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Canada matching more donations for Pakistan flood aid, will raise cap to $5M
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says Ottawa will match more donations, for a longer period of time, to help those suffering from flooding in Pakistan. Prime Minister Justin T...
Sep 29, 2022
Fiona cleanup: Federal government poised to send more troops to Atlantic Canada
Defence Minister Anita Anand says there are now 700 military members in Atlantic Canada helping with the cleanup after post-tropical storm Fiona left much of the region in tatters. Anand says Canadian...
Sep 29, 2022
Canada blanks Kazakhstan to score first win at women's volleyball world championship
D, Poland - Canada knocked off Kazakhstan to pick up its first win at the women's world volleyball championship on Thursday. After dropping its two opening matches to the top-ranked U.S. and defending...
Sep 29, 2022
Family files $2.7-million lawsuit over Indigenous woman's death in Quebec hospital
MONTREAL - The family of an Indigenous woman who was mocked by staff as she lay dying in a Quebec hospital in September 2020 has filed a lawsuit seeking nearly $2.7 million. Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-...
Sep 29, 2022
Maple Leafs sign defenceman Sandin to two-year contract extension
TORONTO - Defenceman Rasmus Sandin has signed a two-year contract extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the club announced on Thursday. The deal will pay the 22-year-old Swede an average of US$1.4 m...
Sep 29, 2022
Supreme Court of Canada won't hear appeals in Alberta coal project case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear appeals from parties who support approval of an open-pit coal mine in southwest Alberta. A review panel had concluded the likely effects of the propo...
Sep 29, 2022
Hundreds of kids from east Ukraine stranded in Russian camps
IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) - The Russian occupation radio and newspaper ads promoted the camps as a summer break from the war for Ukrainian children under their control, free of charge. Hundreds of families ...
Sep 29, 2022
Vatican sanctioned Nobel laureate after Timor accusations
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican confirmed Thursday that it imposed disciplinary sanctions on Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo in the past two years following allegations that he se...
Sep 29, 2022
North Korea fires missile after Harris leaves South Korea
PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) - South Korea's military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern waters. The launch on Thursday came hours after U.S. Vice President Kamala H...
Sep 29, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Is ‘B.C. United’ a sports team, or a ‘new’ political party?
THE B.C. LIBERALS will become "B.C. United" if members so decide in coming weeks.B.C. United has emerged as the leading choice for a new name for the party. Pundits are already joking that it sounds l...
Sep 29, 2022
