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Ex-Ajax and Manchester United goalie Van der Sar leaves intensive care after bleed around his brain
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Former Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been released from an intensive care unit in a Dutch hospital and hopes to return home next week as he recovers from a bleed around...
Jul 18, 2023
In Ukraine, a family's ordeal to identify and honor a veteran killed in Bucha ends after 16 months
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) - The Ukrainian veteran's gravestone carries his photograph and birthday, but the date Roman Shadlovskyi died is a broad estimate: March 2022, the month Russian forces brutally kil...
Jul 18, 2023
Drones, ATVs hamper B.C.'s wildfire fighting efforts during record-breaking season
Firefighters battling hundreds of blazes in British Columbia say they've been facing more than the usual obstacles, blaming members of the public for interfering with operations. The BC Wildfire Servi...
Jul 18, 2023
House Republicans tee up a vote on support for Israel after Democrat's comments about 'racist' state
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House will vote Tuesday on a Republican-led resolution reaffirming support for Israel, an implicit rebuke of a leading Democrat who, over the weekend, called the country a "racis...
Jul 18, 2023
Lyon's American owner John Textor hits back after French soccer watchdog limits transfer business
PARIS (AP) - Lyon owner John Textor has attacked a decision by French football's financial watchdog to monitor the club's transfer activities this season. The American businessman, who also has stakes...
Jul 18, 2023
Sask. brings home four medals after Day One of competition at North American Indigenous Games
Saskatchewan has claimed four medals after day one of the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in Halifax.All four of those medals came in the women's canoe/kayak events, including a gold for Elena ...
Jul 18, 2023
Charged up: report says Canada's looming power problem is massive, not insurmountable
OTTAWA - Canada must build more electricity generation in the next 25 years than it has over the last century in order to support a net-zero emissions economy by 2050, according to a new report from t...
Jul 18, 2023
Crown seeks acquittal of two men convicted in 1973 killing in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The Crown is seeking the acquittal of two First Nations men convicted of killing a restaurant worker in Winnipeg a half-century ago. Crown attorney Michelle Jules said Tuesday the Manitoba ...
Jul 18, 2023
Ottawa gives $212M funding boost for housing asylum seekers
Ottawa is putting $212 million more toward interim housing for people claiming asylum in Canada, including about $97 million for Toronto, where a shelter system at capacity has forced people to sleep ...
Jul 18, 2023
Saskatchewan government releases recommendations from review of Prince Albert police
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government has released the recommendations from an investigation into Prince Albert police amid ongoing concerns from Indigenous leaders over how the force han...
Jul 18, 2023
