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Canadian Championship pits Whitecaps against Pacific FC in inaugural B.C. derby
VANCOUVER - Winning a Canadian Championship has become a fixation for head coach Marc Dos Santos and his Vancouver Whitecaps. It's been seven years since the club hoisted the Voyagers Cup, and the lac...
Aug 25, 2021

Alberta, Saskatchewan not planning to follow B.C. and Manitoba on broad mask mandates
EDMONTON - Alberta and Saskatchewan say they are not planning to follow broad mask mandates announced this week by neighbouring western provinces. Manitoba and British Columbia are reintroducing mask ...
Aug 25, 2021

Sask Polytechnic and U-Sask draw line in sand on vaccination
Universities across the country are starting to unveil their plans for the school year ahead, and most of them include some form of vaccine requirement. This will be true for both the University of Sa...
Aug 25, 2021

Yukon to end COVID-19 state of emergency, warns of Delta threat
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's premier says the territory will lift its civil state of emergency put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sandy Silver says certain health measures, like mask-wearing and physi...
Aug 25, 2021

Jewish Liberal candidates, Singh face racist attacks during election campaign
OTTAWA - Liberal candidate Anthony Housefather says another 20 of his election posters were found Tuesday with swastikas drawn on them. The posters of Housefather and Liberal candidate Rachel Bendayan...
Aug 25, 2021

Eagle Point Classic open to all paddlers this Saturday
Organizers are hopeful up to 30 racers will compete in the 27th annual Eagle Point Classic this Saturday.Pimiskatan Canoe Club member Warren Kelly expects the event will even lure some racers from Sou...
Aug 25, 2021

Charleston church shooter's death sentence upheld
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction and sentence of a man on federal death row for the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congre...
Aug 25, 2021

Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail
OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the federal election campaign on Aug. 15. Liberals Aug. 25: Raise...
Aug 25, 2021

Prosecutor: South Dakota AG to take plea deal in fatal crash
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg will avoid a trial and take a plea deal for misdemeanor traffic charges in a crash last year in which he hit and killed a man who was ...
Aug 25, 2021

Canadian imams urge Muslim community to get vaccinated against COVID-19
CALGARY - Canadian imams are urging members of the Muslim community to get vaccinated to protect themselves and others from COVID-19. Twenty-five religious leaders have issued a joint statement pointi...
Aug 25, 2021