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Scherzer, Kershaw square off in rare duel of 3,000-strikeout club members
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Future Hall of Famers Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw are squaring off in a duel between the two most recent members of the 3,000-strikeout club. Scherzer starts for the Toronto Bl...
Aug 08, 2025

B.C. mountain biker is stalked by cougar near Garibaldi Provincial Park
SQUAMISH - British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says it's investigating a cougar attack on a mountain biker near Squamish. The service says in a social media post that the man was mountain ...
Aug 08, 2025

Fleetwood finds his groove, builds big lead at PGA Tour playoffs opener
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tommy Fleetwood had another big closing stretch Friday with four straight birdies, giving him a 6-under 64 and the 36-hole lead in the FedEx Cup St. Jude Championship with his si...
Aug 08, 2025

U.S. in final decision to hike Canadian softwood duties, tells officers to collect
The U.S. Department of Commerce says it has made a final decision to more than double countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports, a move business groups in British Columbia say will har...
Aug 08, 2025

City crews busy after heavy rain in Melfort
City of Melfort crews will be out checking roads and catch basins over the next couple of days. A rainfall warning is in effect and upwards of 75 mm could fall in the northeast by the time the system ...
Aug 08, 2025

SIRT to investigate fatal officer-involved shooting at Deschambault Lake
The investigation is underway into a fatal officer-involved shooting in Deschambault Lake. RCMP say the incident happened Friday morning, and they are unable to publicly identify or provide further in...
Aug 08, 2025

B.C. First Nation wins rights, title along Fraser River's south arm in Lower Mainland
VICTORIA - A Vancouver Island First Nation has won back fishing rights and title for part of the land its ancestors used as a summer home in the Lower Mainland, despite opposition by two other Indigen...
Aug 08, 2025

Active shooter reported at Emory University in Atlanta, authorities say
ATLANTA (AP) - Police were responding Friday to a report of an active shooter on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, near the entrance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta...
Aug 08, 2025

A man suspected of killing 4 people at a Montana bar is in custody, authorities say
ANACONDA, Montana (AP) - Authorities said Friday they have captured dead a man suspected in a shooting at a Montana bar that left four people dead and prompted a lockdown of a neighborhood. Michael Pa...
Aug 08, 2025
Sask. Polytech confirms layoffs as a result of lower immigration numbers
A 'significant decline' in international student registration has led to the layoff of 14 staff at Saskatchewan Polytechnic. The school, which has campuses across Saskatchewan with one in Prince Alber...
Aug 08, 2025