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Canada's Greg Stewart repeats as Paralympic Games shot put champion
PARIS - Canada's Greg Stewart has won a Paralympic Games gold medal in shot put. The 38-year-old from Kamloops, B.C., threw a distance of 16.38 metres to win the men's F46 class at the Stade de France...
Sep 04, 2024
Canada's Nathan Clement captures Paralympic cycling silver in time trial
PARIS - Canadian cyclist Nathan Clement has won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris. The 29-year-old from West Vancouver, B.C., was second in the men's time trial. Clement held the second-...
Sep 04, 2024
Golden Greg, again: Stewart of Kamloops wins second straight Paralympic gold medal in men's F46 shotput
PARIS - Greg Stewart of Kamloops has gone back-to-back. The 7-foot-2 Kamloops Track and Field Club athlete won the gold medal in the men's F46 shotput event at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris with ...
Sep 04, 2024
South Korea says North Korea has again launched suspected trash-carrying balloons across the border
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea says it has detected suspected trash-carrying balloons launched by North Korea, in the latest round of a Cold War-style psychological warfare between the war-divi...
Sep 04, 2024
Failures by UK government and industry made London high-rise a 'death trap' in Grenfell Tower fire
LONDON (AP) - A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire says decades of failures by government, regulators and industry turned Grenfell Tower into a "death trap" where 72 people lost their li...
Sep 04, 2024
Migrant boat seen trying to make an apparent crossing of English Channel a day after 12 people died
WIMEREUX, France (AP) - Just a day after 12 migrants died in a failed attempted crossing of the English Channel, another boat carrying several dozen people appears to be making another attempt from no...
Sep 04, 2024
Migrant boat seen trying to make an apparent crossing of English Channel a day after 12 people died
WIMEREUX, France (AP) - Just a day after 12 migrants died in a failed attempted crossing of the English Channel, another boat carrying several dozen people appears to be making another attempt from no...
Sep 04, 2024
In the news today: BoC set to announce interest rate cut today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Bank of Canada set to announce third consecutive interest rate cut today The Bank of Canada will announce its ...
Sep 04, 2024
Diet, demographics behind late-summer wasp outbreak on Prairies
EDMONTON - Audric Moses has seen a few late-summer wasp outbreaks around his Edmonton home over the past seven years, but nothing like what he saw last week. "My wife said, 'Hey, come on out here. You...
Sep 04, 2024
Trudeau should step down to prevent Poilievre from winning election: LGBTQ+ activists
LGBTQ+ activists say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's pledge to remain the Liberal leader through to the next election, despite dwindling public support, is putting them at risk. Queer advocates say a ...
Sep 04, 2024
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