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Overnight lightning ignites new wildfires in the Shuswap
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Multiple new wildfires have ignited in the east Shuswap. In a news release issued Thursday (July 18) morning, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) notes there were many lig...
Jul 18, 2024
Auger-Aliassime moves into Swiss Open quarterfinals with win over Hanfmann
GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Open clay-court tennis tournament with a 7-6 (6), 6-2 win over Germany's Yannick Hanfmann on Thursday....
Jul 18, 2024
Appeal denied: Frank Zampino, ex-aide at Montreal City Hall, to face corruption trial
MONTREAL - The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal by a former chair of Montreal city council's executive committee, who wanted to avoid facing trial on corruption charges. The decis...
Jul 18, 2024
McIlroy, DeChambeau stumble badly out of the gates at British Open
TROON, Scotland (AP) - So much for the British Open being one last stand for Rory McIlroy in the majors this year. His best hope now is getting beyond one more day. And he has company from U.S. Open c...
Jul 18, 2024
Project Innocence Quebec: Montreal law students get new trials for two convicted men
MONTREAL - Over the past year, a Quebec non-profit that advocates for the wrongfully convicted has convinced the federal justice minister to take a second look at two cases in which people have been d...
Jul 18, 2024
Woman's death in notorious Upper Sahali home not believed to be suspicious; gun seized
KAMLOOPS - A woman in medical distress died at a home in Upper Sahali that's known to police. Kamloops RCMP say officers were called to the 500-block of Carmel Court just around 1:00 p.m. Tuesday (Jul...
Jul 18, 2024
''Tactical evacuations' as B.C. Interior wildfire grows: minister
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia's minister for emergency management says "tactical evacuations" have been carried out in the Thompson-Nicola area of the province's Interior, where an out-of-control ...
Jul 18, 2024
Obama, Pelosi and Democrats make a fresh push for Biden to reconsider 2024 race ahead of convention
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former president Barack Obama has privately expressed concerns to Democrats about President Joe Biden's candidacy, and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately warned Biden that Democr...
Jul 18, 2024
Wildfire prompts evacuation orders near Spences Bridge, B.C., as hot spell continues
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued an evacuation order for 76 properties in the Venables Valley area north of Spences Bridge, B.C., due to the out-of-control Shetland Creek wildfire. The...
Jul 18, 2024
Quebec court rules against Concordia University's attempt to pause tuition hike
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has denied Concordia University's request to delay a controversial tuition hike for out-of-province and international students. Justice ric Dufour ruled on Jul...
Jul 18, 2024
