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Canadian Cancer Society turns around finances after cutting excess fat post-merger
TORONTO - The Canadian Cancer Society says last year’s merger with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation has paid healthy dividends, taking the charity from running a substantial deficit to a so...
Jul 3, 2018
Exploding wildfires in US West derail holiday plans
DENVER - A growing wildfire destroyed more than 100 homes in the Colorado mountains, while other blazes across the parched U.S. West kept hundreds of other homes under evacuation orders and derailed h...
Jul 3, 2018
Gurriel hits two-run homer, Jays rally to beat Mets in Bautista's return
TORONTO - The Blue Jays said they wanted to give Lourdes Gurriel Jr. a good, long look when they re-called him from triple-A on Monday. A day later, he delivered quite the show. Gurriel Jr. hit a two-...
Jul 3, 2018
Crews respond to report of hikers falling into water in Shannon Falls area
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Search and rescue crews were to continue searching through the night for three hikers reported missing at Shannon Falls Provincial Park near Squamish, B.C. Squamish RCMP say the three...
Jul 3, 2018
Ex-Malaysia leader Najib charged with breach of trust, graft
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged Wednesday with criminal breach of trust and corruption, two months after a multibillion-dollar graft scandal at a state...
Jul 3, 2018
Paris Jackson gets restraining order against alleged stalker
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris Jackson has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man she says has been stalking her. The order granted Tuesday in a Los Angeles cou...
Jul 3, 2018
Surrey mayor asks federal government to help combat gangs in growing city
SURREY, B.C. - The mayor of Surrey says she will ask the federal government for $10 million in funding for anti-gang programs in British Columbia’s fastest-growing city, where people are dealing...
Jul 3, 2018
Past champs Sharapova, Kvitova beaten at Wimbledon of upsets
LONDON - These are not the sorts of matches Maria Sharapova is supposed to lose, letting lead after lead slip away Tuesday against a qualifier ranked 132nd - and in the first round of Wimbledon, no le...
Jul 3, 2018
Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe scores 16, Canada advances at FIBA men's U17 World Cup
ROSARIO, Argentina - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe led the way with a game-high 16 points to go along with seven rebounds as Canada beat New Zealand 97-61 on Tuesday to advance to the Round of 16 knock...
Jul 3, 2018
Trans Mountain outlines construction plans for next six months in Alberta, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Trans Mountain has filed a six-month construction schedule with the National Energy Board for the expansion of its Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline. The company says work has been underway since l...
Jul 3, 2018