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Winnipeg Blue Bombers to add colourful Tyrone Jones to Ring of Honour
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will add Tyrone Jones to their Ring of Honour posthumously. Jones, of St. Mary's, Ga. played a combined eight seasons over two tenures with Winnipeg, helping the f...
Jul 9, 2025
Defence expected to find operational savings even as budget balloons: Ottawa
OTTAWA - Ottawa is expecting national defence to find places to cut its day-to-day spending even as the department's overall budget balloons in the coming years. Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Cham...
Jul 9, 2025
Canadian middleweight Tamm Thibeault excited to be fighting at Madison Square Garden
No stranger to big fights as a two-time Olympian and former world amateur champion, Canadian boxer Tammara (Tamm) Thibeault looks forward to stepping into the ring Friday at Madison Square Garden. The...
Jul 9, 2025
Biden's former doctor refuses to answer questions in House Republican probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's former White House physician is refusing answer questions as part of the House Republican investigation into Biden's health in office. Dr. Kevin O'Connor invoke...
Jul 9, 2025
Thibault healthy, playing competitive golf again after scary on-course accident
Brigitte Thibault was practising for a mini-tour event outside Orlando, Fla., last December, when a recreational player on an adjacent hole shanked her hybrid off the fairway, firing the ball into the...
Jul 9, 2025
Demand from 'buy Canadian' movement pushes Purdys to move into grocer Save-On-Foods
Purdys Chocolatier says the buy Canadian movement has generated so much demand for its products that it decided to sell them outside its own stores for the first time in its 118-year history. The Vanc...
Jul 9, 2025
Three people seriously hurt after targeted assault at Calgary Stampede: Police
Calgary police say they are investigating after three people were seriously hurt in an assault at the Calgary Stampede. Police say they responded to reports of an assault just after 11 p.m. Tuesday ne...
Jul 9, 2025
Local realtors collecting food for people in need
A food drive organized by local real estate agents is returning.The North Okanagan Realtor Committee is bringing back it's Christmas in July Food Drive.The initiative was held in past years but was ha...
Jul 9, 2025
3 dead as flash flooding hits mountain village of Ruidoso in New Mexico, officials say
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Three people have died in a mountain village in southern New Mexico that is a popular summer retreat after monsoon rains triggered flash flooding that was so intense an entire ho...
Jul 9, 2025
Europe’s top human rights court finds Russia committed major international law violations in Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Europe's top human rights court said on Wednesday that Russia has violated international law in Ukraine, the first time an international court has found Moscow responsibl...
Jul 9, 2025
