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Province supports SAR with $6 million in funding
VICTORIA-$6 million towards supporting search and rescue in B.C. that is what the Provincial Government is committing through Budget 2020.The contribution is set to begin in 2022-23 and will help supp...
Jul 22, 2020
Derek Fisher clubs two homers, leading Blue Jays to win over Red Sox
BOSTON - Blue Jays outfielder Derek Fisher hit two home runs as Toronto rallied for an 8-6 win over the Boston Red Sox in the exhibition opener for both teams on Tuesday. Fisher's second homer, a...
Jul 22, 2020
Blue Jays OF says team may play in Pittsburgh or Baltimore
TORONTO - The Blue Jays' front office has told its players that Pittsburgh and Baltimore are possibilities for where the team will hold home games this year after Canada's government barred the c...
Jul 22, 2020
Evacuation order for Mountain View Road amended
MCBRIDE - The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George (RDFFG) has amended the evacuation order it issued on July 4 for nine properties in the Mountain View Road area near McBride following the Wilcox ...
Jul 22, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, July 22
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on July 22, 2020: There are 111,697 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 57,796 confirmed (including 5,658 deaths, 50,298 resol...
Jul 22, 2020
Finance Minister Bill Morneau set to testify on deal with WE Charity
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau will appear today before a House of Commons committee that is probing a cancelled agreement for WE Charity to run a student-volunteer program. Morneau has apolog...
Jul 22, 2020
Amber Heard accuses Depp of throwing bottles like 'grenades'
LONDON - Amber Heard alleged in a British court on Wednesday that her ex-husband Johnny Depp threw "30 or so bottles" at her as if they were "grenades or bombs" while they were in Australia in March 2...
Jul 22, 2020
Houston RCMP asking for dashcam footage of suspicious incident on highway 118
HOUSTON-RCMP are looking into a suspicious incident that took place on highway 118 on Monday, July 20.RCMP say they received a call from a driver who had been heading north on highway 118 north of Top...
Jul 22, 2020
Former Edmonton players weigh in on CFL team dropping Eskimos name
Canadian Football Hall of Famer Hank Ilesic said he "absolutely" will continue to call himself a former Edmonton Eskimo even though the CFL franchise is retiring the longtime team name. Ilesic, w...
Jul 22, 2020
AP Exclusive: Aid from top donors drops even as need soars
JOHANNESBURG - A new snapshot of the frantic global response to the coronavirus pandemic shows some of the world's largest government donors of humanitarian aid are buckling under the strain: Funding ...
Jul 22, 2020