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Veteran Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod leaves Orlando Pride for Iceland
ORLANDO, Fla. - Veteran Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod and her wife, Iceland international midfielder Gunny Jonsdottir, are leaving the NWSL's Orlando Pride to play in Iceland. The 39-year-old from S...
Jan 24, 2023
Board voting on superintendent departure after teacher shot
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Virginia school board is scheduled to vote this week on the departure of its superintendent after a 6-year-old student shot and wounded his teacher. The Newport News School Boar...
Jan 24, 2023
Montreal aid groups seek more money to help care for rise in asylum seekers
MONTREAL - A coalition of Montreal community groups says its members are overwhelmed by the growing number of asylum seekers arriving in the city and need more resources to help them. Refugee aid grou...
Jan 24, 2023
Woman injured after stabbing on Toronto streetcar in latest violence on transit
TORONTO - A woman riding a Toronto streetcar was stabbed in the head on Tuesday in the latest case of violence on city transit as police said they were working to address safety issues in the system. ...
Jan 24, 2023
'The toll on families is tremendous:' N.W.T. sees increase in opioid-related deaths
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - Health officials in the Northwest Territories say they're responding to an increase in opioid toxicity deaths. Chief Coroner Garth Eggenberger says there were six such deaths in th...
Jan 24, 2023
Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says Cameroon peace talks 'messy,' but should continue
OTTAWA - Foreign Minister Mlanie Joly offered no explanation today for why Cameroon claims it never sought Canada's help in peace talks. Ottawa announced last Friday that it has been leading discussio...
Jan 24, 2023
Toronto FC adds to its defence by signing Raoul Petretta from Turkish side
Toronto FC added to its defence Tuesday by signing former Italian youth international Raoul Petretta from Turkey's Kasimpasa Spor Kulubu. Toronto used targeted allocation money to sign the 25-year-old...
Jan 24, 2023
PWPSD is holding Family Literacy theme days and activities all week
Family Literacy Week continues with events in the Peace region.Schools from the Peace Wapiti Public School Division (PWPSD) will be hosting activities and theme days until Friday, January 27.Events an...
Jan 24, 2023
A timeline of the avalanche hazard in B.C., where five people are dead
VANCOUVER - Five people have been killed in British Columbia avalanches this month. Forecasters have compared this season's snowpack with the conditions of 2003, one of the worst years on record for f...
Jan 24, 2023
Suspect sought after 3 killed in convenience store shooting
SEATTLE (AP) - Authorities closed portions of several roads Tuesday as they searched for the suspect in a random shooting at a Yakima, Washington, convenience store that left at least three people dea...
Jan 24, 2023