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Canadians ready for today's World Cup game against Belgium — first match since 1986
MONTREAL - Watch parties are planned across the country today as soccer fans get ready for the World Cup match between Canada and Belgium - Canada's first game in the tournament since 1986. In Montrea...
Nov 23, 2022
Unexplained wealth orders will make life harder for B.C. criminals: compliance expert
VANCOUVER - Plans by the British Columbia government to confiscate suspected proceeds of crime with "unexplained wealth orders" are drawing praise from an expert in financial compliance as a way to ma...
Nov 23, 2022
Canadians ready for today's World Cup game against Belgium — first match since 1986
MONTREAL - Watch parties are planned across the country today as soccer fans get ready for the World Cup match between Canada and Belgium - Canada's first game in the tournament since 1986. In Montrea...
Nov 23, 2022
Fiona damage 'nowhere near as severe' after $40M cost of earlier storms: Parks Canada
OTTAWA - The federal agency overseeing Canada's national parks says that $40 million in damage from two earlier Atlantic Canada storms far eclipsed costs incurred due to post-tropical storm Fiona. Par...
Nov 23, 2022
Blasts in Jerusalem wound 14; suspected Palestinian attack
JERUSALEM (AP) - Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem on Wednesday, injuring at least 14 people, in what police said were suspected attacks by Palestinians. The first explosion went off nea...
Nov 23, 2022
Alaska firefighters help rescue a moose trapped in a home
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Firefighters in Alaska got an unusual request for assistance last weekend from the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, but it wasn't your mundane cat-stuck-in-a-tree situation. "They we...
Nov 22, 2022
Defense: Colorado gay club shooting suspect is nonbinary
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The alleged gunman facing possible hate crime charges in the fatal shooting of five people at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is nonbinary, the suspect's defense team s...
Nov 22, 2022
Virginia police: Multiple people killed in Walmart shooting
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - Multiple people are dead and others are wounded after a shooting at a Virginia Walmart on Tuesday night, police said. Officers responded to a report of a shooting at the Walmart...
Nov 22, 2022
Sabres snap eight-game skid behind Skinner's five-point effort in win over Canadiens
MONTREAL - Jeff Skinner picked up two goals and three assists as the Buffalo Sabres snapped an eight-game losing streak with a resounding 7-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens Tuesday night. Tage Thomps...
Nov 22, 2022
Canadian MPs unanimously condemn FIFA threat to punish World Cup players for armbands
OTTAWA - Canadian members of Parliament passed a unanimous motion Tuesday condemning FIFA's decision to threaten on-field punishment if soccer players in the World Cup wear armbands supportive of the ...
Nov 22, 2022