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Online criteria for Afghan refugee program changes, applies to only those who've fled
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has quietly changed the criteria on its website for a special program for vulnerable Afghan refugees so that only those who have already managed to escape to other cou...
Oct 25, 2021
Texas governor approves state voting maps redrawn by GOP
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed redrawn voting maps that pave a safer path for the GOP's slipping majority, leaving opponents hoping courts will block the newly...
Oct 25, 2021
Grande Prairie RCMP seek help identifying male assault suspect at Prairie Mall
Grande Prairie RCMP are asking the public for help in identifying a male suspect who is believed to have assaulted a 24-year-old male at the Prairie Mall in September. Police say they responded to the...
Oct 25, 2021
Bayern star Joshua Kimmich at center of COVID vaccine debate
BERLIN (AP) - Bayern Munich soccer star Joshua Kimmich has found himself at the center of a debate in Germany over the merits of vaccination against the coronavirus. The 26-year-old Kimmich, tipped as...
Oct 25, 2021
Toronto Arrows re-sign Gaston Mieres, Adrian Wadden and add jumbo Australian prop
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have re-signed Uruguayan wing/fullback Gaston Mieres, the club's leading try-scorer. The 32-year-old Uruguayan, back for a fourth season in Major League Rugby, has 13 trie...
Oct 25, 2021
Rycroft's Sekulic leads Washington State University golf team to record-breaking weekend in California
Rycroft's Max Sekulic made history for Washington State University (WSU) this past weekend in Stockton, California. Sekulic ended up carding the lowest three-round score in WSU history, shooting 16-un...
Oct 25, 2021
North Carolina man identified as victim of John Wayne Gacy
CHICAGO (AP) - A North Carolina man who moved to Chicago was one of the victims of John Wayne Gacy, who was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the 1970s, authorities said Monday. Francis Wa...
Oct 25, 2021
Messier offers his views on leadership, success in new memoir 'No One Wins Alone"
Mark Messier calls "No One Wins Alone" his memoir. But it's really the hockey icon's recipe for success, on and off the ice. And given Messier's resume, it's no surprise he wrote the book on winning. ...
Oct 25, 2021
GG, Legion mark 100th anniversary of poppy symbol during fundraising campaign launch
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon received the symbolic first poppy Monday as the Royal Canadian Legion launched this year's annual national fundraising campaign for veterans ahead of Remembrance Day....
Oct 25, 2021
Ohio printed 35,000 wrong Wright Brothers license plates
COLUMBUS, OHIO (AP) - Ohio printed out 35,000 new license plates before realizing a banner depicted on the plate was attached to the wrong end of the Wright Brothers' historic first plane, the Wright ...
Oct 25, 2021