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F1 champ Verstappen wins Hungarian GP to extend overall lead, give Red Bull record 12th straight win
BUDAPEST (AP) - Formula One champion Max Verstappen needed only a few seconds to stamp his authority on the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday and win his seventh straight race of a crushingly dominant se...
Jul 23, 2023
Search continues for four people missing after record rainfall in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia RCMP say the search continues for four people, including two children, after intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across the province. Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay rele...
Jul 23, 2023
Canada essentially alone when it comes to World Cup teams without a women's league
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada may be Olympic champion but it trails Vietnam, the Philippines and the rest of the field at the FIFA Women's World Cup in one important category: Canada does not have a w...
Jul 23, 2023
Refugee claims followed Montreal AIDS summit marred by visa woes, planning issues
OTTAWA - Almost one-sixth of guests at a major AIDS conference in Montreal last year who received Canadian visas ended up claiming asylum, according to internal data obtained by The Canadian Press. Th...
Jul 23, 2023
CBC head 'blindsided' staff with comments on broadcaster's future, Poilievre: emails
OTTAWA - After the head of Canada's public broadcaster gave a newspaper interview earlier this year that promised CBC would eventually become a digital-only product and that criticized Conservative Le...
Jul 23, 2023
B.C. professor pushing plan to protect marbled murrelet habitat in old growth
It is only a little bird, weighing a few ounces, but the marbled murrelet is known for its remarkable ability to fly far out to sea to catch fish before returning in the darkness of night to inland tr...
Jul 23, 2023
Voting begins in Spain in an election that could see another EU country swing to the right
MADRID (AP) - Polling began Sunday in Spain in a general election that could make the country the latest European Union member to swing to the political right. Prime Minister Pedro Snchez called the e...
Jul 23, 2023
Toronto Arrows part ways with head coach Peter Smith after 1-13-2 MLR season
The Toronto Arrows have parted ways with head coach Peter Smith after an injury-plagued season that saw the lone Canadian entry in the 12-team Major League Rugby finish last with a 1-13-2 record. The ...
Jul 22, 2023
Riders lose 19-9 to Lions in Fine’s first start of 2023
The Saskatchewan Roughriders' offence couldn't find much of a spark with a new quarterback under centre.The Riders only managed three field goals in a 19-9 CFL loss to the B.C. Lions in Vancouver on S...
Jul 22, 2023
B.C. Lions slowed by penalties in 19-9 win over Saskatchewan Roughriders
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 19-9 on Saturday night with both teams committing a number of fouls in a lacklustre night for offences at B.C. Place. Lions backup quarterb...
Jul 22, 2023