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Canadians split on FIFA’s Olympics penalty for soccer drone spying, new poll says
OTTAWA - Most Canadians are not exactly outraged by the punishment meted out to the Canadian women's soccer team over its Olympic drone spying scandal, according to the results of a new poll released ...
Aug 08, 2024
Canadians split on FIFA’s Olympics penalty for soccer drone spying, new poll says
OTTAWA - Most Canadians are not exactly outraged by the punishment meted out to the Canadian women's soccer team over its Olympic drone spying scandal, according to the results of a new poll released ...
Aug 08, 2024
Utah man who killed woman put to death by lethal injection in state's first execution since 2010
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah man who killed his girlfriend's mother by cutting her throat was put to death by lethal injection early Thursday in the state's first execution since 2010. Taberon Dave Ho...
Aug 08, 2024
Tropical Storm Debby makes 2nd landfall in South Carolina, heavy rain expected up the East Coast
HUGER, S.C. (AP) - Tropical Storm Debby has made a second landfall in South Carolina on its way up the East Coast, where residents as far north as Vermont could get up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of ...
Aug 08, 2024
Pumas eliminate Whitecaps from Leagues Cup with 2-0 win in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Pumas UNAM forward Cesar Huerta scored in the first half then helped set up another goal in the second, leading the Mexican club to a 2-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in Leagues Cu...
Aug 07, 2024
Blue Jays fall to Orioles 7-3 as Guerrero extends hit streak to 19 games
TORONTO - Anthony Santander's two homers and Jackson Holliday's monster two-run shot in the seventh inning pushed the Baltimore Orioles to a 7-3 comeback win against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday...
Aug 07, 2024
July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief
Earth's string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced Wednesd...
Aug 07, 2024
Canada confirms it pulled diplomats' kids out of Israel as fear of broader war builds
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says it decided to pull its diplomats' children and their guardians out of Israel, amid fears over an expanded Mideast war. Global Affairs Canada says it has approved ...
Aug 07, 2024
Minister delays appointment of new human-rights commissioner after independent review
OTTAWA - After an independent review, Justice Minister Arif Virani announced Wednesday that Birju Dattani has agreed not to begin his appointment as chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Com...
Aug 07, 2024
Blair announces CFB Esquimalt military housing project, 480 single-occupancy rooms
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - National Defence Minister Bill Blair says British Columbia's CFB Esquimalt will be the site of a new 480-room military housing project. The minister was at the Victoria-area naval ba...
Aug 07, 2024