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B.C. reports 661 new COVID-19 cases, seven additional deaths
VICTORIA - British Columbia officials reported 661 new cases of COVID-19 and seven more deaths on Wednesday. The Health Ministry says in a news release that from Sept. 7 to 13, people who were not ful...
Sep 15, 2021
Drugs, weapons seized in Salmon Arm arrest
A Salmon Arm man is facing a number of charges after being arrested with weapons and suspected drugs in his possession while unlawfully occupying a home.At 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2, Salmon Arm RCMP...
Sep 15, 2021
Robbie Ray fans 13; Bo Bichette drives in five as Blue Jays beat Rays 6-3
TORONTO - Bo Bichette knocked in five runs, and starter Robbie Ray struck out 13 to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-3 win in the rubber match against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday. Bichette slamme...
Sep 15, 2021
Toronto FC in search of answers after controversial call in loss to Inter Miami
Toronto FC GM Ali Curtis worked the phones Wednesday, trying to get an explanation for a disallowed goal in his club's controversial 1-0 loss to Inter Miami CF the night before. Curtis reached out to ...
Sep 15, 2021
Climate change cited as reason to deny injunction extension over logging in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - A lawyer representing a man opposed to the extension of an injunction against ongoing protests over old-growth logging says the B.C. Supreme Court should keep in mind public concerns o...
Sep 15, 2021
Climate change cited as reason to deny injunction extension over logging in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - A lawyer representing a man opposed to the extension of an injunction against ongoing protests over old-growth logging says the B.C. Supreme Court should keep in mind public concerns o...
Sep 15, 2021
Ex-House speaker settles child sexual abuse payments suit
YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Once powerful former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused him of child sexual abuse reached a tentative out-of-court settlement Wednesday over Hastert's refus...
Sep 15, 2021
Canadian featherweight T.J. (The Truth) Laramie to fight on UFC 268 undercard
Canadian featherweight T.J. (The Truth) Laramie will fight American Melsik (The Gun) Baghdasaryan on the undercard of UFC 268 on Nov. 6 at Madison Square Garden. Both fighters are graduates of Dana Wh...
Sep 15, 2021
States learning how many Afghan evacuees coming their way
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Wednesday began notifying governors and state refugee coordinators across the country about how many Afghan evacuees from among the first group of nearly ...
Sep 15, 2021
Refugee claimants take Safe Third Country Agreement appeal to Supreme Court
OTTAWA - Refugee claimants and their advocates are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review a decision that affirmed the constitutionality of a key pact between Ottawa and Washington on asylum see...
Sep 15, 2021
