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Toronto FC gets Laryea back but no firm word on Insigne's availability for D.C. game
Toronto FC gets Richie Laryea back after a three-month injury absence but Lorenzo Insigne's status is uncertain ahead of Saturday's game at D.C. United. Insigne missed Wednesday's scoreless draw in Ph...
May 31, 2024

Serial killer Robert Pickton dies following prison assault
QUBEC - Serial killer Robert Pickton has died after he was assaulted in prison earlier this month, Quebec provincial police and Correctional Service Canada say. The correctional service says Pickton, ...
May 31, 2024

Vernon project will shut down part of road for summer
Part of 32nd Avenue in Vernon's East Hill neighbourhood will be closed for several months for the next phase of a city road project.The reconstruction of 32nd Avenue, between 15th and 18th Streets nea...
May 31, 2024

Woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring to murder Connecticut mom
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - A woman convicted of helping her boyfriend plot and cover up the murder of his estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos, during contentious divorce and child custody proceedings in Connec...
May 31, 2024

Yuka Saso and Minjee Lee set a target below par at tough Women's Open
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Minjee Lee and Yuka Saso, recent champions of the strongest test of golf, set the target Friday morning with a few mistakes, a few birdies and a steady diet of pars to share the ...
May 31, 2024

NBA's Mavs and NHL's Stars chase a Dallas double with their deepest playoff run together
DALLAS (AP) - Dereck Lively II of the Dallas Mavericks tossed the question back at the reporter when the rookie centre was asked if he knew why so many fans shouted "Stars" during the national anthem ...
May 31, 2024

UVA to pay $9 million related to shooting that killed 3 football players, wounded 2 students
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students, a lawyer repre...
May 31, 2024

US leaders invite Israel's Netanyahu to deliver an address to Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top U.S. leaders have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address to Congress, a show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting political ...
May 31, 2024

'Surely the dumbest': Tories, NDP sling mud amid squabbles over Speakers' neutrality
A third member of the House of Commons leadership team is in the hot seat as accusations fly over allegedly partisan online posts featuring MPs who sit in the Speaker's chair. The squabbles over chair...
May 31, 2024

Judge approves settlement agreement for Nova Scotia's Northern Pulp mill
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has approved a settlement agreement between the owners of the Northern Pulp mill and the Nova Scotia government. The agreement is the result of a cou...
May 31, 2024

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