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Timeline of events in the deaths of three people in northern B.C.
Three people are dead in northern B.C. and there is a major search stretching across Western Canada for two young men police say are suspects. Here's a timeline of events: July 15 - The bodies of...
Jul 30, 2019
LeBron James enters Canadian media market, joins forces with Drake
TORONTO - Drake and LeBron James are joining forces to reshape the sports media landscape in Canada. The music superstar and the Los Angeles Lakers forward announced on Tuesday a partnership to b...
Jul 30, 2019
Quebec man credited with saving drowning eight-year-old boy in Massachusetts
MONTREAL - A Quebec tourist is being credited with saving an eight-year-old boy who was swept away by an undertow and nearly drowned at a beach in southeastern Massachusetts. The W...
Jul 30, 2019
A star is born at the Tour: 22-year-old champion Egan Bernal
PARIS - The skies over Paris were yellow, ignited by a glorious golden sunset. The partying fans' shirts were yellow, Colombians making themselves at home on the Champs-Elysees. But the yellow that co...
Jul 30, 2019
AP Source: Ellis steps down as women's national team coach
A person with knowledge of the situation says U.S. national team coach Jill Ellis is stepping down after leading the team to back-to-back Women's World Cup titles. The person spoke on the condition of...
Jul 30, 2019
Woman set to replace Puerto Rico's governor doesn't want job
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The woman who is supposed to replace Puerto Rico's embattled governor announced Sunday that she doesn't want the job as the U.S. territory reels from political crisis. Justice ...
Jul 30, 2019
Switching sides: Jays trade Sogard across diamond to Rays
TORONTO - Eric Sogard wasn't quite sure who to root for in Sunday's game between Toronto and Tampa Bay. Originally in Toronto's lineup as the right fielder, the veteran utilityman was scratched about ...
Jul 30, 2019
CHL tabs NBA Canada executive as first full-time president
TORONTO - Longtime NBA Canada executive Dan MacKenzie has been named the first full-time president of the Canadian Hockey League. Ontario Hockey League commissioner David Branch had been also serving ...
Jul 30, 2019
RCMP pulls search for fugitives out of York Landing
YORK LANDING, Man. - The R-C-M-P has pulled its search for two B-C murder suspects out of the remote northern Manitoba community of York Landing. There was speculation Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod...
Jul 30, 2019 Photo courtesy Canadian Press
Statistics Canada takes second look at ethnicity question on census
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada officials estimate the number of people identifying as Jewish in the 2016 census could have been double what it was if not for a small change on the questionnaire. The numbe...
Jul 30, 2019