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Wildfire devastates community of Monte Lake in B.C.'s southern Interior
MONTE LAKE, B.C. - Another British Columbia community has been devastated by a raging wildfire and more could be at risk from a blaze in the southern Interior between Kamloops and Vernon. Ken Gillis, ...
Aug 06, 2021
Springsteen, US team qualify for equestrian jumping final
TOKYO (AP) - Jessica Springsteen and the U.S. equestrian jumping team earned an encore performance in qualifying Friday night. Springsteen and gold medal-winning teammates Laura Kraut and McClain Ward...
Aug 06, 2021
Ed Sheeran to headline NFL's kickoff concert next month
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ed Sheeran will perform in a concert to kickoff the NFL season opener in Florida next month. The NFL announced Friday that Sheeran will headline a pregame concert Sept. 9 at Julian ...
Aug 06, 2021
Border workers start job action as contract negotiations continue: union
The union representing 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency workers says some job actions began Friday as bargaining with the government continued. "Our bargaining team representing CBSA employees has ...
Aug 06, 2021
Skateboarding at Olympics makes local impression
There have been plenty of new sports debuting at the Olympics this year, including karate, surfing, sport climbing and skateboarding.While Canada was not able to win a medal in skateboarding this year...
Aug 06, 2021
Canada's Moh Ahmed races to silver in 5,000 metres at Tokyo Games
TOKYO - Canada's Moh Ahmed has won a silver medal with a gutsy effort in the men's 5,000 metres at the Tokyo Olympics. Ahmed ran a fast final lap and challenged Joshua Cheptegei, the world record hold...
Aug 06, 2021
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Economy added 94,000 jobs in July
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added 94,000 jobs in July as restrictions meant to quell the COVID-19 pandemic were rolled back in many provinces. The unemployment rate was 7.5 per cent fo...
Aug 06, 2021
Good day on beach and courts for US women in Tokyo
TOKYO - American women had a good day at the beach and on the courts in Tokyo on Friday, with one Olympic gold medal won and a couple more set up for the taking. The United States beach volleyball tea...
Aug 06, 2021
Hezbollah says fired rockets after Israeli airstrikes
BEIRUT (AP) - The militant Hezbollah group said it fired a barrage of rockets near Israeli positions close to the Lebanese border on Friday, calling it retaliation for Israeli airstrikes on southern L...
Aug 06, 2021
No justification for stay of proceedings against Meng extradition: attorney general
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing Canada's attorney general says the United States has acted honourably in the extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Monika Rahman told a British Colu...
Aug 06, 2021
