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Avalanche risk expected to rise in parts of B.C. this weekend
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is encouraging people to do their research on avalanche risk before heading into the backcountry, as forecasts show danger ratings are expected to increase i...
Dec 06, 2024
Manitoba premier says conservation officers to help patrol Canada-U.S. border
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to have conservation officers help patrol efforts along the Canada-United States border. Premier Wab Kinew says the officers would serve as extra eyes an...
Dec 06, 2024
Thousands flee as Syrian insurgents advance to the doorstep of the country's third-largest city
BEIRUT (AP) - Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs, the country's third largest, as insurgents seized two towns on the outskirts Friday, positioning themselves for an assault on a ...
Dec 06, 2024
Coroner says searchers think they have found missing Pennsylvania woman last seen near sinkhole
A Pennsylvania coroner's office said Friday that investigators believe they have located the body of a woman who was last seen four days earlier near a sinkhole above a shuttered coal mine. Sean Hriba...
Dec 06, 2024
Canada's housing crisis leads to more unsafe housing for victims of domestic violence
HALIFAX - Women's advocates say provincial and federal governments need to step up efforts to create housing for people escaping gender-based violence because too many women are forced to remain in un...
Dec 06, 2024
Coroner says searchers think they have found missing Pennsylvania woman last seen near sinkhole
A Pennsylvania coroner's office said Friday that investigators believe they have located the body of a woman who was last seen four days earlier near a sinkhole above a shuttered coal mine. Sean Hriba...
Dec 06, 2024
Canadian forward Nichelle Prince signs new contract with Kansas City Current
KANSAS CITY - Canadian international forward Nichelle Prince has signed a new two-year contract that keeps her at the NWSL's Kansas City Current through the 2026 season with a mutual option for 2027. ...
Dec 06, 2024
Man arrested in Quebec for alleged plot to kill Jews in NYC being held in Rimouski
MONTREAL - A Pakistani man arrested in Quebec for an alleged plot to kill Jews in New York City is being held in a detention centre hundreds of kilometres from Montreal, where he says the French-speak...
Dec 06, 2024
Jurors in NYC subway chokehold case tell judge they can't reach a unanimous verdict
NEW YORK (AP) - The jurors in Daniel Penny's fatal subway chokehold trial told the judge Friday morning that they can't reach a unanimous verdict on the top charge of manslaughter. Judge Maxwell Wiley...
Dec 06, 2024
Conservatives intervene to delay debate on NDP motion in House of Commons
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are stalling an NDP opposition day motion in the House of Commons, after the New Democrats intervened in the Tories' opposition day on Thursday. The NDP was set to begin deb...
Dec 06, 2024