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'These Games are very unique': Invictus Games bring community, competition to B.C.
VANCOUVER - Patrick Levis was lost. The Canadian Armed forces major was paralyzed after having surgery to remove a pineapple-sized tumour from his abdomen. His new reality only made worse the post-tra...
Feb 07, 2025

La Loche drug bust ends with trafficking charge
A woman has been charged with drug trafficking after Saskatchewan RCMP's Prince Albert Crime Reduction Team (CRT) and La Loche Detachment seized over 30 grams of crack cocaine. The incident stems from...
Feb 07, 2025

'They've stepped up': Carey Price backs Canada's goaltending ahead of 4 Nations
Carey Price remembers the unending pressure. The nation's eyes turn to the crease every time Canada laces up its skates and straps on the pads at an international hockey tournament. The intense goalte...
Feb 07, 2025

AI chatbot from Chinese firm DeepSeek restricted from some government phones
The federal government has restricted Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek's chatbot from some of its mobile devices and is recommending other agencies and departments follow suit. A memo ...
Feb 07, 2025

Another De Rosario to wear Toronto FC first-team colours this season
TORONTO - Toronto FC will have another De Rosario wearing first-team colours this year. Goalkeeper Adisa De Rosario, the son of former TFC captain and Canada Soccer Hall of Famer Dwayne De Rosario, ha...
Feb 07, 2025

Wisconsin Supreme Court says swing state’s embattled elections chief can remain in post
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the swing state's nonpartisan top elections official, who has been targeted for removal by Republican lawmakers over the 2020...
Feb 07, 2025

Denis Coderre's leadership bid rejected by Quebec Liberal Party
QUBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says it won't accept the candidacy of former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre for its vacant leader job. The party says in a statement today that its electoral committee h...
Feb 07, 2025

Cyprus jails Syrian man over the death of a 3-year-old girl on overloaded migrant boat
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - A Cyprus court sentenced a Syrian national to three years in prison after finding him guilty of causing the death by negligence of a 3-year-old girl from dehydration aboard an o...
Feb 07, 2025

UK announces plans to demolish shell of Grenfell Tower almost eight years after fire that killed 72
LONDON (AP) - The U.K. government on Friday announced plans to dismantle the remains of London's Grenfell Tower, almost eight years after the deadliest fire in Britain since World War II swept through...
Feb 07, 2025

Toronto FC GM says hunt for new talent continues with movement the other way possible
TORONTO - Toronto FC GM Jason Hernandez says reinforcements are coming. And there could also be movement out the door before Toronto opens MLS regular-season play Feb. 22 with Hernandez suggesting the...
Feb 07, 2025