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'Tornadoes over water' seen across Eastern Canada this summer
MONTREAL - Marc-Andr Bourgeois-Gaudet was in his boat off the shores of les-de-la-Madeleine, Que., last Friday when he saw several funnel clouds descending from the sky like tornadoes. As he got close...
Aug 29, 2024
Lawyers to argue sentences for two men convicted in Coutts blockade
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Lawyers were set to argue Thursday what a fit sentence should be for two protesters convicted for their roles in the 2022 border blockade near Coutts, Alta. Earlier this month, a j...
Aug 29, 2024
Saskatchewan schools making sure pronoun law followed as kids head back to class
REGINA - Saskatchewan's two largest school divisions say they've addressed concerns from teachers and are enforcing the province's pronoun law as children head back to classrooms next week. Jason Cole...
Aug 29, 2024
Incumbent BC United MLAs ponder futures as Conservatives after party demise
VICTORIA - The political landscape in British Columbia has shifted with John Rustad's Conservatives now carrying the centre-right banner heading into a fall election campaign. BC United Leader Kevin F...
Aug 29, 2024
Thai court sentences a YouTube chef, who is the son of Spanish actors, to life for murder
BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid ...
Aug 28, 2024
Thai court hands a YouTube chef who is the son of famous Spanish actors a life sentence for murder
BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid ...
Aug 28, 2024
Bello, Jansen combine for 2-hit shoutout and Red Sox beat Blue Jays 3-0
BOSTON (AP) - Brayan Bello delivered the longest outing of his career, pitching eight innings of two-hit ball on Wednesday night to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays....
Aug 28, 2024
Global Affairs Canada says it amid controversy over constitutional reforms
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says the federal government respects Mexican sovereignty and has no intention of intervening in that country's internal affairs around proposed constitutional reforms. T...
Aug 28, 2024
Canada's Shapovalov ousted from U.S. Open doubles play with first-round loss
NEW YORK - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is out of the U.S. Open after he and Soonwoo Kwon of South Korea dropped their first-round men's doubles match Wednesday. The duo were beat 6-4, 6-4 by Italy's Fla...
Aug 28, 2024
A timeline of how BC United unravelled, less than two months before election
BC United Leader Kevin Falcon has announced the suspension of the Official Opposition's election campaign, throwing support behind the rival B.C. Conservatives. Here is a timeline of events leading up...
Aug 28, 2024