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Standard Hill advance, will meet Wilkie in NSRBL finals
The stage is now set for the North Sask River Baseball League finals.The Standard Hill Lakers defeated the top-seeded Macklin Lakers 11-1 Wednesday night on their home field at Silver Lake to advance ...
Jul 29, 2022

In-person service for mail-in passport requests now available at 300 sites in Canada
OTTAWA - Some travellers keen to get their passports will now be able to request their mail-in applications be transferred to any of the more than 300 local Service Canada centres for processing. They...
Jul 29, 2022

Russian charged with using US groups to spread propaganda
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Russian operative has been charged with using political groups in the United States to advance pro-Russia propaganda, the Justice Department said Friday. Aleksandr Viktorovich Iono...
Jul 29, 2022

TFC 'keeper Alex Bono survives pressure of the position by staying in the moment
Toronto FC flew out of Vancouver the same night it lost the Canadian Championship final to the Whitecaps this week. Goalkeeper Alex Bono didn't sleep a wink on the red-eye charter. "No. It was a long ...
Jul 29, 2022

Visa denials denounced at Montreal AIDS conference, federal minister cancels speech
MONTREAL - The president of the International AIDS Society says her organization will re-evaluate how it organizes international conferences as a result of visa denials by the Canadian government. Ade...
Jul 29, 2022

Coleen Rooney victorious in ‘Wagatha Christie’ court battle
LONDON (AP) - In a legal showdown between soccer spouses that mixed celebrity, social media and amateur sleuthing, a judge has ruled whodunnit. Judge Karen Steyn on Friday cleared Coleen Rooney of lib...
Jul 29, 2022

15 dead in Appalachian flooding, toll expected to rise
JACKSON, Ky. (AP) - Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America....
Jul 29, 2022

Drivers warned to slow down on August long
The Government of Saskatchewan is asking motorists to exercise caution over the August long weekend.In a release on Thursday, Battlefords MLA and Highways Minister Jeremy Cockrill asked drivers to slo...
Jul 29, 2022

Ukrainian president observes 1st grain exports leaving
ODESA, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday visited the Odesa region to observe the loading of grain as exports resume for the first time since the start of the Russian inv...
Jul 29, 2022

Pope wraps up trip and SCOC to clarify consent stance: In The News for July 29, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Friday, July 29, 2022 ... What we are watching...
Jul 29, 2022