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Quebec's CAQ leads rivals in fundraising, Liberals in last place among major parties
MONTREAL - Quebec's governing Coalition Avenir Qubec party has raised more than $928,500 so far in 2022, nearly $300,000 more than its nearest rival, the Parti Qubcois. According to the most recent le...
Aug 24, 2022

40 residents of Vancouver street camp accept accommodation: BC Housing
VANCOUVER - BC Housing says 40 people in Vancouver who were living in a Downtown Eastside street encampment being cleared by city workers have accepted offers of accommodation. The agency's vice-presi...
Aug 24, 2022

Canadian Rourke's 2022 CFL season one for the league record book
VANCOUVER - Even if Nathan Rourke's stellar '22 season be over, it will still be one for the CFL record book. The 24-year-old Victoria native suffered a foot injury in the B.C. Lions' 28-10 road win o...
Aug 24, 2022

Jays begin 2023 on 10-day road trip before returning to renovated Rogers Centre
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will begin next season on a lengthy road trip before returning home to a renovated Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays released their schedule for the 2023 season on Wednesday...
Aug 24, 2022

Oklahoma governor rejects clemency for death row inmate
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday rejected clemency for a man facing execution this week for the 1997 hammer killing of a Choctaw man, despite a recommendation from the state...
Aug 24, 2022

Achonwa, Carleton, Nurse headline Canada's basketball roster for World Cup training
EDMONTON - WNBA players Natalie Achonwa, Bridget Carleton and Kia Nurse headline Canada's women's basketball roster for its pre-World Cup training camp. Nurse, a guard for the Phoenix Mercury, hasn't ...
Aug 24, 2022

Canada has short window to get ahead of U.S. hydrogen efforts, backer warns
OTTAWA - The chairman of the company behind one of the biggest proposed green hydrogen projects in Atlantic Canada says a three-year time frame to start shipping the fuel to Germany is feasible if eve...
Aug 24, 2022

Jill Biden has 'rebound' COVID-19 case, president negative
WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent "rebound" case, after she initially tested negative for the virus over the weekend. President Joe Biden, w...
Aug 24, 2022

Sask. residents split on $500 affordability payments
There are a lot of different reactions to the $500 payments coming to Saskatchewan residents this fall.On Monday, Premier Scott Moe announced the payments, which are aimed to make life more affordable...
Aug 24, 2022

Quebec official says Omicron-targeted bivalent vaccine ready in 'less than two weeks'
MONTREAL - Quebec's public health director says a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine targeting both the original strain of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant should be available in less than two weeks. Dr. Luc B...
Aug 24, 2022