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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu advances in preliminary election in her bid to win a second term
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a frequent target of the Trump administration, advanced in Tuesday's preliminary election in her bid to win a second term, setting herself up as the presumptive...
Sep 09, 2025
Practice evacuation drill for Magic and Wilden Estates
Magic Estates and Wilden Estates in Kelowna will be evacuated late next month as part of an emergency practice drill.The Kelowna Fire Department (KFD) and the City's Emergency Management Program are p...
Sep 09, 2025
Still no free veterans parking in Kelowna
Kelowna isn't yet ready to offer free on-street parking to military veterans as some other cities in British Columbia do.City council rejected a staff proposal to issue a daily, single-use virtual par...
Sep 09, 2025
Democrat James Walkinshaw wins US House special election in Virginia
Democrat James Walkinshaw, a politician with experience working on Capitol Hill, has won a special election to be the next U.S. House representative of the Virginia district home to the state's most p...
Sep 09, 2025
NHL CBA establishes a $4M annual fund for retired players' health care and wellness
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Beyond the noticeable changes in the new NHL collective bargaining agreement like expanding the regular season to 84 games and implementing a playoff salary cap is an investment in ca...
Sep 09, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Ottawa man confirmed dead in Lisbon streetcar crash
OTTAWA - An Ottawa man was among the tourists killed when a streetcar crashed in Lisbon earlier this month. A couple from Quebec had been identified earlier as among the 16 people killed in the accide...
Sep 09, 2025
Federal government says emails, phone numbers accessed in cyberattack
OTTAWA - The federal government says individuals' email addresses and phone numbers associated with Canada Revenue Agency, Employment and Social Development Canada and Canada Border Services Agency ac...
Sep 09, 2025
Eby doubles down on foreign worker program criticism as B.C. approvals drop sharply
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby is doubling down on his criticism of the temporary foreign worker program, calling out a Vancouver Starbucks and a Boston Pizza outlet in Richmond, B.C., ...
Sep 09, 2025
Israeli-Russian graduate student kidnapped in Iraq has been released, Trump and family say
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University who was kidnapped in Iraq has been released, according to her family and President Donald Trump. Elizabeth Tsurkov was f...
Sep 09, 2025
Chief Justice Roberts keeps in place Trump funding freeze that threatens billions in foreign aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily kept in place the Trump administration's decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid. Roberts acted on the administration's ...
Sep 09, 2025
