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Electoral reform, dinosaurs and 'spite': the 'Longest Ballot' protest, explained
OTTAWA - More than 200 candidates are running in the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection, though only a handful have the support of official parties. Most of the rest are linked to a protest movement tha...
Jul 29, 2025
Assisted-living facility where fire killed 10 temporarily lost certification for mistreatment
A Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fire killed 10 people earlier this month temporarily lost its certification nearly a decade ago due to resident mistreatment, according to state regula...
Jul 29, 2025
CF Montreal defender Joel Waterman fined by MLS
NEW YORK - CF Montreal defender Joel Waterman has been fined by Major League Soccer for violating the league's policy regarding simulation/embellishment. The amount of the fine was undisclosed. The in...
Jul 29, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith, minister call for separation referendum question be approved
Premier Danielle Smith and one of her ministers are calling on Alberta's electoral officer to reverse course and sign off on a proposed referendum question on separation, saying it shouldn't be held b...
Jul 29, 2025
Canadian O'Neill homers again as Orioles rout Blue Jays 16-4 in the opener of a doubleheader
BALTIMORE (AP) - Tyler O'Neill, of Maple Ridge, B.C., homered for a fourth straight game, and the Baltimore Orioles tied a major league record with five sacrifice flies on Tuesday in a 16-4 rout of th...
Jul 29, 2025
Reports: Former Canada coach Bev Priestman touted to take over Wellington Phoenix FC
WELLINGTON - Bev Priestman, who lost her job as Canada coach in the wake of the Paris Olympic drone-spying scandal, is set to take over the Wellington Phoenix FC women's team in New Zealand, according...
Jul 29, 2025
Attack on military base in Burkina Faso kills about 50 soldiers, residents say
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - An attack by an armed group on a military base in northern Burkina Faso has left about 50 soldiers dead, according to accounts by a community leader and a resident on Tuesday. Th...
Jul 29, 2025
Army firefighters arrive in Prince Albert as more evacuees prepare to head home
With a continent of Type 3 firefighters from the Canadian military arriving in northern Saskatchewan, some of the current evacuees are preparing to head home. Some military vehicles are already parked...
Jul 29, 2025
'Unbound by laws': B.C. court gives man 6 years for illegal sea cucumber fishing
NANAIMO - A British Columbia judge has sentenced a man with the longest record of Fisheries Act violations in Canadian history to six years in prison for "ravaging the ocean and flouting the law." Sco...
Jul 29, 2025
Katie Ledecky remains unbeatable in the 1,500 freestyle taking the title again at the worlds
SINGAPORE (AP) - Katie Ledecky has ceded a tiny bit of ground in other events, but she's still unbeatable in the 1,500-meter freestyle. She won it again Tuesday in the swimming world championships in ...
Jul 29, 2025
