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The death toll in Lebanon crosses 3,000 in the 13-month Israel-Hezbollah war, Health Ministry says
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's Health Ministry said more than 3,000 people have been killed during 13 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. At least 13,492 have been injured. Hezbollah began firin...
Nov 04, 2024
Sports betting roundup: NFL and college football were all about the favourites
The past weekend of football was all about the favourites. The favoured teams went 13-1 straight up and 10-4 against the spread in the NFL. In college football, the three most teams bet at the BetMGM ...
Nov 04, 2024
Former winners Kyle Bekker, Tristan Borges among finalists for CPL top player award
Previous winners Kyle Bekker and Tristan Borges are among the five finalists for the Canadian Premier League's Player of the Year award. Bekker, who won in 2020 and was also a finalist in 2019 and '23...
Nov 04, 2024
Trucking, construction expect 'labour crisis' with new temporary worker rules
OTTAWA - Dominique Lamothe said the trucking firm she works for will be in trouble once new rules for high-wage temporary foreign workers take effect on Friday. Groupe Nadeau, a Quebec-based trucking ...
Nov 04, 2024
Jacques Villeneuve calls thieves of late father's bronze monument soulless idiots
MONTREAL - Jacques Villeneuve, the son of late Canadian Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, is lashing out at thieves who stole a bronze statue of his father from outside a Quebec museum in his hono...
Nov 04, 2024
Jacques Villeneuve calls thieves of late father's bronze monument soulless idiots
MONTREAL - Jacques Villeneuve, the son of late Canadian Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, is lashing out at thieves who stole a bronze statue of his father from outside a Quebec museum in his hono...
Nov 04, 2024
Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. named finalist for Silver Slugger award
NEW YORK - Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was named a finalist for an American League Silver Slugger Award on Monday. Guerrero, who hit 30 homers and drove in 103 runs last season, wa...
Nov 04, 2024
Quebec plans to force new doctors to stay in the province and work in public system
MONTREAL - The provincial government says it will force new doctors trained in Quebec to work in the province's public health-care system for the first years of their practice. Health Minister Christi...
Nov 04, 2024
Little Hearts, Little Lungs: Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Radiothon set for Nov. 5 - 6
It's become Saskatchewan's largest annual maternal and pediatric fundraiser. On Nov. 5th and 6th, Pattison Media radio stations from Prince Albert, Melfort, Battlefords and Meadow Lake will join more ...
Nov 04, 2024
'The best that we can be': Indigenous judge and TRC chair Murray Sinclair dies at 73
Murray Sinclair, who was born when Indigenous people did not yet have the right to vote, grew up to become one of the most decorated and influential people to work in Indigenous justice and advocacy.A...
Nov 04, 2024