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Trinidad and Tobago no stranger when it comes to breaking Canadian soccer hearts
The numbers favour the Canadian men in Saturday's high-stakes Copa America qualifier with Trinidad and Tobago in Frisco, Texas. Canada is ranked 50th in the world, compared to No. 96 for Trinidad. And...
Mar 22, 2024
One dead, one injured in strip club brawl north of Montreal
TERREBONNE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say one man is dead and another badly injured after a brawl at a strip club in Terrebonne, Que., just north of Montreal. Police say the fight occurred about...
Mar 22, 2024
TNRD passes 2024 budget with 8.3 per cent tax revenue increase, but rates vary by property
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) Board of Directors approved the district's annual budget for 2024, with an 8.3 per cent revenue increase via taxation. Although, due to the dist...
Mar 22, 2024
Russia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. resolution calling for "an immediate and sustained cease-fire" in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza to protect civilians and en...
Mar 22, 2024
Hundreds of grams of illicit drugs seized in traffic stop near Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - More than 600 grams of suspected illicit fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and crack were seized near Williams Lake earlier this month. In a news release issued Thursday (March ...
Mar 22, 2024
COLLINS: The dangers of neglecting women and LGBTQ2S+ members of society
WHILE THERE ARE INCREASING CONCERNS about a rise in anti-Semitism and general hatred and violence, gender-related issues are of the most concern to me. Women have faced erosion of their basic rights i...
Mar 22, 2024
In the news today: Ottawa mulling school lunch program and Saltwire media holding on?
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Will Ottawa say yes to a national lunch program? A framework for a national sch...
Mar 22, 2024
Tech platforms face 'whack-a-mole' situation in battling health misinformation
TORONTO - When Dr. Garth Graham thinks about health misinformation on social media platforms, he envisions a garden. No matter how bountiful or verdant that garden is, even the head of YouTube's globa...
Mar 22, 2024
'Like a hot iron.' B.C. man's ultra-marathon Hawaiian swim is scuttled by jellyfish
Ultra-endurance athlete Nick Pelletier knew the Hawaiian channel he planned to swim had plenty of sharks, but he should have been worried about the jellyfish. Pelletier, who's from Kelowna, B.C., flew...
Mar 22, 2024
Hurricanes edge Flyers 3-2 in OT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Seth Jarvis scored 1:28 into overtime to keep Carolina goalie Frederik Andersen unbeaten since returning to action in the Hurricanes' 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia on Thursday...
Mar 21, 2024
