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Keith Spicer, Canada's first official languages commissioner, dead at 89
OTTAWA - Keith Spicer, Canada's first commissioner of official languages, died Thursday in Ottawa at 89. Canadians who closely followed the constitutional debates of the early 1990s might remember him...
Aug 24, 2023
Canada Basketball announces final roster ahead of FIBA World Cup
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Canada Basketball announced its final roster for the senior team heading into the FIBA Men's Basketball World Cup on Thursday. The team will be led by all-NBA first team guard Sha...
Aug 24, 2023
Corporate ethics czar opens forced-labour probes against Walmart, Hugo Boss, Diesel
OTTAWA - Canada's corporate-ethics watchdog is investigating whether Walmart, Hugo Boss and Diesel have forced labour in their supply chains. Sheri Meyerhoffer, the Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterp...
Aug 24, 2023
In the news today: NWT officials turning residents back as wildfire threat remains
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... N.W.T. officials want evacuees to stay out for now Northwest Territories offici...
Aug 24, 2023
Heavy rain aids in tempering B.C. wildfires in Shuswap, Okanagan regions
Firefighters in British Columbia's southern Interior continue to battle a number of major blazes, having been aided by ample rainfall that fell Wednesday over the Okanagan and Shuswap regions. BC Wild...
Aug 24, 2023
Jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich arrives at a hearing on extending his detention
MOSCOW (AP) - Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained on espionage charges, arrived at a Moscow court Thursday for a hearing on a motion by the prosecution to extend his arre...
Aug 24, 2023
Shohei Ohtani won't pitch for rest of season because of a tear in an elbow ligament, Angels GM says
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Shohei Ohtani won't pitch for the rest of the season because of a tear in an elbow ligament, Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian said Wednesday night. The Angels d...
Aug 23, 2023
Gunfire at California biker bar kills 4 people, including the shooter, and wounds 5 more
TRABUCO CANYON, Calif. (AP) - Three people were killed and five others were wounded in a shooting Wednesday at a Southern California biker bar, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said. The shooter...
Aug 23, 2023
Anthony Santander hits 2 homers to back Dean Kremer as Orioles beat Blue Jays 7-0
BALTIMORE (AP) - Anthony Santander homered twice, Dean Kremer threw six innings of five-hit ball, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 on Wednesday night. Baltimore extended its st...
Aug 23, 2023
Anthony Santander hits 2 homers to back Dean Kremer as Orioles beat Blue Jays 7-0
BALTIMORE (AP) - Anthony Santander homered twice, Dean Kremer threw six innings of five-hit ball, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 on Wednesday night. The Orioles extended thei...
Aug 23, 2023