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US set to ease travel restrictions on African leader accused of corruption
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is set to give an African leader accused of pilfering his impoverished country's resources to feed a lifestyle of luxury cars, mansions and superyachts a tem...
Sep 05, 2025
NYC Mayor Eric Adams insists he's sticking with his reelection bid
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City Mayor Eric Adams insisted again Friday that he won't end his reelection campaign, stressing that he will remain in the race as reports swirl that he's been approached abo...
Sep 05, 2025
Bail decision next week for alleged smugglers arrested at Quebec-U.S. border
Three men charged with human smuggling after 44 migrants were found crammed inside a cube van in southern Quebec will find out next week if they'll be granted bail. Lawyers for Ogulcan Mersin, Dogan A...
Sep 05, 2025
Hurricane Kiko surges back to a Category 4 as forecasters monitor potential impacts on Hawaii
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Kiko intensified again to a Category 4 hurricane on Friday in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said. Kiko had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph) and th...
Sep 05, 2025
Filipino BC calls for more support responding to 'social disaster' of festival attack
VANCOUVER - The organizer of the Vancouver street festival where 11 people were killed in a vehicle-ramming attack last spring says the tragedy continues to reverberate through the community, and it n...
Sep 05, 2025
Filipino BC calls for more support responding to 'social disaster' of festival attack
VANCOUVER - The organizer of the Vancouver street festival where 11 people were killed in a vehicle-ramming attack last spring says the tragedy continues to reverberate through the community, and it n...
Sep 05, 2025
Ambulance service liable after man dies of nut allergy after hospital transfer delay
MONTREAL - A Quebec ambulance service is on the hook for $442,000 in damages for not following protocols, leading to the death of an 18-year-old man after a reaction to a nut allergy. Urgences-sant wa...
Sep 05, 2025
Vancouver Island police say man, 19, drowns in Upper Thetis Lake
VIEW ROYAL - An RCMP underwater recovery team has been sent to Upper Thetis Lake on southern Vancouver Island to help find the body of a 19-year-old man. Police say witnesses reported the man going un...
Sep 05, 2025
Coquihalla reopened, wildfire still burning
The highway connecting the Interior with the coast has reopened.The province said the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt reopened in both directions around 12:20 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5.The high...
Sep 05, 2025
Judge blocks administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1 million Venezuelans and Haitians
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge on Friday ruled against the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the ...
Sep 05, 2025
