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Election call and getting Canadians out of Afghanistan: In The News for Aug. 13
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 13 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Aug 13, 2021
Taliban take key Afghan provincial capital in lightning push
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan official says the Taliban have captured Lashkar Gah, the capital of the southern province of Helmand. The loss of Helmand's provincial capital comes after years of ...
Aug 13, 2021
Meng Wanzhou's defence team to begin arguments in her formal extradition case
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou are expected to present their defence in a Vancouver court today, explaining why the Huawei executive should not be extradited to the United States to face fraud c...
Aug 13, 2021
Death toll from floods in northern Turkey reaches 27
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish officials say search-and-rescue crews have recovered 10 more bodies overnight, raising the death toll from the severe floods and mudslides that struck the north of the co...
Aug 12, 2021
Ohtani hurls 6 innings, doubles in Angels' 6-3 win over Jays
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Shohei Ohtani pitched six innings of three-hit ball to win his third consecutive start, and he also doubled and scored an early run in the Los Angeles Angels' 6-3 victory over t...
Aug 12, 2021
Lions defence combines for four picks on Stampeders QB Mitchell in 15-9 win
CALGARY - A game-time decision to start for the B.C. Lions on Thursday, quarterback Mike Reilly led his team to a 15-9 win over the Calgary Stampeders. Reilly completed 26-of-33 passes for 342 yards a...
Aug 12, 2021
CPL champion Forge FC defeats El Salvador's CD FAS in CONCACAF League opener
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Canadian Premier League champion Forge FC opened its Scotiabank CONCACAF League campaign Thursday with a comfortable 3-1 victory over El Salvador's CD FAS. Tristan Borges, ...
Aug 12, 2021
First live 'murder hornet' sighted near U.S.-Canada border, say scientists
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Scientists from the Washington State Department of Agriculture say they've found the first so-called live murder hornet for the year. In a news release Thursday, entomologists say the...
Aug 12, 2021
Canada welcomes home Olympians after Tokyo Games with an outdoor drive-in celebration
TORONTO - Team Canada's athletes are being welcomed home now that the torch at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been extinguished. The athletes spent more than two weeks in Japan competing, while over...
Aug 12, 2021
Canada's Mike Weir excited to make Shaw Charity Classic debut
CALGARY - Mike Weir made history at the 1999 Air Canada Championship at Northview Golf and Country Club in Surrey, B.C. More than 20 years later, the 51-year-old golfer from Sarnia, Ont., is hoping fo...
Aug 12, 2021