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Monkeypox vaccines coming to more B.C. residents
VICTORIA-The provincial government announced today it will be making monkeypox vaccines available to more people. The news comes after an announcement by the World Health Organization declaring the mo...
Jul 29, 2022

Swim star Summer McIntosh races to gold at Commonwealth Games
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - Swimming star Summer McIntosh has added to her burgeoning trophy case, earning Canada's first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the women's 400-metre individual medl...
Jul 29, 2022

Blinken presses Russia to free Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday in the highest-level known contact between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukr...
Jul 29, 2022

Parents facing tough conversations, decisions in wake of Hockey Canada controversies
Sylvain Perrier was sitting down to lunch with his wife and daughter when he saw the breaking news that Hockey Canada was embroiled in another group sexual assault investigation, this time involving t...
Jul 29, 2022

Blinken says he spoke to Russia FM about detained Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov by phone on Friday and urged Moscow to accept a U.S. offer to release two Americans detained...
Jul 29, 2022

CF Montreal in mourning over death of assistant coach Jason Di Tullio from cancer
MONTREAL - Jason Di Tullio, an assistant coach and former player with CF Montreal, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 38. His death Thursday night was confirmed by the MLS club. "It is with g...
Jul 29, 2022

CF Montréal looking to carry momentum up Eastern Conference standings
MONTREAL - Putting together a strong regular-season run in Major League Soccer requires consistency and showing up for big games. CF Montral has the former, with wins in four of its last six contests....
Jul 29, 2022

Russian charged with using US groups to spread propaganda
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Russian operative has been charged with using political groups in the United States to advance pro-Russia propaganda, the Justice Department said Friday. Aleksandr Viktorovich Iono...
Jul 29, 2022

TFC 'keeper Alex Bono survives pressure of the position by staying in the moment
Toronto FC flew out of Vancouver the same night it lost the Canadian Championship final to the Whitecaps this week. Goalkeeper Alex Bono didn't sleep a wink on the red-eye charter. "No. It was a long ...
Jul 29, 2022

Coleen Rooney victorious in ‘Wagatha Christie’ court battle
LONDON (AP) - In a legal showdown between soccer spouses that mixed celebrity, social media and amateur sleuthing, a judge has ruled whodunnit. Judge Karen Steyn on Friday cleared Coleen Rooney of lib...
Jul 29, 2022