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Drone strike in Israel wounds almost 40 as Hezbollah is blamed
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli rescue services say almost 40 people have been wounded in a drone strike in the central city of Binyamina, three of them critically. The Hezbollah militant gro...
Oct 13, 2024
Canada's Olivia Smith scores historic goal for Liverpool women at storied Anfield
LIVERPOOL - Canadian international Olivia Smith made history in a losing cause Sunday, scoring the first-ever goal for the Liverpool women at storied Anfield. The 20-year-old from Whitby, Ont., outpac...
Oct 13, 2024
Eby makes plea to Green voters to support NDP to help keep Conservatives from office
SQUAMISH, B.C. - New Democrat Leader David Eby is asking potential Green voters in British Columbia's Oct. 19 election to support his party instead to help keep John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives out of...
Oct 13, 2024
Liberals appoint Andrew Bevan as campaign head amid talk of MP revolt against Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the Liberal Party's new campaign chair, as some MPs reportedly band together to ask their leader to step down. Trudeau and the party say Andrew Bev...
Oct 13, 2024
US will send an air defense battery and American troops to Israel to bolster defenses against Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery and troops to Israel, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military for...
Oct 13, 2024
Bill Vigars, campaign manager for Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, dies at 78
Bill Vigars, who led the promotion of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope in 1980, has died at the age of 78.His wife, Sherry MacDonald, confirmed the news in an interview, saying Vigars died of congestive h...
Oct 13, 2024
US will send an air defense battery and American troops to Israel to bolster defenses against Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery and troops to Israel, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military for...
Oct 13, 2024
Man dead after stabbing on downtown Montreal metro station platform
MONTREAL - Montreal police say a man is dead following a fatal altercation on a downtown metro station platform late Saturday. Const. Jean-Pierre Brabant says a 37-year-old man was stabbed in the uppe...
Oct 13, 2024
First Canada senior call-up a real homecoming for teenage defender Jamie Knight-Lebel
TORONTO - Jamie Knight-Lebel's first Canada senior call-up has proved to be a real homecoming. Knight-Lebel was five when his family moved from Montreal to England, where he now plays his club footbal...
Oct 13, 2024
Nationwide recall issued for seasoned chicken and mushroom pasta sauce
A nationwide recall has been issued for the Rana brand Tagliatelle Seasoned White Chicken & Mushroom Sauce due to possible listeria contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says consumer...
Oct 13, 2024