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• ‘Pivotal time’: Redblacks look to Dinwiddie to turn team’s fortunes around

  06-11-2025 23:34
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks are confident they’ve found the leader who can restore pride, direction and competitiveness to a franchise that’s struggled to find its footing in recent years.
  On Thursday, the Redblacks, who have just one playoff appearance over the last six seasons, officially introduced Ryan Dinwiddie as their new head coach and general manager, signalling what team executives described as the start of a new era for the organization.Dinwiddie, who spent the pas
  
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• At least 1 dead, 6 trapped after structure collapses at decommissioned South Korean power plant

  06-11-2025 23:27
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials said one person was killed and at least one more was feared dead after a 60-meter (196-foot) tower collapsed during demolition work at a decommissioned thermal power plant in the city of Ulsan. Six people remained trapped under the rubble.Rescue workers pulled two people to safety shortly after responding to the tower collapse Thursday afternoon. Another worker, who was rescued later, was pronounced dead at a hospital early Friday, said Kim
  
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• Rockies hiring DePodesta of ‘Moneyball’ fame from NFL’s Browns to run baseball ops, AP source says

  06-11-2025 23:24
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Colorado Rockies are hiring Paul DePodesta of "Moneyball" fame from the NFL's Cleveland Browns to run baseball operations, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because the move has not been announced by the team.DePodesta, who inspired Jonah Hill's character in the movie “Moneyball,” returns to baseball after nearly 10 years with the Browns. He was named C
  
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• At least 1 dead, 6 trapped after structure collapse at South Korean power plant

  06-11-2025 23:21
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials said one person was killed and at least one more was feared dead after a 60-meter (196-foot) tower collapsed during demolition work at a decommissioned thermal power plant in the city of Ulsan. Six people remained trapped under the rubble.Rescue workers pulled two people to safety shortly after responding to the tower collapse Thursday afternoon. Another worker, who was rescued later, was pronounced dead at a hospital early Friday, said Kim
  
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• B.C. couple who ran bogus anti-tax school lose CRA assessment appeal

  06-11-2025 22:55
  VANCOUVER — A B.C. couple who ran educational seminars promoting the bogus notion that people don't have to pay taxes have lost their appeal against tax bills on $1.4 million in revenue from the scheme.The Federal Court of Appeal in Vancouver ruled this week that Russell Porisky and Elaine Gould's appeal of the tax assessments on revenue generated between 2004 and 2008 had "no merit," after the Tax Court of Canada shot them down last year.Porisky and Gould were convicted of tax evasion in
  
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• Blue Jays executives reflect on deep playoff run, look forward to ’26 season

  06-11-2025 22:52
  TORONTO — The pain of coming a couple outs away from a World Series title was still raw for Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro and general manager Ross Atkins on Thursday.They held end-of-season media availabilities five days after Toronto dropped a 5-4 decision to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the Fall Classic at Rogers Centre.
  "It certainly wasn't the last out that we had envisioned," Atkins said. "But a lot leading up to it was what we had envisioned."It was a remarkable turnaround
  
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• 19-year-old who was shot, killed in Burnaby was known to police, involved in drug trade: IHIT

  06-11-2025 22:52
  BURNABY — Homicide investigators in B.C. have identified the victim in Wednesday’s shooting near Metrotown as a 19-year-old man who was known to police and was involved in the drug trade.
  According to a statement from IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Freda Fong, Connor Sheriff has been named as the victim in Wednesday’s shooting in order to further the investigation.On Wednesday night (Nov. 5), just before 6:30 p.m., Burnaby RCMP responded to calls of a shooting near McKay Avenue and Kin
  
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• Prince Harry jokes he was ‘under duress’ while wearing Dodgers cap at World Series

  06-11-2025 22:45
  TORONTO — Prince Harry joked in Toronto that he was "under duress" when he wore a Los Angeles Dodgers hat during a World Series game against the Blue Jays last week.The Duke of Sussex was in the crowd at Los Angeles' Dodgers Stadium with his wife Meghan Markle for Game 4 of the Fall Classic, and both had sported the home team's cap.
  During a visit to Sunnybrook Hospital's veterans centre in Toronto on Thursday, staff presented him with a Toronto Blue Jays hat as a gift.
  The duke joked that
  
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• Fuel spill from derailed train near Kamloops, B.C., lake reaches 80,000 litres

