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B.C. Greens make election pledge for free transit, doubling of bus numbers
VICTORIA - B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau has announced an election policy to make all public transit in the province free. She says the policy, released ahead of the fall provincial vote, wo...
Sep 05, 2024
Canadian Medical Association to apologize for Indigenous harm
VICTORIA - The Canadian Medical Association says it will formally apologize for the role doctors played in harming members of Canada's Indigenous communities. The group representing the country's phys...
Sep 05, 2024
Canadian Medical Association to apologize for Indigenous harm
VICTORIA - The Canadian Medical Association says it will formally apologize for the role doctors played in harming members of Canada's Indigenous communities. The group representing the country's phys...
Sep 05, 2024
US charges former Trump 2016 campaign adviser Dimitri Simes over work for sanctioned Russian TV
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government has charged a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television net...
Sep 05, 2024
Court hearing legal arguments in sex assault case of five hockey players
LONDON, Ont. - A London, Ont., court is hearing legal arguments in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Fo...
Sep 05, 2024
B.C. residents can still get COVID shots until arrival of updated vaccines: province
British Columbia says its current supply of COVID-19 vaccines will remain available until new formulations are approved, unlike other provinces that say they're following instructions from the Public ...
Sep 05, 2024
Discord users tipped off FBI last year about suspect in Georgia school shooting, report says
WINDER, Ga. (AP) - Users of the social media site Discord tipped off the FBI last year about the teenager charged with opening fire at a Georgia high school, a sheriff's report said. A sheriff's inves...
Sep 05, 2024
Alex Morgan retires from professional soccer and is expecting her second child
Two-time Women's World Cup champion Alex Morgan announced she is pregnant with her second child and is retiring from professional soccer. Over the course of a 15-year career with the United States, Mo...
Sep 05, 2024
Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard strikes gold at Paralympics, Routliffe earns bronze
PARIS - Canada's Aurelie Rivard has struck gold at the Paralympic Games. The 28-year-old from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won the women's S10 400-metre freestyle with a time of four minutes 29.20 sec...
Sep 05, 2024
Alex Morgan retires from professional soccer and is expecting her second child
Two-time Women's World Cup champion Alex Morgan announced she is pregnant with her second child and is retiring from professional soccer. Over the course of a 15-year career with the United States, Mo...
Sep 05, 2024
