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Judge releases on bail the Turkish Tufts University student who was detained by ICE
A federal judge in Vermont on Friday released on bail a Turkish Tufts University student detained in a Louisiana immigration center more than six weeks after she was arrested while walking along a str...
May 9, 2025
Police arrest 21-year-old in two unsolved murders in Vancouver and Surrey, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a two-year investigation in partnership with the province's homicide investigation team has led to the arrest of a suspect in two unsolved murders. They say an 18-y...
May 9, 2025
Okanagan's unemployment rate rose in April
April saw the regional unemployment rate increase.Statistics Canada said the Thompson-Okanagan economic region, which includes Vernon, had an unadjusted unemployment rate of 6.4 per cent in the latest...
May 9, 2025
Kelowna honours community leaders at 50th annual Civic and Community Awards
Kelowna residents came together at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort to celebrate the city's top volunteers, athletes, artists and community organizations during the 50th annual Civic and Community Awar...
May 9, 2025
Canadian researchers reach 'major milestone' in search for ALS treatment
TORONTO - Standing in an MRI control room packed with fellow ALS researchers, Dr. Lorne Zinman excitedly points to the brain scan on his phone. There's a white spot on the image, right where Bill Tray...
May 9, 2025
Lithuania's Vilius Gaubus ousts Canadian Denis Shapovalov from Italian Open
ROME - Lithuania's Vilius Gaubus upset 27th-seeded Canadian Denis Shapovalov in straight sets Friday at the Italian Open tennis tournament. Gaubus won the second-round singles match 6-3, 6-4. Shapoval...
May 9, 2025
Cineplex CEO optimistic about near-term future of movie business despite tariff talk
TORONTO - Just days after U.S. President Donald Trump started making threats to impose 100 per cent tariffs on foreign-made films, the head of Canada's biggest cinema chain surprisingly had some pep i...
May 9, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney to unveil his new cabinet on Tuesday morning
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil his new cabinet at a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall at 10:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday. After winning the Liberal leadership in March, Carney swiftly...
May 9, 2025
Toronto FC defender Nicksoen Gomis undergoes surgery to repair Achilles tendon
TORONTO - There was more bad news on the injury front for Toronto FC on Friday with word that defender Nicksoen Gomis had undergone surgery to repair his Achilles tendon. Toronto said Gomis, who went ...
May 9, 2025
NDP talking to the Carney government about getting official party status: Davies
OTTAWA - Interim NDP leader Don Davies says his party is in "very early" discussions with the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney about being granted official party status in the House of Commons...
May 9, 2025
