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Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository
TORONTO - A region in northern Ontario has been chosen as the site to hold Canada's nuclear waste in a deep geological repository. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization announced its decision toda...
Nov 28, 2024
Blazers fall to Chiefs 6-2, lose fourth straight
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers dropped their fourth straight game Wednesday (Nov. 27) after falling to the Spokane Chiefs on the road 6-2. Wednesday started well for the Blazers with Emmitt Finnie se...
Nov 28, 2024
Canadian men climb four places to No. 31, reach all-time high in FIFA world rankings
Canada will finish out the year at a career-high in the FIFA rankings after climbing four places to No. 31. The Canadian men had previously been as high as No. 33, achieved in February 2022 under John...
Nov 28, 2024
Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepts a one-month suspension in doping case
Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integ...
Nov 28, 2024
COLLINS: Strikes like that at Canada Post need to be resolved from within
THE STRATEGIES SURROUNDING STRIKES have always fascinated me. Why was this or that item the dealbreaker? Why do some of the issues seem to be so trivial and far too minor to lead to a strike? In the c...
Nov 28, 2024
Romanian court orders recount of first-round election won by far-right outsider
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A top Romanian court on Thursday asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first round of the presidential election, which w...
Nov 28, 2024
Romanian court orders a recount of presidential election first round
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A top Romanian court on Thursday asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first-round of the presidential election. The Con...
Nov 28, 2024
Former British soldier convicted of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian government
LONDON (AP) - A former British soldier whose audacious escape from a London prison spurred a dayslong search was convicted on Thursday of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian intelligence s...
Nov 28, 2024
Former British soldier convicted of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian government
LONDON (AP) - A former British soldier whose audacious escape from a London prison spurred a dayslong search was convicted on Thursday of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian intelligence s...
Nov 28, 2024
At least 13 dead after landslides bury 40 homes in villages in eastern Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - At least 13 people have died in eastern Uganda after landslides buried 40 homes in six villages, relief officials said Thursday. The Uganda Red Cross Society said 13 bodies have ...
Nov 28, 2024
