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Calgary Flames recall centre Justin Kirkland from AHL affiliate Wranglers
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames recalled centre Justin Kirkland from their American Hockey League affiliate Wranglers on Friday. Kirkland, 28, signed a one-year, two-way contract as a free agent with Cal...
Oct 11, 2024
An elevator mishap at a Colorado tourist mine killed 1 and trapped 12. The cause is still unknown
Denver (AP) - Investigators were trying to figure out Friday what led an elevator to malfunction at a former Colorado gold mine, killing one person, injuring four others and leaving 12 people trapped ...
Oct 11, 2024
Canada's Fernandez, Indonesia's Sutjiadi advance to Wuhan Open women's doubles semis
WUHAN - Canada's Leylah Fernandez and Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi advanced to the women's doubles semifinals at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament on Friday. The duo defeated the second-seeded team of A...
Oct 11, 2024
Longueuil woman charged after 10-year-old boy scalded with boiling water
MONTREAL - A woman from Montreal's South Shore has been charged with aggravated assault after allegedly splashing a 10-year-old boy with boiling water. Longueuil, Que., police this morning arrested St...
Oct 11, 2024
UN mission in Lebanon says 2 peacekeepers injured after its base was hit by new explosions
BEIRUT (AP) - The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon says new explosions hit its headquarters on Friday morning, injuring two peacekeepers, a day after Israeli forces struck the same position...
Oct 11, 2024
Montreal's Taiga Motors sells to British electric boat entrepreneur Stuart Wilkinson
Taiga Motors Corp. says the Superior Court of Qubec has approved its sale to a British electric boat entrepreneur. The Montreal-based maker of snowmobiles and watercraft says it will be purchased by S...
Oct 11, 2024
North Korea accuses South Korea of flying drones to its capital and threatens to attack next time
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has accused rival South Korea of flying drones to its capital to drop anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets and threatened to respond with force if such flights o...
Oct 11, 2024
Trudeau repeats call for Lebanon ceasefire after third Canadian killed in conflict
OTTAWA - The prime minister offered condolences today to the family of a Canadian who was killed in the ongoing fighting in Lebanon. Justin Trudeau reiterated Canada's call for a ceasefire in Lebanon ...
Oct 11, 2024
Trudeau touts 'real progress' on pharmacare, calls on premiers to start cutting deals
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on provinces and territories to start negotiating pharmacare deals as soon as possible, now that the federal legislation to enact the program has beco...
Oct 11, 2024
Struggling Whitecaps take on heavyweight LAFC with playoff positioning on the line
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps need a win - badly. Points have been tough to come by for the 'Caps in recent weeks and, with just two games left in their regular-season schedule, Vancouver is in ...
Oct 11, 2024