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Hurricane Kiko surges back to a Category 4 as forecasters monitor potential impacts on Hawaii
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Kiko intensified again to a Category 4 hurricane on Friday in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said. Kiko had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph) and th...
Sep 05, 2025

Filipino BC calls for more support responding to 'social disaster' of festival attack
VANCOUVER - The organizer of the Vancouver street festival where 11 people were killed in a vehicle-ramming attack last spring says the tragedy continues to reverberate through the community, and it n...
Sep 05, 2025

Ambulance service liable after man dies of nut allergy after hospital transfer delay
MONTREAL - A Quebec ambulance service is on the hook for $442,000 in damages for not following protocols, leading to the death of an 18-year-old man after a reaction to a nut allergy. Urgences-sant wa...
Sep 05, 2025
Saskatchewan Roughriders head to ‘Hornet’s nest’ in Winnipeg to face Bombers
The Saskatchewan Roughriders know they are heading into hostile territory this week.Saskatchewan travels out east to Winnipeg to take on the Bombers in the second half of the annual home-and-home betw...
Sep 05, 2025

Judge blocks administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1 million Venezuelans and Haitians
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge on Friday ruled against the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the ...
Sep 05, 2025

Alcaraz plays Djokovic and Sinner plays Auger-Aliassime in the U.S. Open men's semifinals
NEW YORK (AP) - Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz have started their matchup in the U.S. Open men's semifinals Friday. Defending champion Jannik Sinner meets Felix Auger-Aliassime in the second semifi...
Sep 05, 2025

North Battleford eyes policy to let city staff double as firefighters
Facing a shortage of paid-on-call firefighters, the City of North Battleford is turning to its own workforce as a possible fix.City council will vote Monday, Sept. 8, on a proposal that would let 'out...
Sep 05, 2025

B.C. ostrich farm seeks another stay of cull order as it pursues high court hearing
OTTAWA - The British Columbia ostrich farm in a months-long legal battle to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from destroying hundreds of its birds wants to further delay the cull as it seeks a...
Sep 05, 2025

'Heartbroken and sickened': Church fire on Thunderchild First Nation draws MPs' warning over hate crimes
RCMP are investigating a church fire on Thunderchild First Nation, northwest of North Battleford, that two Saskatchewan MPs say reflects a rise in hate crimes against places of worship.Turtleford RCMP...
Sep 05, 2025

Lawsuit alleges 2006 sexual assault by acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau
VANCOUVER - The estate of acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau is being sued in British Columbia by a fellow painter who says Morrisseau sexually assaulted him in 2006. A lawyer for the estat...
Sep 05, 2025