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Taiwan no-hits Canada in dominant 8-0 LLWS victory
WILLIAMSPORT - The Kuei-Shan Little League team from Taiwan finished fourth in last year's Little League World Series. Back in Williamsport for the second straight year, the team has more depth and sk...
Aug 14, 2024

B.C. Supreme Court certifies class action over herbicide alleged to cause Parkinson's
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class-action lawsuit against global agriculture firm Syngenta over claims that its herbicide products cause Parkinson's disease. A decision released ...
Aug 14, 2024

Football Canada appoints Peter Baxter to its board of directors
OTTAWA - Peter Baxter, the longtime athletic director at Wilfrid Laurier, has been appointed to Football Canada's board of directors. The governing body of amateur football in Canada made the announce...
Aug 14, 2024

Former Conservative MP, cabinet minister Chuck Strahl dies
OTTAWA - Former Conservative MP and cabinet minister Chuck Strahl has died at the age of 67. Strahl was first elected in 1993 and represented the B.C. riding of Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon until his reti...
Aug 14, 2024

Montreal sends midfielder Lassiter to Fire for general allocation money
MONTREAL - CF Montral has acquired up to US$150,000 in general allocation money from the Chicago Fire in return for midfielder Ariel Lassiter, the Major League Soccer club announced Wednesday. Montral...
Aug 14, 2024

Former Nordiques executive, Oilers scout Gilles Leger dead at 83
TORONTO - Gilles Leger, who spent 11 seasons as an executive with the NHL's Quebec Nordiques, has died at age 83. The NHL confirmed Leger's death in a statement Wednesday. A cause of death was not giv...
Aug 14, 2024

Stampeders look to stay unbeaten at home, avenge Week 8 loss as Redblacks visit
CALGARY - When the Calgary Stampeders step onto the field at McMahon Stadium on Thursday night to face the Ottawa Redblacks, they'll have something to prove. Intent on keeping their perfect home recor...
Aug 14, 2024

Eby tells BC Wildfire Service to act on failures that led to firefighter's death
LANGLEY, B.C. - B.C. Premier David Eby says he wants the BC Wildfire Service to enact reforms after a workplace report identified safety failures that led up to the death of a young wildland firefight...
Aug 14, 2024

Indigenous nation closes B.C.'s Chilcotin River bridge, citing riverbank cracks
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A bridge over British Columbia's Chilcotin River was closed to traffic Friday after new cracks were discovered along the hillside near a massive landslide that had blocked the ri...
Aug 14, 2024

Kylian Mbappé scores on debut for Real Madrid in a 2-0 win over Atalanta in UEFA Super Cup
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A goal and a trophy. How about that for a debut by Kylian Mbapp for Real Madrid? The France captain pulled on the famous white jersey of the Spanish champions for the first time ...
Aug 14, 2024