  06-11-2025 22:45
  KAMLOOPS — An estimate of the amount of aviation fuel spilled in a train derailment on the shores of Kamloops Lake in British Columbia has increased six-fold, bringing the total to more than 80,000 litres.
  Canadian Pacific Kansas City said the derailment occurred on Saturday night, about 20 kilometres west of Kamloops, and it involved a locomotive and 17 rail cars, two of which were carrying aviation fuel.An update from B.C.'s Environment Ministry late Wednesday says the railway transferre
  
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• Unveiling of Vancouver Goldeneyes brand a step forward for PWHL expansion team

  06-11-2025 22:36
  VANCOUVER — Cara Gardner Morey admits she's not great at keeping secrets.
  For the general manager of Vancouver's Professional Women's Hockey League expansion club, staying mum on the new branding was no easy feat.
  “There was times I tried to forget what it was because I was scared it would slip out," she said. "It was definitely difficult.”
  Gardner Morey finally broke her silence Thursday as the Vancouver Goldeneyes name and logo was released into the wild.“Just finally h
  
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• Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November

  06-11-2025 22:35
  A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. gave President Donald Trump's administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, though it's unlikely the 42 million Americans — about 1 in 8 — will see the money on the debit cards they use for groceries that quickly.The order was in response t
  
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• U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to attend G7 foreign ministers meeting next week

  06-11-2025 22:34
  OTTAWA — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to attend a meeting with other G7 foreign ministers in Ontario's Niagara Region next week.
  Global Affairs Canada says Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will welcome her counterparts from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union.
  Canada will also host ministers from several "outreach countries," including Australia, Brazil, India, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mexico, the Republic of Kor
  
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• Parliamentary committee revises order to share federal grant applicant data

  06-11-2025 22:29
  A parliamentary committee has amended a controversial order that seeks 25 years' worth of data on researchers who applied for health and science grants.
  The Standing Committee on Health and Research had originally sought details on student and faculty applications to three agencies between 2000 and 2025 but now says it will accept anonymized, high-level data that better preserves privacy.
  The motion seeks information collected by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Natural S
  
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• Rockies hiring Paul DePodesta from NFL’s Browns to run baseball operations, AP source says

  06-11-2025 22:20
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Colorado Rockies are hiring Paul DePodesta of "Moneyball" fame from the NFL's Cleveland Browns to run baseball operations, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press.The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because the move has not been announced by the team.DePodesta, who inspired Jonah Hill's character in the movie “Moneyball,” returns to baseball after nearly 10 years with the Cleveland Browns. He w
  
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• Teachers challenge Alberta law using notwithstanding clause to end strike

  06-11-2025 22:18
  EDMONTON — Alberta teachers are taking Premier Danielle Smith's government to court for passing a law to end their strike and for using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to do it.
  Jason Schilling, head of the Alberta Teachers' Association, says the union has filed an application asking for a judge to immediately pause the law until a full constitutional challenge is heard.
  Schilling says the province's use of the notwithstanding clause is invalid, unconstitutional and stops courts from
  
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• Marsch says Canada at the World Cup can be even bigger than Blue Jays’ playoff run

  06-11-2025 22:12
  Like many Canadians, Jesse Marsch stayed up late to watch the Toronto Blue Jays' remarkable playoff run.
  Given the Canada men's soccer coach is based in Italy, that meant very late.
  "Since I've been living in Europe, I've only gotten up in the middle of the night to watch football, soccer matches — until the World Series this year," Marsch told a virtual availability Thursday. "So I was a Jays fan, maybe not as much as the rest of Toronto, the rest of Canada, but this is the first time, fo
  
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• LETTER: Chilliwack teachers stand in solidarity with Alberta counterparts - Chilliwack Progress

  06-11-2025 22:11 via news.google.com
  LETTER: Chilliwack teachers stand in solidarity with Alberta counterparts  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Alberta teachers file court challenge of back-to-work legislation

  06-11-2025 21:55
  EDMONTON — The head of the Alberta Teachers' Association says it has filed a court challenge against back-to-work legislation that ended a provincewide strike.
  Jason Schilling says it wants the court to put the law, which uses the notwithstanding clause, on hold pending the challenge.More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Ticats’ linebacker Stubblefield fondly remembers his time with Montreal Alouettes

  06-11-2025 21:53
  HAMILTON — They'll be the enemy Saturday, but Reggie Stubblefield still has much fondness for his time with the Montreal Alouettes.
  The veteran linebacker began his CFL career in 2023 helping Montreal win the Grey Cup. But on Saturday, he'll be donning Hamilton Tiger-Cats colours against his former team in the East Division final at Hamilton Stadium.
  The winner will advance to the Grey Cup, which will be held Nov. 16 at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg.
  "I was just with those guys the las
  
