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Union members authorize possible B.C. port strike but no notice issued
VANCOUVER - The union representing foremen at British Columbia's ports say members have voted overwhelmingly to authorize strike action if necessary in an ongoing labour dispute with port employers. I...
Sep 04, 2024
Recognizing racial profiling key to 'historic' Montreal class-action judgment: lawyer
MONTREAL - A Montreal lawyer who co-piloted a successful class-action lawsuit against the City of Montreal for racial profiling by police says what's most important is not the financial compensation b...
Sep 04, 2024
Blue Jackets players, GM try to make sense of tragedy after deaths of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Just three weeks before the opening of training camp, the Columbus Blue Jackets are seeking to make sense of a senseless tragedy after All-Star winger Johnny Gaudreau and younger...
Sep 04, 2024
Review of B.C. refinery stench says cold snap triggered series of events
BURNABY, B.C. - Parkland Corp. has released a review into an unplanned shutdown of its Burnaby, B.C., refinery in January that blanketed parts of Metro Vancouver with a foul stench. The review release...
Sep 04, 2024
NHL's Senators, Canadian LPGA star Henderson reach multi-year partnership
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have reached a multi-year partnership with Canadian LPGA star Brooke Henderson, the NHL team announced Wednesday. As part of the agreement, Henderson's water bottles and g...
Sep 04, 2024
Canadian Nathan Rourke to make fourth straight start for B.C. Lions
Vernon Adam Jr. is back practising with the B.C. Lions but Canadian Nathan Rourke will remain the club's starting quarterback. Rourke will make a fourth straight start Friday night when B.C. (6-6) vis...
Sep 04, 2024
Playground built to honour victim of Saskatchewan mass stabbing two years later
WELDON, Sask. - Children have been swinging, sliding and climbing on a playground built to honour one of the victims of a mass stabbing two years ago northeast of Saskatoon. Chelsey Erickson, who orga...
Sep 04, 2024
CP NewsAlert: VPD says one man dead, another's hand cut off, in stranger attacks
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say a man has been arrested after a pair of "unprovoked stranger attacks" in the city's downtown that left one man dead and severed another victim's hand. More coming. The...
Sep 04, 2024
Elks' Bethel-Thompson, Redblacks' Webb capture CFL Honour Roll honours
TORONTO - Edmonton Elks quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson and defensive back Webb of the Ottawa Redblacks were the top offensive and defensive performers in the CFL's weekly honour roll Wednesday. Be...
Sep 04, 2024
NDP pulling out of supply and confidence deal with Liberals
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has ripped up the supply and confidence deal with the Liberals that helped keep the minority government in power. In a social media video posted Wednesday afternoon, NDP Leade...
Sep 04, 2024