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CF Montreal sending Mihailovic to Dutch club AZ Alkmaar
MONTREAL - Star midfielder Djordje Mihailovic will be leaving CF Montreal at the end of the Major League Soccer season. The team announced Wednesday that it has sold Mihailovic's playing rights to Dut...
Aug 24, 2022
Teen pilot sets age record for solo flight around world
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - A Belgian-British teenager became the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small aircraft after he landed on Wednesday in Bulgaria, where his global journey kicked ...
Aug 24, 2022
Local festival raises $3K for Victoria Hospital Foundation
The Victoria Hospital Foundation will receive thousands of dollars thanks to a recent music festival in the area.The Sunset Country Music Festival, a fundraising concert series, was held near MacDowel...
Aug 24, 2022
Hall of Fame Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson dies at 87
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson, whose unmistakable swagger in helping the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title earned him the nickname "Lenny the Cool," died...
Aug 24, 2022
Hall of Fame Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson dies at 87
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson, whose unmistakable swagger in helping the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title earned him the nickname "Lenny the Cool," died...
Aug 24, 2022
Biden announces nearly $3B in new military aid for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is sending $2.98 billion in new military aid to Ukraine that will enable forces there to fight for years to come. In a statement, Bide...
Aug 24, 2022
Finland's leader apologizes for party photo at summer home
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Finland's prime minister apologized after the publication of a photo that showed two women kissing and posing topless at the official summer residence of the country's leade...
Aug 24, 2022
Dropping mask requirements, Indigenous SCOC nominee speaks: In The News for Aug. 24
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Aug 24, 2022
First Indigenous Supreme Court nominee Michelle O'Bonsawin to speak to committee
OTTAWA - Michelle O'Bonsawin, the judge poised to become the first Indigenous justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, will speak at a parliamentary committee meeting this afternoon. Today's meeting wi...
Aug 24, 2022
Ukrainian Independence Day marked with exhibit showing life on front lines
OTTAWA - Ukraine's ambassador to Canada will today mark Ukraine's Independence Day with the launch of an immersive exhibition in Toronto created during the most violent phases of the war with Russia. ...
Aug 24, 2022
