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Francophonie ministers stress collaboration on official languages action plan
VANCOUVER - Ministers have wrapped up a meeting in Vancouver with the hope of increasing francophone immigration and addressing the decline of French across Canada. The Ministers' Council on the Canad...
Jul 7, 2023
Interim coach Terry Dunfield looking for TFC breakthrough: 'We need to start winning'
TORONTO - Terry Dunfield fired a ball from 25 yards out that clipped the crossbar of an empty goal. Toronto FC's interim head coach jokingly celebrated the pre-training skill display before joining hi...
Jul 7, 2023
B.C. Lions look for spark after first loss of season to Toronto Argonauts
VANCOUVER - Vernon Adams Jr. admits he made mistakes against the Toronto Argonauts earlier this week as the B.C. Lions lost for the first time this season. The veteran quarterback, who threw six inter...
Jul 7, 2023
Ponoka Stampede's 800 volunteers steal the show
Volunteers really do make the Ponoka Stampede go.The yearly event ran June 26 to July 2, with about 800 volunteers making a big name for themselves.They were all honoured at a special thank you event ...
Jul 7, 2023
Local golfers do well at 2023 Alberta Men’s Amateur Championship
Golfers from central Alberta found success at this week's Alberta Men's Amateur Championship, held at Innisfail Golf Club.The winner of the three-round event is Ethan Wilson of Edmonton's Glendale Gol...
Jul 7, 2023
Searching landfill for remains of Indigenous women too complex for police: RCMP
OTTAWA - Internal emails show the former head of the RCMP believed police are not equipped to handle the complexities of searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of slain Indigenous women. T...
Jul 7, 2023
Whitecaps need to compete for 'entirety of the game': Sartini
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are hoping home comforts once again provide relief after a loss on the road. Vancouver (6-6-7) was blanked 3-0 by Sporting Kansas City on July 1, their eighth road ...
Jul 7, 2023
Coroner identifies second victim in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean landslide
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner's office is confirming the identity of the woman killed in a landslide in the province's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region last weekend. Pascale Racine, 44, was one of two peop...
Jul 7, 2023
Family of Jared Lowndes sue RCMP over 2021 shooting death in Campbell River
VANCOUVER - Family members of a man shot and killed by the RCMP have filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court, the day before the two-year anniversary of his death. Relatives of Jared Lowndes say in a no...
Jul 7, 2023
Dutch media report that the Dutch government has failed to agree on a new migration package
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Tense talks between the four parties that make up Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's ruling coalition failed to broker a deal over ways to rein in migration, Dutch media r...
Jul 7, 2023