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Ontario bakers look to heat up friendly competition with B.C. over Nanaimo bar record
In the kitchen of Northwest Fudge Factory in Levack, Ont., a group of five children spent the better part of a day last month mixing hundreds of kilograms of butter, sugar, chocolate and graham cracke...
Jul 09, 2025

Ontario bakers look to heat up friendly competition with B.C. over Nanaimo bar record
In the kitchen of Northwest Fudge Factory in Levack, Ont., a group of five children spent the better part of a day last month mixing hundreds of kilograms of butter, sugar, chocolate and graham cracke...
Jul 09, 2025

Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., Stampeders face another unbeaten challenge
Vernon Adams Jr. and the Calgary Stampeders face another undefeated challenge. Calgary (3-1) visits the Saskatchewan Roughriders (4-0) -- the CFL's lone remaining unbeaten squad -- on Friday night. La...
Jul 09, 2025

Canadian pharmaceutical industry alarmed after Trump floats 200 per cent tariff
WASHINGTON - An pharmaceutical industry representative says Canada likely isn't the main target of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceutical imports - but ...
Jul 09, 2025

Ex-MLSE boss Tim Leiweke indicted in U.S. arena bid-rigging scheme
WASHINGTON - Former CEO and president of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Tim Leiweke has been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the biddi...
Jul 09, 2025

B.C. man charged with murdering Bailey Plover was convicted of assault hours earlier
The man accused of murdering his estranged wife, Bailey Plover, in a Kelowna, B.C., parking lot last week had been convicted of choking someone and uttering threats just hours before Friday's attack t...
Jul 09, 2025

B.C. man charged with murdering Bailey Plover was convicted of assault hours earlier
The man accused of murdering his estranged wife, Bailey Plover, in a Kelowna, B.C., parking lot last week had been convicted of choking someone and uttering threats just hours before Friday's attack t...
Jul 09, 2025

Traffic jam: RCMP clean up blueberry spill on B.C. highway
MISSION, B.C. - Police in Mission, B.C., say they were recently called to a "juicy incident" which then set off a series of puns from the local RCMP detachment. Police say a loaded pickup spilled crat...
Jul 09, 2025

CFL suspends Turay, fines three others for their roles in post-game melee
TORONTO - The CFL on Wednesday suspended B.C. Lions defensive lineman Kemoko Turay for one game and fined three others for their roles in a post-game altercation last week. which ended on Sean Whyte's...
Jul 09, 2025

Iga Swiatek's first Wimbledon semifinal comes against Belinda Bencic. Djokovic to face Sinner
LONDON (AP) - Iga Swiatek reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over 19th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova that went from a stroll to a bit of a struggle in the late sta...
Jul 09, 2025

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