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Sex offender Randall Hopley removed his ankle bracelet to avoid court date: police
Vancouver police say high-risk sex offender Randall Hopley was likely worried about an upcoming court appearance and took "deliberate actions" to avoid it when he walked away from his Vancouver halfwa...
Nov 06, 2023

CP NewsAlert: At least one dead after fire at Canada's high commission in Nigeria
OTTAWA - At least one person is dead after a fire Monday at Canada's high commission in Nigeria, according to local fire officials. More coming. The Canadian Press <!-- Photo: 20231106111128-654914...
Nov 06, 2023

Father of July 4th parade shooting suspect pleads guilty to misdemeanors linked to gun license
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - The father of a man charged in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanors Monday in a case that centered on how his son obta...
Nov 06, 2023

Trudeau confirms appointment of Alberta judge Mary Moreau to Supreme Court of Canada
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed the appointment of Mary Moreau to the Supreme Court of Canada after nominating her for the post last month. Moreau, who was chief justice of the Court ...
Nov 06, 2023

Toronto Blue Jays exercise two-year conditional club option on reliever Chad Green
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have exercised their two-year conditional club option on right-hander Chad Green for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. Green missed the first five months of the season while r...
Nov 06, 2023

Paris looms for Canada's athletes as Pan American Games conclude
SANTIAGO - The athletes who have their literal golden ticket to next summer's Olympic Games in Paris from the Pan American Games plan to make the most of it. Vancouver breaker Philip Kim, also known a...
Nov 06, 2023

Two properties in southern B.C. evacuated as rock slide severs part of Highway 3
KEREMEOS, B.C. - A rock slide has closed a major southern British Columbia highway in both directions outside Keremeos, about 300 kilometres east of Vancouver. The Okanagan-Similkameen Regional Distri...
Nov 06, 2023

Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 10,000, according to Health Ministry
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from the ongoing war with Israel has jumped over 10,000. The figures released Monday mark a gri...
Nov 06, 2023

Vancouver man's family in Gaza ponders whether to stay together so they die together
Bombs had scarcely started falling on the Gaza Strip last month when Omar Mansour's family realized they had a crucial question to resolve: would it be better to face death together or apart? One day ...
Nov 06, 2023

Health care, energy costs expected to be focus of premiers meeting in Halifax
HALIFAX - Health care and the effect of carbon pricing measures on the rising cost of living across Canada are slated to take centre stage at today's meeting of the country's premiers and territorial ...
Nov 06, 2023