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Quebec offers $50 million to businesses affected by unprecedented wildfire season
MONTREAL - Quebec has announced $50 million in support for businesses hit by unprecedented wildfires that have been raging for several weeks in different regions of the province. The measures announce...
Jul 05, 2023
Blue Jays ready for MLB draft despite losing second-round pick after Bassitt signing
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will have a long wait between picks when Major League Baseball holds its draft this weekend. Shane Farrell, the team's director of amateur scouting, believes the Blue J...
Jul 05, 2023
A quick look at the ongoing strike by British Columbia port workers
VANCOUVER - About 7,400 workers have been on strike at ports along British Columbia's coast since Saturday morning. Contract talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada and th...
Jul 05, 2023
A quick look at the ongoing strike by British Columbia port workers
VANCOUVER - About 7,400 workers have been on strike at ports along British Columbia's coast since Saturday morning. Contract talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada and th...
Jul 05, 2023
UNESCO report on Wood Buffalo park shows urgency of problems, First Nation says
An Alberta First Nation that first brought concerns about Canada's largest national park to UNESCO says a report from the United Nations organization reveals a growing urgency to deal with those probl...
Jul 05, 2023
Iowa's Republican governor calls a special legislative session to revive abortion restrictions
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday day called a special legislative session to pursue new abortion restrictions after the state Supreme Court declined to reinstate a 2018 ban ...
Jul 05, 2023
Hockey Diversity Alliance feels betrayed, says NHL 'late to party' in launching inclusion coalition
Akim Aliu and his fellow members of the Hockey Diversity Alliance say they feel betrayed and confused by the NHL's decision to launch - or as far as the HDA is concerned, re-launch - an inclusion comm...
Jul 05, 2023
Third canoeing camp coming
NORTHERN BC - It is one of the favourite local past times come summer in Prince George and region, with no shortage of lakes and rivers. Canoeing. And that's why Jordan Cranmer is embarking on her thi...
Jul 05, 2023
Top-ranked Canadian amateur Monet Chun one of four Canucks at U.S. Women's Open
Monet Chun knows she's good. This week, she'll get to see just how good. The product of Richmond Hill, Ont., is one of four Canadians who will tee off at the U.S. Women's Open, the third major of the ...
Jul 05, 2023
U.S.-based remote vehicle operator gives timeline of Titan recovery off Newfoundland
EAST AURORA, N.Y. - The owner of a remotely operated vehicle that recovered pieces of the Titan submersible from the depths of the North Atlantic last week says his ROV found debris from the doomed ve...
Jul 05, 2023