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Number of active wildfires in B.C. jumps to 120, with half started in last 24 hours
The number of active wildfires in British Columbia continues to spike after high temperatures and lightning strikes this week, with about 120 blazes burning in the province. The BC Wildfire Service sa...
Aug 01, 2025
Seeking answers after 50 years: RCMP look for tips in disappearance of Hudson Bay teen
Hoping for a break in a 50-year-old case stemming from Hudson Bay. Irene Scherban, who was 16 years old at the time, was last seen in the early morning hours of Aug. 2, 1975, outside her family's home...
Aug 01, 2025
Days after its release, Ottawa calls report on lethal exports to Israel 'flawed'
OTTAWA - Ottawa is insisting it hasn't sent lethal weapons to Israel, days after the release of a report stating Israeli customs data indicates Canadian arms are still being exported there regularly. ...
Aug 01, 2025
Canada Super 60 league to make debut at Vancouver's B.C. Place Stadium
VANCOUVER - Cricket is coming to B.C. Place Stadium in the form of the Canada Super 60 tournament. The new league, which features the short-form 10-over version of the game, was originally set to laun...
Aug 01, 2025
Saskatoon's Tierney just misses podium in 200m backstroke at swimming worlds
SINGAPORE - Saskatoon's Blake Tierney finished fourth in the men's 200-metre backstroke at the world swimming championships on Friday. Tierney finished with a time of one minute 55.09 seconds, 47 hund...
Aug 01, 2025
Appeals court in Bosnia confirms sentence for Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - An appeals court in Bosnia confirmed Friday an earlier court ruling that sentenced the pro-Russia Bosnian Serb president, Milorad Dodik, to one year in prison and b...
Aug 01, 2025
Top EU court rules that soccer governing body FIFA’s decisions can be challenged outside Switzerland
BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union's top court ruled on Friday that the decisions of world soccer's governing body FIFA can be challenged outside Switzerland, opening up a system that currently binds ...
Aug 01, 2025
Top EU court rules that soccer governing body FIFA’s decisions can be challenged outside Switzerland
BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union's top court ruled on Friday that the decisions of world soccer's governing body FIFA can be challenged outside Switzerland, opening up a system that currently binds ...
Aug 01, 2025
In the news today: Canada hit with 35 per cent tariffs
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada hit with 35 per cent tariffs Canada was hit with 35 per cent tariffs on Friday after U.S. President Don...
Aug 01, 2025
Union vote on Canada Post contract offer set to wrap up Friday afternoon
OTTAWA - Unionized workers at Canada Post are entering their final day to vote on the Crown corporation's latest contract offer. Voting is set to wrap up today at 5 p.m., with results expected to be s...
Aug 01, 2025
