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Canadian towns and cities try creative ways to recruit lifeguards amid shortage
Staff running pools across Canada are trying to entice people to work as lifeguards amid a shortage, the Lifesaving Society says. Pool and beach staffing can be somewhat challenging at the best of tim...
Jun 03, 2023
Vancouver Whitecaps make pitch towards families as inflation, expenses hit fans
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have the fourth lowest attendance in Major League Soccer, but the team's president and sporting director is defending the fan experience at B.C. Place. Axel Schuste...
Jun 03, 2023
How to keep your kids safe at the pool, beach and cottage this summer
The season for pool parties, beach excursions and trips to the cottage has begun.Sadly, some of these events turn tragic each year and drowning is the second leading cause of preventable death for chi...
Jun 03, 2023
How to keep your kids safe at the pool, beach and cottage this summer
The season for pool parties, beach excursions and trips to the cottage has begun.Sadly, some of these events turn tragic each year and drowning is the second leading cause of preventable death for chi...
Jun 03, 2023
'I will not bend': MP Jenny Kwan says she won't allow China to erase history
OTTAWA - The briefing with Canada's spy agency, warning Jenny Kwan that she is a target of foreign interference by China, took roughly an hour. It took less than a second, she says, for her to decide ...
Jun 03, 2023
Rain could bring relief to firefighters battling Halifax-area wildfires
HALIFAX - There are hopes that heavy rain in the forecast could bring relief to Nova Scotia firefighters, who are struggling to bring a major Halifax-area wildfire under control. Halifax Deputy Fire C...
Jun 03, 2023
Activists in Canada aim to carry torch for Hong Kong's silenced Tiananmen vigil
VANCOUVER - Some members of Canada's Chinese diaspora are feeling the pressure to carry the torch as Hong Kong's renowned vigil commemorating the June 4, 1989, massacre in Beijing's Tiananmen Square f...
Jun 03, 2023
Canada to 'significantly' enhance military presence in Indo-Pacific region: Anand
SINGAPORE - Defence Minister Anita Anand says Canada is committed to the support of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific, and is reinforcing its military presence in the region. Speaking in Singapo...
Jun 02, 2023
Thunderbirds top Petes 4-1 to set up date with Remparts in Memorial Cup final
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Kyle Crnkovic scored his tournament-leading fifth goal and added an assist as the Seattle Thunderbirds topped the Peterborough Petes 4-1 on Friday to book their ticket to the Memorial...
Jun 02, 2023
India train crash kills over 280, hurts 900 in deadliest rail accident in decades
NEW DELHI (AP) - Rescuers waded through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people on Saturday after two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 280 people. Hundreds...
Jun 02, 2023