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Much of southern Quebec under rainfall warning, up to 60 millimetres expected
Much of southern Quebec is under a rainfall warning today as Environment Canada forecasts between 40 and 60 millimetres of rain could drench the province by Sunday evening. The federal weather agency'...
Oct 21, 2023
Montreal one step closer to getting park to mark Irish mass grave site
Montreal is one step closer to getting a commemorative park for the 6,000 Irish immigrants buried in unmarked graves in an industrial pocket of the city southeast of the downtown core. This week, the ...
Oct 21, 2023
Man United, England soccer great Bobby Charlton dies at 86
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Bobby Charlton, an English soccer icon who survived a plane crash that decimated a Manchester United team destined for greatness to become the heartbeat of his country's 196...
Oct 21, 2023
Man United, England soccer great Bobby Charlton dies at 86
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Bobby Charlton, an English soccer icon who survived a plane crash that decimated a Manchester United team destined for greatness to become the heartbeat of his country's 196...
Oct 21, 2023
Mountain biker Gunnar Holmgren wins Canada's first gold at Pan American Games
SANTIAGO, Chile - Mountain biker Gunnar Holmgren of Orillia, Ont., has won Canada's first gold medal at the Pan American Games. Holmgren took the men's cross-country race in Santiago, Chile, in a time...
Oct 21, 2023
Unbeaten New Zealand and India meet at scenic Dharamsala in Cricket World Cup on Sunday
Over the past week, the Indian city of Dharamsala received the season's first snowfall. As television cameras pan out behind the stadium, the Himalayan mountaintops are noticeable in their pristine wh...
Oct 21, 2023
Canada falls tow Sweden, will play for bronze medal at mixed curling worlds
ABERDEEN, United Kingdom - Canada's first loss at the world mixed curling championship was a costly one. The Montreal-area rink, skipped by Felix Asselin fell 7-4 to Sweden in the tournament's semifin...
Oct 21, 2023
Canada's Leylah Fernandez falls to Siniakova in Jiangxi Open semifinal
NANCHANG, China - Leylah Fernandez's eight-match win streak came to an end on Saturday as she fell 7-5, 6-4 to Katerina Siniakova in the semifinal of the Jiangxi Open. The meeting was a rematch of las...
Oct 21, 2023
Canada-U.S. refugee pact changes expected to 'exacerbate existing threats': memo
OTTAWA - A newly released memo shows federal officials warned last spring that expanding a bilateral refugee pact to the entire Canada-U.S. border would likely fuel smuggling networks and encourage pe...
Oct 21, 2023
Israel strikes Gaza after 2 captives freed, and there are signs that aid may soon enter from Egypt
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel and Palestinian militants traded fire on Saturday after Hamas released an American woman and her teenage daughter, the first of some 200 captives to be freed after the ...
Oct 21, 2023