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Firefighters from Mexico set to head home after battling wildfires in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's wildfire service says firefighters from Mexico will begin heading home this weekend after battling blazes since late July. Ninety-eight firefighters and three support st...
Sep 09, 2021
Retired Quebec health manager shocked by situation at Résidence Herron, coroner hears
MONTREAL - A coroner's inquest into deaths at a suburban Montreal long-term care home is hearing from a former manager who acted as an intermediary between the local health authority and the owners of...
Sep 09, 2021
Leaders gear up for English-language debate tonight after French joust
OTTAWA - Five federal party leaders are licking their wounds and prepping their zingers after an occasionally testy debate yesterday that came ahead of tonight's first and only one in English. Liberal...
Sep 09, 2021
Off-duty Nanaimo Mountie performs life-saving CPR on toddler on remote stretch of Hwy. 19
NANAIMO - A local RCMP officer was in the right place at the right time while on extended leave to save the life of a 17-month-old girl.Cst. Denise Laforest was driving from Nanaimo to Alert Bay with ...
Sep 09, 2021
Canada names unchanged starting 15 for Rugby World Cup qualifier rematch against U.S.
Coach Kingsley Jones has named an unchanged starting 15 for the second leg of Canada's Rugby World Cup qualifying series against the U.S. Eagles. The Canadian men won the first leg 34-21 on Sept. 4 in...
Sep 09, 2021
Leaders gear up for English-language debate tonight after French joust
OTTAWA - Five federal party leaders are licking their wounds and prepping their zingers after an occasionally testy debate yesterday that came ahead of tonight's first and only one in English. Liberal...
Sep 09, 2021
Leaders gear up for English-language debate tonight after French joust
GATINEAU, Que. - Five federal party leaders are licking their wounds and prepping their zingers after an occasionally testy debate yesterday that came ahead of tonight's first and only one in English....
Sep 09, 2021
Quebec premier praises Tory Leader O'Toole, says NPD, Liberals 'dangerous' for Quebec
MONTREAL - Premier Franois Legault says the federal Liberals and NDP are dangerous for Quebec because they want to reduce the province's autonomy. Legault made the comments in Quebec City, a day after...
Sep 09, 2021
Alphonso Davies injury considered minor, Canadian star returns to training with club
Alphonso Davies, who missed Canada's World Cup qualifying win over El Salvador in Toronto on Wednesday, returned to training with Bayern Munich on Thursday. "He took a knock on his knee. He's in good ...
Sep 09, 2021
Crews searching for Confederate statue's 1887 time capsule
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Work crews are still searching for a time capsule they believe is buried inside the pedestal under a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that towered over Richmond, Virginia,...
Sep 09, 2021