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• Unions condemn federal government’s plans to change collective bargaining rules

  06-11-2025 21:49
  OTTAWA — Federal public service unions are condemning the government's proposed amendments to collective bargaining rules — though they admit they know little at this point about what those changes could entail.
  The federal budget, tabled on Tuesday, proposes amendments to the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act to ensure the government can "attract and retain the necessary talent" while "respecting Canada’s fiscal circumstances relative to its stated budgetary policies
  
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• Five things to know about ostrich cull case, after court delivers blow to farmers

  06-11-2025 21:48
  The cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm is set to begin after the Supreme Court of Canada announced it would not be hearing an appeal by the farm's owners.
  Here are five things to know about the situation at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C.
  1. The court fight
  The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday declined to grant the farmers leave to appeal their case again, after they previously lost bids to save the birds in Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal. Thursd
  
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• Accused in spy trial says Chinese university bids tied to Hydro-Québec job insecurity

  06-11-2025 21:45
  MONTREAL — A former researcher with Quebec's hydro utility who is facing economic espionage charges says he was applying for work at universities in China because he was unhappy at Hydro-Québec.
  Yuesheng Wang maintained under cross-examination in court today that there was nothing nefarious about his interest in moving back to China.
  He explained that it was tied to Hydro-Québec's unwillingness to extend his work visa long-term and his limited French and English.
  The Crown al
  
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• Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers

  06-11-2025 21:27
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity. The decision by the high court’s conservative majority is Trump’s latest win on the high court’s emergency docket, and it means his administration can enforce the policy while a lawsuit over it plays out. It halts a lower-court order requ
  
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• UK police arrest 6 ahead of soccer match between Aston Villa and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv

  06-11-2025 21:23
  LONDON (AP) — British police said six people were arrested Thursday evening ahead of Aston Villa’s Europa League soccer match with Maccabi Tel Aviv in Birmingham, a match that has seen fans of the Israeli team banned.West Midlands Police, which has deployed more than 700 officers, said a 21-year-old man was arrested for failing to comply with an order to remove a face mask while a 17-year-old boy was arrested for failing to comply with a dispersal order. Three others were arrested fo
  
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• Ticats’ Amos feels with home-field advantage comes a huge responsibility to play well

  06-11-2025 21:19
  DaShaun Amos and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will definitely have home-field advantage Saturday for the East Division final.
  An expected Hamilton Stadium sellout will be rocking when the Ticats host the Montreal Alouettes. But for Amos, with that comes the responsibility of playing well to keep fans engaged and behind the home team throughout.
  "They can be as loud as they want but if we're out there not playing our game and not to our best ability they only help us so much," Amos told reporters this
  
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• Cowboys’ Marshawn Kneeland found dead of apparent suicide at 24 after evading officers, police say

  06-11-2025 21:12
  FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Police in a Dallas suburb say 24-year-old Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland was found dead of an apparent suicide after evading authorities in his vehicle and fleeing the scene of an accident on foot.
  Frisco police said Thursday they are investigating the possible suicide. They said Kneeland didn't stop for Texas Department of Public Safety troopers over a traffic violation in a chase that was joined by Frisco police on Wednesday night.
  Authorities lost si
  
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• Remembrance Day ceremonies planned across Chilliwack to honour veterans - Chilliwack Progress

  06-11-2025 21:08 via news.google.com
  Remembrance Day ceremonies planned across Chilliwack to honour veterans  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian forward Jonathan David named CONCACAF Men’s Player of the Year

  06-11-2025 21:00
  Canadian Jonathan David has been named the 2024-25 CONCACAF Men’s Player of the Year.
  Rewarded for both his play at club and international level, the 25-year-old Juventus forward becomes the second Canadian man to win the award after two-time winner Alphonso Davies.
  David, a two-time Canada Soccer Player of the Year (2019 and 2024), was also nominated for the CONCACAF award in 2021, 2022 and 2023-24.
  Haiti's Melchie Dumornay, who plays her club football in France for OL Lyonnes, won the CO
  
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• NDP says it will vote with government on first budget confidence vote

