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Hurricane Francine strengthens into a Category 2 storm ahead of landfall in Louisiana
MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) - Hurricane Francine strengthened Wednesday into a Category 2 storm and is expected to make landfall in Louisiana as forecasters raised threats of potentially deadly storm surge,...
Sep 11, 2024
Two people found dead in Montreal apartment in apparent domestic dispute: police
MONTREAL - Montreal police are investigating the deaths of two people in their 70s who died of gunshot wounds in an apartment. Const. Vronique Dubuc says the deaths of a 70-year-old man and a 71-year-...
Sep 11, 2024
Man hiking near Fairy Creek, B.C., wrongfully arrested by Mounties, review finds
OTTAWA - The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP says police officers acted unreasonably when they arrested a man who was hiking in British Columbia's Fairy Creek area in 2021 aroun...
Sep 11, 2024
Man hiking near Fairy Creek, B.C., wrongfully arrested by Mounties, review finds
OTTAWA - The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP says police officers acted unreasonably when they arrested a man who was hiking in British Columbia's Fairy Creek area in 2021 aroun...
Sep 11, 2024
B.C. family doctors call for sick days, pensions ahead of October election
VANCOUVER - Organizations representing family doctors in British Columbia say physicians need paid sick days, vacation coverage, extended health and dental benefits and a pension plan. The BC College ...
Sep 11, 2024
Ottawa Redblacks look to return to CFL playoffs with road victory
Dru Brown can take the Ottawa Redblacks somewhere they haven't been since 2018 on Saturday afternoon. Ottawa (8-3-1) visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3-9) needing a victory to clinch a playoff berth. T...
Sep 11, 2024
'Concerning' number of impaired drivers arrested in roads in Saanich, B.C.: police
SAANICH, B.C. - Police on southern Vancouver Island say they've arrested almost as many impaired drivers in the first eight months of this year than they did in 2023 in a concerning trend of people ge...
Sep 11, 2024
Canada's Charles (Air) Jourdain moves down to bantamweight on UFC Edmonton card
Canadian Charles (Air) Jourdain is moving down to bantamweight to take on Victor (La Mangosta) Henry on the UFC's Nov. 2 Fight Night card in Edmonton. The five-foot-nine Jourdain (15-8-1) has been fig...
Sep 11, 2024
Social media comments blocked: Montreal mayor says she won't accept being insulted
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante is defending her decision to turn off comments on her social media accounts - with an announcement on social media. She posted screenshots to X this morning of ...
Sep 11, 2024
All nine CFL teams unveil 10 players from their respective negotiation lists
TORONTO - He's currently a senior at Purdue but quarterback Hudson Card now has a second option at a pro football career. Card was one of 10 negotiation-list players revealed Wednesday by the Edmonton...
Sep 11, 2024

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