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Canada confirms it pulled diplomats' kids out of Israel as fear of broader war builds
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says it decided to pull its diplomats' children and their guardians out of Israel, amid fears over an expanded Mideast war. Global Affairs Canada says it has approved ...
Aug 7, 2024
Minister delays appointment of new human-rights commissioner after independent review
OTTAWA - After an independent review, Justice Minister Arif Virani announced Wednesday that Birju Dattani has agreed not to begin his appointment as chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Com...
Aug 7, 2024
Blair announces CFB Esquimalt military housing project, 480 single-occupancy rooms
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - National Defence Minister Bill Blair says British Columbia's CFB Esquimalt will be the site of a new 480-room military housing project. The minister was at the Victoria-area naval ba...
Aug 7, 2024
Texas man who claimed intellectual disability is executed for 1997 killing of female jogger
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas man who claimed an intellectual disability in a late attempt at a reprieve was executed Wednesday evening for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston h...
Aug 7, 2024
Utility worker injured in shooting in rural area east of Calgary, another person dead
ROCKY VIEW, Alta. - Mounties say the rural roadside shooting that left one worker wounded and a second person dead was not targeted. RCMP Staff Sgt. Mark Wielgosz made the statement in an investigatio...
Aug 7, 2024
1 of last GOP congressmen who voted to impeach Trump advances in Washington’s US House race
SEATTLE (AP) - One of the last remaining U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump and a candidate endorsed by the former president have advanced in Tuesday's primary to the general ele...
Aug 7, 2024
La Ronge slo-pitch players win gold in Martensville
A group of women from La Ronge, Prince Albert and the Saskatoon area won gold medals at the SPN 2024 National Championship last weekend in Martensville. The Dirty Diamond Divas went undefeated after s...
Aug 7, 2024
Candle Lake man proud of Olympian grandson
A former mayor of Candle Lake says it's not everyday you get to see a family member play at such a high level of sporting event.John Quinn's grandson Trey Lyles played for the Canadian men's basketbal...
Aug 7, 2024
Canada's Marina Stakusic wins National Bank Open debut; Rebecca Marino eliminated
TORONTO - Marina Stakusic has advanced to the second round of the National Bank Open. The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., came back to defeat Russia's Erika Andreeva 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday...
Aug 7, 2024
Rinse and repeat: Calgarians back to water restriction as new pipe problems found
CALGARY - Residents in Calgary and surrounding communities, fresh off having to conserve water for weeks due to a water main break, are soon going to have to do it all over again. Mayor Jyoti Gondek s...
Aug 7, 2024
