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Three Montreal subway stations closed for days or weeks for emergency repairs
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is being urged to increase its investment in public transit after three Montreal subway stations were forced to close suddenly on Thursday night for emergency repairs ...
Oct 04, 2024
Weary Vancouver Whitecaps must 'push, push, push' against Minnesota United: coach
VANCOUVER - Vanni Sartini admits a packed schedule has taken its toll on his Vancouver Whitecaps. The club is set to play its seventh game in 21 days across all competitions on Saturday. The stretch i...
Oct 04, 2024
Veteran defenceman Tyson Barrie extends NHL career with Calgary Flames
CALGARY - Veteran NHL defenceman Tyson Barrie says he gets to "keep the dream alive" now that he's under contract to the Calgary Flames. Barrie, a player with over 800 games of experience in the leagu...
Oct 04, 2024
Red Wings goalie Jack Campbell enters NHL/NHLPA player assistance program
TORONTO - Detroit Red Wings goalie Jack Campbell is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the league and union announced Sunday. Campbell will be away from the team indefinitely while he r...
Oct 04, 2024
Vancouver police boost presence at protests, schools for Oct. 7 anniversary
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say more officers will be deployed at what they call "strategic locations" including faith-based schools and places of worship leading up to Monday's one-year anniversa...
Oct 04, 2024
Police boosting presence in Montreal ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary of Israel-Hamas war
MONTREAL - Montreal police say they are increasing their presence across the city ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 start of the Israel-Hamas war. Deputy Chief Vincent Richer told report...
Oct 04, 2024
Work continues on alert system for missing Indigenous women: minister
WINNIPEG - The federal government says it's making progress on a pilot program for an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl is missing. The federal and Manitoba go...
Oct 04, 2024
PETERS: Four dogs will die and the owners responsible will get away with it
THE JUDGMENT ON THREE PIT BULLS who teamed up to kill a beloved 12-year-old collie on the North Shore last month has come down: guilty. The sentence? Death. And now anyone who gives a lick about anima...
Oct 04, 2024
First Nations leaders say Saskatchewan court workers sent home for orange shirts
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - Indigenous leaders say two staff at a Saskatchewan courthouse were told to go home and take off the orange shirts they wore for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The ...
Oct 04, 2024
Biden says he doesn't know whether Israel is holding up peace deal to influence 2024 US election
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden had terse words for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, and said he didn't know whether the Israeli leader was holding up a peace deal in order to influe...
Oct 04, 2024
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