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State media: Gunmen attack bazaar in Iran, killing 5
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Gunmen opened fire in a bazaar in the southwestern Iranian city of Izeh on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding civilians and security forces, state ...
Nov 16, 2022

Ex-PQ leader and sex offender André Boisclair refused therapy in jail, denied parole
MONTREAL - Former Parti Qubcois leader Andr Boisclair has been denied his first chance at parole after serving one-sixth of his sentence for sex crimes. Boisclair was sentenced in July to two years in...
Nov 16, 2022

McConnell reelected Senate GOP leader; Scott's bid rejected
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Mitch McConnell was reelected as Republican leader Wednesday, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the Senate GOP campaign chief criticized over his party's mid...
Nov 16, 2022

Underdog Argos have some history on their side heading into Grey Cup
REGINA - It's a scenario McLeod Bethel-Thompson has lived before. The Toronto quarterback had a front-row seat five years ago when an upstart Argonauts squad registered a huge Grey Cup upset. Veteran ...
Nov 16, 2022

B.C. Liberal Party members vote to change name to BC United
VICTORIA - British Columbia Liberal Party members have voted to change the party's name to BC United. Leader Kevin Falcon says 80 per cent of the voters who cast a ballot were in favour of the name ch...
Nov 16, 2022

Bombers head coach Mike O'Shea unfazed about being in final year of CFL deal
REGINA - Mike O'Shea isn't letting his contract status enter his thought process as his Winnipeg Blue Bombers prepare to earn a third straight Grey Cup championship. O'Shea, the CFL's longest-tenured ...
Nov 16, 2022

Major League Soccer package on Apple TV to launch on Feb. 1
Major League Soccer's 10-year partnership with Apple will kick off next Feb. 1 with the launch of MLS Season Pass. The announcement Wednesday came less than two weeks after the MLS Cup and just ahead ...
Nov 16, 2022

22 LA County sheriff's recruits hit by vehicle during run
WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) - A vehicle struck 22 Los Angeles County sheriff's recruits on a training run around dawn Wednesday and five were critically injured, authorities said. A total of 23 people were ...
Nov 16, 2022

Council race in Michigan town settled by two pieces of paper
ROGERS CITY, Mich. (AP) - The election to fill a city council seat in a Michigan town was settled by drawing two pieces of paper from a bowl, days after a 616-616 tie. The new council member in Rogers...
Nov 16, 2022

Weekend North Stars games are to go ahead at alternate arenas
The Battleford North Stars games against the Flin Flon Bombers are going ahead this weekend at alternate arenas. The Access Communications Centre is closing for a week so the city can repair the conde...
Nov 16, 2022