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The death toll from a South Africa gas leak blamed on illegal gold processing has risen to 17
BOKSBURG, South Africa (AP) - The death toll from a toxic gas leak that authorities blamed on an illegal gold processing operation in South Africa rose to 17, including three children, as police remov...
Jul 06, 2023
Injury-riddled Riders ready to rumble with Elks
Logan Bandy is once again being called upon to anchor the Saskatchewan Roughriders' offensive line.The 24-year-old, who had to play guard for most of the Riders' 29-26 win over the Calgary Stampeders ...
Jul 06, 2023
Missing 2-year-old girl is found dead in Detroit, after her disappearance sparked massive search
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A missing 2-year-old girl was found dead in Detroit on Wednesday, authorities announced, three days after her disappearance sparked a massive search. Wynter Cole Smith's body was...
Jul 06, 2023
Prepping the body for the bucking; more rodeo athletes buckle down
CALGARY - Coy Robbins once thought running long distances was good training for riding a bull. When he attended a spring training camp organized by the Canadian Pro Rodeo Sport Medicine Team, the 24-y...
Jul 06, 2023
In the news today: Canada melts under heat wave, 10 years since Lac-Mégantic disaster
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Extreme heat warnings remain across Canada... Southern parts of Ontario and Que...
Jul 06, 2023
Wagner chief Prigozhin is in Russia, president of Belarus says
MINSK, Belarus (AP) - The president of Belarus says Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is in St. Petersburg and his Wagner troops have remained at the camps they stayed in before an attempted m...
Jul 06, 2023
Work just beginning for the point man of new women's professional hockey league
A league name and logo, cities where teams will be located and a game schedule top Stan Kasten's to-do list. The Los Angeles Dodgers' president, whose boss and Dodgers owner Mark Walter is the financi...
Jul 06, 2023
Warnings remain from coast to coast as parts of Canada swelter under heat wave
TORONTO - Several parts of Canada continue to swelter under intense heat, prompting weather alerts. Southern parts of Ontario and Quebec are entering the third day of a multi-day heat event that Envir...
Jul 06, 2023
Canada, U.S., Mexico gather in Cancun to talk North American trade irritants
WASHINGTON - North America's trading partners are in Cancun for two days of meetings to take stock of the last three years under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. International Trade Minister Mary Ng ...
Jul 06, 2023
For third day, it was the hottest day on Earth, as global temperature matches record set Tuesday
Earth's average temperature remained at a record high Wednesday, after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records. It's the latest marker in a series of climate-change-driven extremes. Th...
Jul 05, 2023
