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Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Ethiopia's warring sides formally agreed during talks in South Africa Wednesday to a permanent cessation of hostilities in a 2-year conflict whose victims could be counte...
Nov 02, 2022
Quarterbacks Collaros, Bethel-Thompson lead CFL all-star teams
TORONTO - League passing leader McLeod Bethel-Thompson and CFL outstanding player award winner Zach Collaros top the respective divisional all-star teams. The CFL unveiled the East and West Division a...
Nov 02, 2022
Merritt man planning Oregon trip after $500,000 Daily Grand win
MERRITT, B.C. - A Merritt man is planning to head to the Oregon Coast for vacation following a $500,000 Daily Grand prize win from the Oct. 3 draw.British Columbia Lottery Corporation says Richard Car...
Nov 02, 2022
TVO, NBA unveil collaboration to create educational resources for Ontario students
TORONTO - Jeffrey Orridge is combining his two lifelong passions. The TVO Media Education Group (TVO) and NBA announced Wednesday a multi-year collaboration to create and share educational resources f...
Nov 02, 2022
New wastewater plant for B.C.'s shishalh Nation brings environmental, economic gains
SECHELT, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with Canada Infrastructure Bank to finance a badly needed wastewater treatment facility. A statement from the...
Nov 02, 2022
SOUND OFF: Affordable housing for students
STUDENTS ACROSS B.C. deserve affordable housing close to where they learn - so they can focus on their studies, not finances. That's why we are investing $10.9 million towards Thompson Rivers Universi...
Nov 02, 2022
Auger-Aliassime increases winning streak to 14 matches with close win over Ymer
PARIS - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime kept his winning streak alive with a razor-thin 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (6) win over Sweden's Mikael Ymer in second-round action Wednesday at the Paris Masters tenni...
Nov 02, 2022
Legault says Quebec can't take in more immigrants, after feds set 500K target by 2025
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is maintaining that the province cannot accept more than 50,000 immigrants a year despite Ottawa's plans to significantly raise the country's immigration leve...
Nov 02, 2022
Conservatives say no new spending, NDP voice recession worries ahead of fiscal update
OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties are making their priorities known ahead of the government's fall fiscal update, with the Conservatives calling for the Liberals to curb new spending and the NDP rai...
Nov 02, 2022
Herdman summons largely MLS roster to camp in Bahrain ahead of World Cup
Canada coach John Herdman has summoned his MLS troops for a camp and international friendly in Bahrain before assembling his full squad ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. Herdman has called in 20 MLS pl...
Nov 02, 2022
