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COLLINS: Increased use of social media a big change in election campaigns
AS TECHNOLOGY HAS GROWN, candidates for election have more and more tools to add to their arsenal in reaching out to potential supporters. With only two weeks left to declare their intention to seek a...
Aug 26, 2022
Thrush into playoff race, Whitecaps see Julian Gressel’s fire rekindled
VANCOUVER - Having something to play for again has stoked Julian Gressel's soccer passion. The Vancouver Whitecaps obtained the wingback from DC United in a late July trade. Gressel went from a United...
Aug 26, 2022
Fall housing market, NATO chief visits Alberta military base: In The News for Aug. 26
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 26 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Aug 26, 2022
Activists face arrest but push on with 'Hong Kong parliament' plan, hatched in Canada
VANCOUVER - Activists who launched a plan in Canada to elect an unofficial "Hong Kong parliament" say they are pushing ahead with the project, despite being put under investigation for subversion by a...
Aug 26, 2022
François Legault in enviable position as Quebec election campaign set to begin
MONTREAL - Franois Legault's win in the 2018 provincial election marked the start of a new era in Quebec politics, after nearly 50 years of federalist-versus-separatist two-party rule. Four years late...
Aug 26, 2022
NATO secretary-general, prime minister visit northern Alberta military base
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will be in Cold Lake, Alta., today as they wrap up a visit focused on northern defences. Yesterday they attended Oper...
Aug 26, 2022
Activists face arrest but push on with 'Hong Kong parliament' plan, hatched in Canada
VANCOUVER - Activists who launched a plan in Canada to elect an unofficial "Hong Kong parliament" say they are pushing ahead with the project, despite being put under investigation for subversion by a...
Aug 26, 2022
Blue Jays survive 9th, win 6-5 in 10th to sweep Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) - Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano pitched his way out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the ninth inning at Fenway Park. Then he had to shut the Red Sox down one more time. "I kind of tried ...
Aug 25, 2022
Blue Bombers top Stampeders 31-29 in tightly-contested historic win
WINNIPEG - Zach Collaros threw for a pair of touchdowns and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' defence played tough when it mattered in a historic 31-29 victory over the Calgary Stampeders on Thursday. The Bo...
Aug 25, 2022
Blue Jays survive 9th, win 6-5 in 10th to sweep Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) - Automatic runner Cavan Biggio slid under the tag to score the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Boston 6-5 on Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep ...
Aug 25, 2022
