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Loose bull forces highway closure in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD - Police say a major highway in British Columbia has been shut down on Saturday afternoon after a bull on the loose is standing in the middle of the roadway, blocking the traffic. Abbotsfor...
Aug 16, 2025
Operation to free ship run aground in St. Lawrence River near Montreal complete
VERCHRES - The Canadian Coast Guard says an operation to free a ship that ran aground in the St. Lawrence River this week has been successful. The agency says the Federal Yamaska was successfully refl...
Aug 16, 2025
West Virginia sends hundreds of National Guard members to Washington at Trump team's request
WASHINGTON (AP) - West Virginia is sending 300 to 400 members of its National Guard to the nation's capital to assist in the Trump's administration's takeover of the city's police department. The move...
Aug 16, 2025
Significant amount of rainfall slows the spread of wildfires on Vancouver Island
PORT ALBERNI - Firefighters on Vancouver Island say a "significant" amount of rainfall has helped crews to make progress in battling an out-of-control wildfire, which is burning south of Port Alberni,...
Aug 16, 2025
Fraser River sockeye salmon run smashing pre-season predictions
A surge in sockeye in the Fraser River that has not been witnessed in decades is smashing pre-season predictions.Forecasts called for 2.3 million salmon this season; however, the run is now estimated ...
Aug 16, 2025
BC Greens leadership to take youthful turn, with contenders' average age of 30
VICTORIA - Stuart Parker was 21 when he became the leader of the B.C. Greens in 1993 after campaigning against McDonald's use of ozone-damaging foam packaging. He said youth alone won't be enough to s...
Aug 16, 2025
Decades after a PM got pied, the threat landscape in Canadian politics has changed
OTTAWA - When Prime Minister Jean Chrtien got hit in the face with a pie 25 years ago, the only thing hurt was his pride. A quarter-century later, Canada's security landscape has changed radically. Th...
Aug 16, 2025
Ohioans came out strong for Trump — now they're bracing for his tariffs
COLUMBUS - In 1837, two brothers-in-law living in Ohio - one a candle maker, the other a soap maker - merged their businesses to form what later became the multinational juggernaut Procter & Gambl...
Aug 16, 2025
Erin becomes a Category 3 hurricane in the Caribbean and is expected to strengthen further
MIAMI (AP) - Erin became a Category 3 hurricane in the Caribbean early Saturday and is expected to strengthen further during the day, the National Hurricane Center reported. The storm is currently 170...
Aug 16, 2025
Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no peace agreement
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he plans to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday after Trump's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin. Zelenskyy said...
Aug 16, 2025
