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Pro-Palestinian protesters vow to fight on, as numbers dwindle at B.C. encampment
VANCOUVER - Pro-Palestinian protesters occupying university sites in British Columbia say they'll continue to act on campuses after a court injunction that led to the clearing out of a similar encampm...
Jul 05, 2024
Horse and auto racing, football and baseball all on the local sports schedule this weekend
Horse RacingHorse racing starts at Evergreen Park Sunday. Post time will be 1:15 p.m. There will be 15 days of racing this year, all on Saturdays and Sundays.More on the races planned for this year ca...
Jul 05, 2024
Edmonton Oilers trade Ryan McLeod, Ty Tullio to Buffalo for Matt Savoie
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers traded forward Ryan McLeod and farmhand Tyler Tullio to the Buffalo Sabres on Friday in exchange for prospect Matt Savoie. The swift-skating McLeod, 24, set career highs...
Jul 05, 2024
Have greatcoat will travel. Halifax super-fan set to complete CPL stadium bingo card
TORONTO - Denton Froese is hard to miss at Halifax Wanderers FC games. Dressed in a blue greatcoat, boots and tricorne hat and waving a Wanderers flag, Froese is the Canadian Premier League team's uno...
Jul 05, 2024
Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024? Arkansas organizers have joined the list
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Organizers of an effort to scale back Arkansas' abortion ban on Friday said they submitted enough signatures to get the measure on the November ballot. Arkansans for Limited G...
Jul 05, 2024
President Biden scrambles to save his reelection with a trip to Wisconsin and a network TV interview
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort Friday, defiantly declared that "I'm staying in the race" during a campaign rally in a critical battleground...
Jul 05, 2024
Grande Prairie receives federal funding for trail wayfinding signage
The City of Grande Prairie will be installing new wayfinding signage in residential and commercial areas thanks to a federal grant.The city has been given $60,000 through the Active Transportation Fun...
Jul 05, 2024
2 killed and 3 injured in July Fourth attack in California beach city
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Two people were killed and three others injured in an attack that broke out during a neighborhood Fourth of July gathering in a Southern California beach city, police s...
Jul 05, 2024
Church must pay $104 million to victims of historical abuse in Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Roman Catholic Church has been ordered to pay settlements totalling $104 million to 292 survivors of historical abuse in Newfoundland and Labrador, including those at the now in...
Jul 05, 2024
Quebec wants Supreme Court judge to recuse himself from Bill 21 challenge
QUEBEC CITY, Que. - The Quebec government is calling for a Supreme Court of Canada judge to recuse himself as the court deliberates whether to hear an appeal involving the province's secularism law, k...
Jul 05, 2024