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Anti-suicide religious group files constitutional challenge against Waterloo, Que.
MONTREAL - A Quebec religious group headed by a man who lost his son to suicide has filed a constitutional challenge against the municipality of Waterloo after it was ticketed for going door-to-door t...
Nov 02, 2024
Cole exercises opt out but Yankees can keep him by adding 2029 salary, Rizzo option declined
NEW YORK (AP) - Gerrit Cole exercised his opt out from his New York Yankees contract, giving the team two days to void the opt out by adding a $36 million salary for 2029, a person familiar with the d...
Nov 02, 2024
Canada's Fernandez falls to Shnaider of Russia in Hong Kong Open semifinal
HONG KONG - Canada's Leylah Fernandez is out of the Hong Kong Open tennis tournament following a 6-4, 6-2 semifinal loss to top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia on Saturday. Fernandez, the tournament's...
Nov 02, 2024
India protests Ottawa's allegation its home minister ordered targeting of Sikh activists in Canada
NEW DELHI (AP) - India officially protested on Saturday the Canadian government's allegation that the country's powerful home minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Cana...
Nov 02, 2024
B.C. deluge shows why cities struggle to keep up with extreme rain
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - Heavy rain isn't unusual for the community of Deep Cove in North Vancouver, but when Ashifa Saferali saw an e-bike floating down the middle of the street she knew this storm wa...
Nov 02, 2024
'Election seems really close': Americans in Canada cast ballot ahead of U.S. election
EDMONTON - Stephen Winters says watching the U.S. election campaign from Canada as a dual citizen is like a parent watching their kid play sports. "When you're on the sideline it makes you more nervou...
Nov 02, 2024
UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader in wake of election defeat
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. Badenoch (pronounced...
Nov 02, 2024
UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader in wake of election defeat
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. Badenoch defeated ri...
Nov 02, 2024
Why so many elections in 2024? Chalk it up to the 'beauty of math,' says professor
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Tuesday's vote in the United States may be dominating social media feeds, but it is just one of more than 70 national elections that will have taken place this year by the end of De...
Nov 02, 2024
Supporters share cautious optimism and anxiety ahead of divisive U.S. election
MILWAUKEE - Tens of thousands of people from opposite sides of the political divide gathered at duelling rallies in Wisconsin on Friday, hosted by Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Don...
Nov 02, 2024