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AP source: Browns QB Watson settles for 11-game suspension
Deshaun Watson has reached a settlement with the NFL and will serve an 11-game suspension and pay a $5 million fine rather than risk missing his first season as quarterback of the Cleveland Browns, a ...
Aug 18, 2022
Pope says not enough evidence to open sex assault probe against Quebec Cardinal
Pope Francis is declaring that there is not enough evidence to open a canonical investigation for sexual assault against Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet. The pontiff made the statement today through the ...
Aug 18, 2022
Elks running back James Wilder Jr. says his CFL season is over due to injury
EDMONTON - Running back James Wilder Jr. of the Edmonton Elks says his 2022 CFL season is over. Wilder Jr. wrote on his Instagram account that he's been told his '22 campaign is done and the only way ...
Aug 18, 2022
Final evacuation orders lifted in South Okanagan
KEREMEOS, B.C. - All of the evacuation orders connected to the Keremeos Creek Fire in the South Okanagan have now been rescinded.Residents from the final 25 properties who were ordered out more than t...
Aug 18, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Making civic voting easier might be bad for democracy
IT'S GETTING EASIER and easier to vote. With two months to go before this year's civic elections, voters have to begin keeping an eye on candidates and listening to what they say.Many, of course, won'...
Aug 18, 2022
Israel closes Palestinian rights groups it labeled terrorist
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israel raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it had previously designated as terrorist organizations, sealing entrance doors and leaving notices declarin...
Aug 18, 2022
80 years after Dieppe, postcards share stories of soldiers who died in deadly raid
Paris Eakins was 26 years old when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in November 1940 during the Second World War. He was born in Minnedosa, Man., where he lived until he attended the University ...
Aug 18, 2022
Quebec COVID-19 booster rates stay low as province launches new vaccination campaign
MONTREAL - As Quebec prepares to launch a provincewide COVID-19 vaccination campaign ahead of a potential new fall wave, it's unclear whether it will be enough to prompt a pandemic-weary public to rol...
Aug 18, 2022
Prime Minister travelling to Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula today
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is resuming his summer politicking tour today with a trip to Quebec's Gasp Peninsula. Trudeau is there to continue the summer meet and greets he started in July in other ...
Aug 18, 2022
Police: Death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing now 21
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan's capital said the toll from a mosque bombing rose Thursday to 21 people killed with 33 others wounded in the attack. Khalid Zadran,...
Aug 18, 2022
