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Vancouver Whitecaps need focus, right mindset to turn season around: coach
In the midst of a disappointing start to the season, Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Marc Dos Santos is once again reminding his team that every game in Major League Soccer is theirs to win - or lose. ...
Jul 02, 2021
Evacuee fled barefoot from wildfire that destroyed most homes in Lytton, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A woman who escaped a ferocious wildfire that destroyed the most of the village of Lytton, B.C., and surrounding First Nation communities says she didn't even have time to put shoes o...
Jul 02, 2021
Fire ban issued for Saskatchewan provincial parks, Crown lands
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has issued a fire ban for all Crown lands and provincial parks.In a media release Friday, the SPSA said the ban - which is effective immediately - was put in plac...
Jul 02, 2021
Liberals keeping close eye on rapid-housing program revamp for future, Hussen says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of building affordable housing says projects left waiting cap-in-hand when the program they applied to ran out of funds will be at the front of the queue during...
Jul 02, 2021
Parties rake in millions in donations despite pandemic, padding campaign war chests
OTTAWA - Federal parties appear to have seen a drop in their fundraising in 2020, a year when the pandemic dented donations of all kinds. The Conservative return shows that the party pulled in more th...
Jul 02, 2021
Veteran Toronto police officer killed, other officer injured in 'deliberate act'
TORONTO - A veteran police officer has died after he was struck by a vehicle in "an intentional and deliberate act" that left another officer injured, Toronto police said Friday. Interim police Chief ...
Jul 02, 2021
Canada's Ben LeSage returns to test rugby after exiting World Cup with broken hand
The last time Ben LeSage played for Canada, he broke his hand. And kept playing. It happened four minutes into Canada's opening match at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, a 48-7 loss to Italy on Sept. 26 in F...
Jul 02, 2021
Some Lytton, B.C., residents still unaccounted for after wildfire evacuation
LYTTON, B.C. - The search continued Friday for multiple residents of a village in British Columbia's Interior that was decimated by a wildfire this week. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth hasn't s...
Jul 02, 2021
Can't enter Canada now? Don't try on Monday, border agency warns would-be travellers
WASHINGTON - The agency that guards Canada's borders is putting would-be travellers on notice: if you're not eligible to enter the country now, you won't be on Monday. That's the clear message from th...
Jul 02, 2021
Scorching Canada Day heat breaks multiple records across Sask.
Unrelenting hot weather is rewriting daily record temperatures across Saskatchewan.According to Environment Canada, 26 communities set new daily maximum temperature records on Canada Day as a heat dom...
Jul 02, 2021