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Canada's Bennett wins second Paralympic swim gold, Reid earns silver
PARIS - Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett is a double gold medallist at the Paralympic Games. The 20-year-old from Parksville, B.C., won the men's 200-metre individual medley in Paralympic record time...
Sep 04, 2024
Veteran BC United legislator Mike Bernier to run as independent in fall election
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - Veteran British Columbia legislator Mike Bernier will run in the fall provincial election as an independent instead of joining several former BC United candidates in running under...
Sep 04, 2024
Police investigate two serious incidents near downtown Vancouver theatre
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say extra officers are patrolling an area of downtown after two serious incidents this morning that may be linked. Police say in a post on social media platform X, formerl...
Sep 04, 2024
Veteran BC United legislator Mike Bernier to run as independent in fall election
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - Veteran British Columbia legislator Mike Bernier will run in the fall provincial election as an independent instead of joining several former BC United candidates in running under...
Sep 04, 2024
The US is preparing to accuse Russia of disinformation campaigns targeting the presidential election
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is preparing Wednesday to accuse Russia of disinformation campaigns targeting the presidential election, according to three people familiar with the matter. ...
Sep 04, 2024
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh making an announcement today at 1 p.m. ET
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is scheduled to make an announcement today at 1 p.m. ET. Singh is just days away from meeting with his caucus for a retreat in Montreal to plot strategy for the comin...
Sep 04, 2024
Quebec 'superminister' Pierre Fitzgibbon says drop in motivation is why he's leaving
MONTREAL - Quebec "superminister" Pierre Fitzgibbon says he is leaving office because he lost motivation to do the job. Fitzgibbon, who held the economy and energy portfolios, told reporters in Rimous...
Sep 04, 2024
The US is preparing to accuse Russia of disinformation campaigns targeting the presidential election
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is preparing to accuse Russia of disinformation campaigns targeting the presidential election. That's according to two people familiar with an upcoming annou...
Sep 04, 2024
Vancouver home sales fall 17% in August despite interest rate cuts: board
VANCOUVER - Greater Vancouver Realtors says home sales in the region dropped 17.1 per cent in August from a year earlier and were more than a quarter below the 10-year seasonal average. The real estat...
Sep 04, 2024
Mexico's Congress advances contentious bill to make all judges run for election
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The lower house of Mexico's Congress approved contentious legislation Wednesday that would launch the most sweeping judicial overhaul of the century by requiring all judges to stand...
Sep 04, 2024
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