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Group promoting plant-based eating wants a new name for Macon Bacon baseball team
MACON, Ga. (AP) - A doctors' group that promotes plant-based eating and animal rights is makin' a fuss over the Macon Bacon baseball team. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has sent a ...
Jun 22, 2023
Winter cold snap in B.C. cut 2023 grape crop by up to 56 per cent: growers
KELOWNA, B.C. - Wine growers in British Columbia are calculating their losses from a bitter cold snap in the province last winter that has devastated vineyards. Industry representatives are at a Kelow...
Jun 22, 2023
House Republicans push off Biden impeachment move for now as hard-right clamors for action
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eager to impeach President Joe Biden, hard-right House Republicans forced a vote Thursday that sent the matter to congressional committees in a clear demonstration of the challenge t...
Jun 22, 2023
Liberal bill requiring Google and Meta to pay for news content passes in Senate
OTTAWA - A federal bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms is set to become law. The Senate has passed th...
Jun 22, 2023
Did initial delays in communication hamper tourist sub search?
BOSTON (AP) - Eight hours. And within them, many unanswered questions. About an hour and a half after it dipped below the North Atlantic, a submersible on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Tit...
Jun 22, 2023
Past deep sea rescues show the challenges of saving those on board
BOSTON (AP) - The desperate search for a submersible that disappeared while taking five people to view the Titanic wreckage has drawn attention to other deep-sea rescues. Those rescue efforts - from a...
Jun 22, 2023
WHL commissioner won’t return after 2023/2024 season
Ron Robison will not return as Western Hockey League (WHL) commissioner following the 2023/2024 season.That season will be Robison's 24th at the helm of the WHL.Born in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Robi...
Jun 22, 2023
Canada, United States expand agreement to help each other fight wildfires
OTTAWA - Canada and the United States are expanding an agreement to share people and equipment to fight wildfires. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and U.S. Ambassador David Cohen are sig...
Jun 22, 2023
Ottawa to host 2025 world junior hockey championship for first time in 16 years
OTTAWA - The world junior hockey championship is returning to the nation's capital. Hockey Canada has announced that Ottawa will host the tournament from Dec. 26, 2024 to Jan. 5, 2025. It will mark th...
Jun 22, 2023
'Debris field' found during search for missing Titanic submersible: U.S. Coast Guard
The search for a submersible carrying five people took a grim turn Thursday as the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that a "debris field" was discovered by a remotely operated vehicle near the wreck of the ...
Jun 22, 2023
