at Paralympics, Routliffe earns bronze
PARIS - Canada's Aurelie Rivard has struck gold at the Paralympic Games. The 28-year-old from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won the women's S10 400-metre freestyle with a time of four minutes 29.20 sec...
Sep 05, 2024
Alex Morgan retires from professional soccer and is expecting her second child
Two-time Women's World Cup champion Alex Morgan announced she is pregnant with her second child and is retiring from professional soccer. Over the course of a 15-year career with the United States, Mo...
Sep 05, 2024
Hunter Biden intends to change not guilty plea in his federal tax case, defense attorney says
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hunter Biden plans to change his not guilty plea in his federal tax case, his defense attorney said Thursday just as jury selection was set to begin. President Joe Biden's son is fa...
Sep 05, 2024
US secures release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners who have arrived in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - The U.S. government announced on Thursday that it has secured the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners who have arrived in Guatemala, where they would apply for asylum p...
Sep 05, 2024
Quebec premier to shuffle cabinet today after 'superminister' Fitzgibbon steps down
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is expected to shuffle his cabinet later today following the sudden departure of one of his most influential ministers. Pierre Fitzgibbon, the "superminister" wh...
Sep 05, 2024
Macron names EU former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister
PARIS (AP) - President Emmanuel Macron named EU former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France's new prime minister on Thursday after more than 50 days of caretaker government. The appointment of t...
Sep 05, 2024