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Family caught in police shootout announces lawsuit against Montreal police, city
MONTREAL - A family that was caught in a shootout between Montreal police and an armed suspect last year is suing the police force and the city. Houssam Abdallah and his family members allege the offi...
Aug 04, 2025
Doctors, lawyers, artists and First Nations leaders named to the Order of B.C.
VICTORIA - Doctors, athletes, artists and First Nations and business leaders are all among the 15 people named to be invested in the Order of British Columbia. B.C. Lt.-Gov. Wendy Cocchia, who is chan...
Aug 04, 2025
Islamic State-linked fighters displace over 46,000 people in northern Mozambique, UN says
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Attacks by insurgents in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province displaced more than 46,000 people in the space of eight days last month, the United Nations migratio...
Aug 04, 2025
RCMP sees 6.9% decrease in Crime Severity Index across province
A Statistics Canada report on Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2024 shows that there was a 6.9 per cent decrease in the Crime Severity Index (CSI) across Alberta RCMP jurisdictions compared...
Aug 04, 2025
India draws test series against England after winning at the Oval by six runs
LONDON (AP) - India won the fifth test from England by just six runs at the Oval after taking the last four wickets in a thrilling hour on Monday. India drew the series 2-2 with a test victory by its ...
Aug 04, 2025
Canadian women to face Japan in Nagasaki in FIFA November international window
The Canadian women's soccer team will play two matches against Japan in Nagasaki during the November FIFA international window. Canada, ranked ninth in the world, will face No. 8 Japan on Nov. 29 and ...
Aug 04, 2025
Former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley announces 2026 Senate bid in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) - Former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley on Monday announced his 2026 Republican bid for the U.S. Senate in Georgia against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff. The 57-yea...
Aug 04, 2025
As premiers push for more immigration power, experts call for a fact-based debate
OTTAWA - Some premiers say they want to have more local control over the immigration system - but experts say what the system really needs is a national conversation on immigration reform that shores ...
Aug 04, 2025
Rat complaints on the rise in Montreal as critics demand city take action
MONTREAL - The rats took over James Klein's backyard this spring. He'd never had a rat problem in the more than two decades he's lived in Montreal's Snowdon neighbourhood. But now, when he watches TV ...
Aug 04, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's B.C. visit expected to continue Monday in Nanaimo area
NANAIMO - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to go to Vancouver Island on Monday as his visit to British Columbia continues. Carney is slated to visit the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and...
Aug 04, 2025