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When the sun goes down, a swarm of rats emerges in downtown Vancouver
VANCOUVER - When the sun goes down, the rats of Vancouver's Burrard Skytrain Station emerge, in a scurrying blur of fur and whipping tails. Dozens of them, large and small, scamper around a park in fr...
Feb 08, 2024
Delayed Alberta report shows little caribou progress despite federal deal
EDMONTON - An Alberta government document suggests the province has made little progress in protecting its 15 threatened caribou herds, despite having signed an agreement with Ottawa that promised it ...
Feb 08, 2024
Ceremony to mark first anniversary of fatal Quebec daycare bus crash
LAVAL - Balloons are to be released today in a ceremony marking one year since a bus smashed through the front of a Montreal-area daycare, killing two young children and injuring six more. The commemo...
Feb 08, 2024
Feds seek ideas at national summit to help put brakes on auto theft
OTTAWA - Officials from various levels of government are set to gather with police and industry leaders in Ottawa today to brainstorm on fighting the scourge of automobile theft. The federal governmen...
Feb 08, 2024
When the sun goes down, a swarm of rats emerges in downtown Vancouver
VANCOUVER - When the sun goes down, the rats of Vancouver's Burrard Skytrain Station emerge, in a scurrying blur of fur and whipping tails. Dozens of them, large and small, scamper around a park in fr...
Feb 08, 2024
A volcano erupts in same part of southwestern Iceland where earlier activity required evacuations
GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) - A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Thursday, less than two months after a previous eruption in the area forced the evacuation of the coastal town of Grindavik. The eru...
Feb 08, 2024
Renata Fast helps Canada down United States 4-2 in Rivalry Series
SASKATOON - Renata Fast scored the winner as Canada reeled off three unanswered goals to rally past the United States 4-2 on Wednesday in the Rivalry Series. The victory cuts the U.S.'s lead to 3-2 in...
Feb 07, 2024
Vancouver Whitecaps, Mexico's Tigres battle to draw in Champions Cup
LANGFORD, B.C. - Damir Kreilach had his first goal as a Vancouver Whitecaps player in a 1-1 draw against Mexican side Tigres UANL in the first round of the CONCACAF Champions Cup at Starlight Stadium ...
Feb 07, 2024
Veteran safety Brandon Alexander signs extension with Winnipeg Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG - Veteran safety Brandon Alexander has signed a one-year extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Alexander will return for his seventh Canadian Football League season, all with the Blue Bom...
Feb 07, 2024
Mexico's Chivas Guadalajara defeats Forge FC 3-1 in CONCACAF Champions Cup play
HAMILTON - Newly acquired U.S. international Cade Cowell scored two goals and set up another Wednesday as Mexico's Chivas Guadalajara downed Forge FC 3-1 to take a commanding lead into the second leg ...
Feb 07, 2024
