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B.C. judge orders limit in tailingsdam deposits at Mount Polleymine
The Supreme Court in British Columbia has ordered that the Mount Polley mine limit the tailings it can deposit into its storage facility while a First Nation challenges an addition to the dam in court...
May 09, 2025
FIFA confirms Women's World Cup will increase to 48 teams in 2031 when US is expected to host
ZURICH (AP) - The Women's World Cup will increase to 48 teams in 2031 when the United States is expected to host the tournament, FIFA confirmed Friday. FIFA has wanted to expand the women's tournament...
May 09, 2025
Sidney Crosby named Canada's captain at world hockey championship
STOCKHOLM - Sidney Crosby is once again taking up the mantle of Captain Canada. The Pittsburgh Penguins superstar from Cole Harbour, N.S., has been named captain of Canada's team at the world hockey c...
May 09, 2025
Pakistan postpones its T20 cricket tournament because of concerns over conflict with India
ISLAMABAD (AP) - The Pakistan Cricket Board postponed its Pakistan Super League on Friday following rising military tensions between India and Pakistan. "Cricket, while being a unifying force and a so...
May 09, 2025
Pakistan postpones its T20 cricket tournament because of concerns over conflict with India
ISLAMABAD (AP) - The Pakistan Cricket Board postponed its Pakistan Super League on Friday following rising military tensions between India and Pakistan. "Cricket, while being a unifying force and a so...
May 09, 2025
Tŝilhqot'in National Government to provide child and family services to its community
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A First Nation near Williams Lake has reached a landmark deal with the federal government to take over providing child and family services to its community. The Tilhqot'in Nation...
May 09, 2025
Judge releases on bail the Turkish Tufts University student who was detained by ICE
A federal judge in Vermont on Friday released on bail a Turkish Tufts University student detained in a Louisiana immigration center more than six weeks after she was arrested while walking along a str...
May 09, 2025
Police arrest 21-year-old in two unsolved murders in Vancouver and Surrey, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a two-year investigation in partnership with the province's homicide investigation team has led to the arrest of a suspect in two unsolved murders. They say an 18-y...
May 09, 2025
Lithuania's Vilius Gaubus ousts Canadian Denis Shapovalov from Italian Open
ROME - Lithuania's Vilius Gaubus upset 27th-seeded Canadian Denis Shapovalov in straight sets Friday at the Italian Open tennis tournament. Gaubus won the second-round singles match 6-3, 6-4. Shapoval...
May 09, 2025
Cineplex CEO optimistic about near-term future of movie business despite tariff talk
TORONTO - Just days after U.S. President Donald Trump started making threats to impose 100 per cent tariffs on foreign-made films, the head of Canada's biggest cinema chain surprisingly had some pep i...
May 09, 2025
