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Vernon businesses evacuated after possible gas leak
VERNON, B.C. - Crews have closed off access to 34th Street and 31st Avenue in Vernon after an SUV hit the gas lines at the back of the Surplus Herby's building.Patients and staff were asked by police ...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: Beach Radio News
Land developer, Montreal baseball investors reach deal on potential stadium site
MONTREAL - Stephen Bronfman-owned Claridge Investments and real estate development firm Devimco have reached an agreement to develop a plot of land for sale known as the Peel Basin, where a group comm...
May 22, 2019
Top soldier acknowledges handling of Afghan memorial 'hit a nerve;' vows access
TORONTO - Canada's top soldier acknowledges that last week's unveiling of the Kandahar memorial without the families of dead soldiers present hit a nerve. Gen. Jonathan Vance, chief of the d...
May 22, 2019
Iowa governor blocks bill aimed at stopping anti-Trump suits
DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds vetoed a measure Wednesday intended to stop the state's Democratic attorney general from filing or joining lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump's polic...
May 22, 2019
Donald Trump Jr. has book out later this year
NEW YORK - Donald Trump Jr. has a book coming out later this year featuring his "views and perspectives" on the political scene and his father's presidency. Centre Street, an imprint of Hachette Book ...
May 22, 2019
Margaret Trudeau to stage three-night run of autobiographical show in Montreal
MONTREAL - Margaret Trudeau is bringing her autobiographical one-woman show to Montreal this summer. The performance titled "Certain Woman of an Age" will have a three-night run at the Just For Laughs...
May 22, 2019
Canadian Rebecca Marino heading to second round of French Open qualifying
PARIS - Canada's Rebecca Marino has advanced to the second round of French Open women's singles qualifying. The Vancouver native ousted France's Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5 in the first ...
May 22, 2019
IIHF suspends Canada's Mantha one game for hit to head, will miss quarterfinal
Canada will be without its leading scorer when it takes on Switzerland on Thursday in quarterfinal action at the world hockey championship in Slovakia. The International Ice Hockey Federation has susp...
May 22, 2019
5th migrant child dies after detention by US border agents
HOUSTON - A 16-year-old Guatemala migrant who died Monday in U.S. custody had been held by immigration authorities for six days - twice as long as federal law generally permits - then transferred him ...
May 22, 2019
Pro women hockey players form union in step toward league
More than 200 of the world's top women's hockey players have formed a union, saying they must "stand together" if there is to be a sustainable professional league. The Professional Women's Hockey Play...
May 22, 2019
