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'Geyser' in Montreal after major water main break floods streets and homes
MONTREAL - A break in a major underground water main near Montreal's Jacques Cartier Bridge sent water gushing down streets and inside homes on Friday morning, forcing the evacuation of nearby buildin...
Aug 16, 2024
Mediators to the Gaza War cease-fire talks say the two-day talks have wrapped up
JERUSALEM (AP) - Mediators to the Gaza War cease-fire talks said Friday the two-day talks wrapped up and they aim to reconvene in Cairo next week to seal a deal to stop the fighting. In a statement Fr...
Aug 16, 2024
RCMP investigating after three men with machetes break into Williams Lake home
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP are investigating an early morning break-in and assault in Williams Lake. At around 1:17 a.m. Thursday (Aug. 15), Williams Lake RCMP say officers were called to a home on Ca...
Aug 16, 2024
Winning ticket brews Kamloops couple a warm $500,000
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops couple can drink thousands of more cups of coffee thanks to a $500,000 Extra Prize win from the Aug. 3, 2024, Lotto 6/49 draw. In a news release issued Thursday (Aug. 15), Britis...
Aug 16, 2024
Urgent and primary care centre to open in Williams Lake in 2025
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC) is set to open in Williams Lake in early 2025. Interior Health says the Willams Lake UPCC at 47 Cameron St. will provide urgent and ep...
Aug 16, 2024
Canada women climb to No. 6 in new FIFA rankings in wake of scandal-ridden Olympics
The Canadian women, despite an Olympic spying scandal that cost the team its coach and a six-point penalty, have climbed two spots to No. 6 in the latest FIFA world rankings. Canada, which went to Par...
Aug 16, 2024
Ukrainian officials urge civilians to evacuate eastern town of Pokrovsk as Russian troops close in
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Military authorities in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk on Friday urged civilians to speed up their evacuation because the Russian army is quickly closing in on what has fo...
Aug 16, 2024
India to hold local polls in disputed Kashmir from Sept. 18, 5 years after revoking its autonomy
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - India on Friday announced three-phased assembly elections in disputed Kashmir that will start on Sept. 18, the first since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in 2019 stri...
Aug 16, 2024
In the news today: Residents set to return to Jasper townsite
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Residents set to return to Jasper townsite Some residents of the Municipality of Jasper are set to return to t...
Aug 16, 2024
Decision expected today in Jacob Hoggard's appeal of sexual assault conviction
TORONTO - Ontario's top court is expected to deliver its ruling today in the case of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, who is challenging his sexual assault conviction. Hoggard was found guilty in June...
Aug 16, 2024
