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Crucial B.C. election recounts won't start until Sunday afternoon
VICTORIA - Voting officials say recounts in two ridings that could determine the outcome of British Columbia's election won't start until Sunday afternoon. Elections BC says results of the Surrey City...
Oct 24, 2024
World champions St. Germain, Crawford headline Alpine Canada's 2024-25 team
CALGARY - World champions Laurence St. Germain and James Crawford headline Canada's alpine ski team as athletes prepare for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Alpine Canada named 53 athletes to its 2024-25 alp...
Oct 24, 2024
Eight-year-old 'beloved' giraffe dies at Greater Vancouver Zoo
LANGLEY, B.C. - The Greater Vancouver Zoo says one of its iconic animals, Jenga the giraffe, has died "far too soon." The zoo says in a statement that the eight-year-old male was seen found "peacefull...
Oct 24, 2024
A car bomb explodes outside a police station in western Mexico, wounding 3 officers
ACAMBARO, Mexico (AP) - A car bomb left outside a police station in the town of Acambaro in western Mexico has wounded three people, prosecutors in the violence-wracked state of Guanajuato said Thursd...
Oct 24, 2024
Raptors guard Quickley questionable vs. 76ers after hard fall in home opener
TORONTO - Immanuel Quickley is considered questionable for the Toronto Raptors' game tomorrow against the visiting Philadelphia 76ers. Quickley was leading Toronto's offence when Cleveland Cavaliers g...
Oct 24, 2024
Teenage surfer Erin Brooks making waves, moving up the world surfing ladder
Teenage surfer Erin Brooks really is riding the crest of a wave these days. Brooks, a wild-card entry, became the first Canadian woman to win on the World Surf League's elite Championship Tour, defeat...
Oct 24, 2024
President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize on Friday for the country's role in the Indian boarding school system, which devastated the lives of generations of Indigenou...
Oct 24, 2024
Prince Albert voters share why they support their chosen party
Both the SaskParty and the NDP have hosted rally events in Prince Albert this week with the two seats in the city, Carlton and Northcote, in a tight race between the two parties. Joyce Maier already c...
Oct 24, 2024
Questions about QB Tre Ford's future in Edmonton surface as Elks close out CFL season
EDMONTON - Tre Ford was supposed to be Edmonton's quarterback of the future. After this Friday's season finale against the Toronto Argonauts, he could very well be the quarterback of the Elks' past. T...
Oct 24, 2024
5 million adults without primary care, surgeries returning to normal: CIHI
TORONTO - A new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says 83 per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults withou...
Oct 24, 2024
