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A dam is near failure in Illinois after heavy rains and tornadoes sweep the Midwest
CHICAGO (AP) - A dam near the town of Nashville in southern Illinois was in imminent danger of failure Tuesday after heavy rain, officials said. Some of Nashville's 3,000 residents were evacuating, ac...
Jul 16, 2024

Southern Alberta heat warning in effect again
Heat warnings have been issued for parts of Southern Alberta once again. While just days ago the heat warnings in communities such as Lethbridge, Taber, Cardston, and Claresholm were lifted, as of Tue...
Jul 16, 2024

Repeated extreme weather events linked to rise in mental health problems, trauma
FREDERICTON - Jennifer Moore was helping a neighbour on flood-prone Stannus Street, in Windsor, N.S., last week when she fell face first in waist-deep brown water in her driveway. It was the third tim...
Jul 16, 2024

Choinière says he's focused on playing at CF Montreal for now
MONTREAL - Canadian international Mathieu Choinire says he's focused on playing for CF Montreal, for now. The midfielder's name is circulating in transfer rumours after he reportedly requested a trade...
Jul 16, 2024

Members of Tragically Hip named honorary grand marshals for Honda Indy
TORONTO - Members of Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip have been named honorary grand marshals for the upcoming Ontario Dealers Honda Indy, organizers of the Toronto IndyCar race announced Tuesday...
Jul 16, 2024

Media companies win court injunction against sports-streaming pirates
OTTAWA - Major broadcasters have won a court injunction to prevent internet pirates from illegally streaming live sports events to online viewers. A newly released Federal Court ruling says the anonym...
Jul 16, 2024

200 additional Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to help fight gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A second contingent of 200 police officers from Kenya arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs ...
Jul 16, 2024

TC Energy's US$15B Keystone XL claim thrown out by trade tribunal
CALGARY - A free trade arbitration tribunal has tossed out TC Energy Corp.'s claim that it is owed US$15 billion in damages as a result of U.S. President Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pi...
Jul 16, 2024

Third-ranked Canada women to face world's best rugby sides in B.C. at WXV 1
Third-ranked Canada will open the WXV 1 women's rugby competition against No. 4 France on Sept. 29 as part of a triple-header at B.C. Place Stadium. Top-ranked England takes on the seventh-ranked U.S....
Jul 16, 2024

Six people are found dead in a hotel in downtown Bangkok and poisoning is suspected, police say
BANGKOK (AP) - Police in Thailand say the bodies of six people were found Tuesday in a luxury hotel in downtown Bangkok and poisoning is suspected. Thailand's Foreign Ministry said in a short statemen...
Jul 16, 2024