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• Katrina Chen’s kids’ book tells of gender-based violence. It’s a story she knows well

  29-07-2025 10:03
  
  BURNABY — Former British Columbia legislator Katrina Chen sits on a couch in her Burnaby home, reading aloud from the children’s book she’s co-written.
  “‘Maybe,’ Mommy tells me, ‘It’s time for a stronger house. We leave everything behind. And we go.'”
  The mother and son in the story, “A Stronger Home,” co-written with Elaine Su, turn their backs on a scene of domestic turmoil: a broken vase, furniture overturned, sofa cushions in
  
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• Candidates vying for seat in Alberta byelection featuring Poilievre to debate tonight

  29-07-2025 10:03
  
  CAMROSE — Ten candidates vying to represent Battle River-Crowfoot in the House of Commons are to debate tonight in the riding’s largest municipality.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s press secretary Sarah Fischer says he will be attending the event hosted by the Camrose & District Chamber of Commerce ahead of the Aug. 18 byelection.
  Poilievre is looking to win in the sprawling eastern Alberta riding after he lost his long-held Ottawa seat of Carleton in the April gener
  
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• Russia kills 21 civilians in Ukraine as the Kremlin remains defiant over Trump threats

  29-07-2025 09:48
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian glide bombs and missiles struck a Ukrainian prison and a medical facility overnight, killing at least 21 people, officials said Tuesday, as Russia kept up its bombardment of civilian areas despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to soon punish Russia with sanctions and tariffs unless it stops.
  A Russian airstrike on a prison in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region killed at least 17 inmates and wounded more than 80 others, officials said.
  
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• India says 3 militants behind Kashmir shooting that sparked tensions with Pakistan have been killed

  29-07-2025 09:48
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s home minister said Tuesday that three suspected militants who were killed in a gunfight in disputed Kashmir a day earlier were responsible for the gun massacre in the region that led to a military clash between India and Pakistan.
  Amit Shah said the three men were Pakistani nationals and were killed in a joint operation by the military, paramilitary and police Monday on the outskirts of Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar. Shah made the remarks in India&rsq
  
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• Gunman kills 4, including police officer, in shooting at New York City office tower

  29-07-2025 07:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man stalked through a Manhattan office tower firing a rifle Monday, killing four people, including a New York City police officer, and wounding a fifth before taking his own life, officials said.
  The shooting took place at a skyscraper that is home to the headquarters of both the NFL and Blackstone, one of the world’s largest investment firms, as well as other tenants.
  The gunman, identified by authorities as Shane Tamura of Las Vegas, had a ‘documented mental
  
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• Edmonton police warn extortions, arsons targeting South Asian businesses resurging

  29-07-2025 06:29
  
  EDMONTON — Edmonton police warned a crowded town hall on Monday night that extortions and arsons similar to ones that targeted members of the South Asian community across the city and elsewhere in Canada about a year ago have seen a resurgence in recent months.
  Interim Chief of police Warren Driechel said the attacks in Edmonton had stopped after several suspects were arrested in 2024 in connection to about 40 extortions and arsons targeting affluent South Asian homebuilders and business o
  
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• Jays Springer ‘doing all right’ after getting struck in head by fastball

  29-07-2025 04:48
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — George Springer twisted his head, absorbed the full impact of a fastball near the ear flap of his helmet, and dropped to the ground in a heap.
  As Toronto’s designated hitter lay prone at the plate, the raucous crowd of 20,176 at Camden Yards immediately became silent. Quite suddenly, Baltimore’s seven-run ninth-inning lead over the Blue Jays on Monday night became of secondary importance to the condition of Springer, who was essentially motionless in the dirt.
  
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• Orioles pound 4 homers, 16 hits to beat Blue Jays 11-4, Springer nailed by wild pitch

  29-07-2025 03:46
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Ramón Laureano homered and drove in three runs, Adley Rutschman marked his return from the injured list with three hits and two RBIs, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-4 Monday night.
  Cedric Mullins, Coby Mayo and Colton Cowser also homered for the last-place Orioles, who amassed 16 hits against the AL East leaders.
  The game took a scary turn in the ninth inning, when Toronto’s George Springer was hit in the helmet by a fastball thrown by
  
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• Former Colombian President Uribe found guilty in bribery trial that threatens the strongman’s legacy

  29-07-2025 02:43
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was convicted of witness tampering and bribery charges on Monday, in a historic trial that gripped the South American nation and threatened to tarnish the conservative strongman’s legacy.
  The ruling was announced by a judge in Bogota, the country’s capital, following a nearly six-month trial in which prosecutors presented evidence that Uribe attempted to influence witnesses who accused the law and order lead
  
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• At least 2 people shot at Manhattan office building housing financial firms and NFL, source tells AP

  29-07-2025 02:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — At least two people, including a New York City police officer, were shot Monday in a midtown office building that houses some of the country’s top financial firms and the National Football League, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
  The person, who did not immediately know the victims’ conditions, was not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
  The Fire Department of New Yor
  
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• 30 people die in heavy rains and flooding in Beijing, Chinese state media say

  29-07-2025 01:44
  
  TAISHITUN, China (AP) — Chinese state media say that 30 people have died in heavy rains and flooding in Beijing.
  State broadcaster CCTV said on Tuesday that 28 people had died in Beijing’s hard-hit Miyun district and two others in Yanqing as of midnight. More heavy rain fell overnight in the Chinese capital.
  Reports on Monday said heavy rains and flooding killed four people, with eight other still missing. The victims were caught in a landslide in Hebei province.That brings the death
  
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• Body discovered in burning vehicle in B.C.; police suspect criminality

  29-07-2025 01:00
  
  Police in British Columbia are investigating after a body was discovered in a burning car.Mounties in Agassiz, B.C., say officers responded late Sunday to a report of a vehicle fire on Cheam Road in the community of Popkum.
  Police say when emergency responders arrived, they found a body inside the vehicle.
  Homicide detectives have been deployed and will be taking over the investigation, and RCMP say the area will be cordoned off while investigators process the scene.
  Police say the death is beli
  
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• Gull pierced by a barbecue skewer is released in B.C. after wildlife centre’s care

  29-07-2025 00:43
  
  WHITE ROCK — A gull that was skewered with a discarded wooden barbecue stick that generated a flurry of phone calls to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC has been released after rehabilitation.Coleen Doucette, co-executive director with the wildlife rescue, says the glaucous-winged gull stood briefly at a pier in White Rock, B.C., before flying off.
  Doucette says seeing the young bird leisurely spreading its wings into a “beautiful glide” brought their team a “tremendo
  
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• Police investigate after body found in burning car near Chilliwack

  29-07-2025 00:11
  
  CHILLIWACK — RCMP are investigating a Sunday night vehicle fire that led to the discovery of a body inside the burned vehicle.
  According to a police news release, Mounties were called around 11:35 p.m. to the 52100 block of Cheam Road in Popkum.
  Agassiz RCMP are in the early stages of the investigation and are working with Chilliwack RCMP and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) to gather evidence at the scene. Authorities are not commenting any further.
  Earlier Monday police
  
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• Voters in Alberta byelection to use adapted ballots due to high number of candidates

  29-07-2025 00:08
  
  CAMROSE — Elections Canada says voters in the upcoming Battle River-Crowfoot byelection will be required to write out the name of their preferred candidate given the unusually high number of people running and past challenges with long ballots.
  More than 200 people were registered to run as of Monday, which was also the last day to sign up for candidacy.The list includes Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Liberal candidate Darcy Spady, the NDP’s Katherine Swampy and dozens more sp
  
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