  06-11-2025 20:44
  OTTAWA — NDP interim leader Don Davies says his caucus will keep the minority Liberal government alive in the first of three confidence tests of the federal budget today.
  Members of Parliament are set to vote on two amendments to the budget that were proposed by the Bloc Québécois and the Conservatives.
  Government House leader Steven MacKinnon's office says the votes are considered matters of confidence because both amendments call on MPs to reject the budget.
  If the governme
  
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• Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge

  06-11-2025 20:40
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention. A viral video of the sandwich tossing made Sean Charles Dunn a symbol of resistance to Trump’s deployment of federal agents to combat crime in the nation’s capital. His misdemeanor acquittal is another setback for
  
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• Don Mattingly leaves Blue Jays after three seasons as bench coach

  06-11-2025 20:34
  TORONTO — Don Mattingly will not return to the Toronto Blue Jays' coaching staff next season, ending his three-year stint with the Major League Baseball team.
  The Blue Jays confirmed Mattingly's departure Thursday.
  The 64-year-old Mattingly served as bench coach in Toronto and helped guide the Blue Jays to their first World Series appearance in 32 years this past season.
  The Blue Jays lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games, denying Mattingly a first career title.
  Mattingly was a si
  
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• Chilliwack SPCA wants to reunite injured kitten found on Vedder Road with its family

  06-11-2025 20:23
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) chapter in Chilliwack is trying to reunite an injured kitten found on Vedder Road with its rightful owner.The non-profit organization says the little guy was recently found on Vedder Road and needed emergency surgery and veterinary care for injuries that it likely suffered while on the loose.
  The SPCA says the veterinary who treated him estimates he’s about 10 weeks old – barely old enough to be a bab
  
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• Chilliwack SPCA wants to reunite injured kitten found on Vedder Road with its family - Fraser Valley Today

  06-11-2025 20:21 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack SPCA wants to reunite injured kitten found on Vedder Road with its family  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Canadian travellers to feel effect of U.S. flight cuts caused by government shutdown

  06-11-2025 20:07
  MONTREAL — Some Canadian travellers bound for America will see cancelled flights and delayed itineraries as the U.S. government shutdown puts pressure on the country's aviation network.
  Air Canada says it is maintaining a "normal schedule" but that customers connecting to flights run by its partner United Airlines could be affected.
  Porter Airlines says staffing shortages are causing delays in key markets south of the border, with both carriers adding that affected passengers can rebook at
  
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• Pathways to humanitarian permanent residency tighten as Ottawa focuses on economy

  06-11-2025 19:48
  OTTAWA — The federal government is cutting the number of spots available in its refugee permanent residency streams for next year.
  The updated immigration levels plan shows 49,000 spaces for refugees seeking permanent residency in 2026, down from about 58,000 this year.
  The Canadian Council of Refugees points out the federal budget also contains a one-time initiative to grant permanent residency to an additional 115,000 protected individuals who are already in Canada.
  The levels plan also
  
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• RCMP appeal for help as they investigate armed robbery in Boston Bar

  06-11-2025 19:45
  BOSTON BAR — Mounties in Hope are appealing to the public for help as they investigate an armed robbery involving a man who was foraging along a rural forest service road in Boston Bar.
  According to a statement from Hope RCMP spokesperson S/Sgt. Mike Sargent, Mounties in Boston Bar responded to a reported robbery on the Uztlius Forest Service Road in Boston Bar on Monday, Oct. 20 at 6:12 p.m.
  Police say a man who was foraging along the rural forest service road was threatened by several in
  
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• Analysis: Former Argos O’Shea, Steinauer should top club’s head-coaching list

  06-11-2025 19:34
  TORONTO — With the Toronto Argonauts looking for a head coach, two very familiar names should top general manager Mike (Pinball) Clemons' wish list.
  Clemons' first moves should be calling the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats for permission to speak to Mike O'Shea and Orlondo Steinauer, respectively. Both are former Argos players who won a Grey Cup playing for then-head coach Clemons in 2004 and again as Toronto assistants in 2012 before blazing their own paths as CFL head coac
  
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• Liberal MP fined $600 for breaching elections financing law

  06-11-2025 19:18
  OTTAWA — The Commissioner of Canada Elections says it fined Nova Scotia Liberal MP Jaime Battiste $600 for a series of elections law violations — including his donation of funds to his own campaign that went almost $1,500 over the legal limit.
  Battiste, who currently serves as parliamentary secretary to the minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, sought the party leadership earlier this year but bowed out of the leadership race early on.
  The elections law violations stem back six yea
  
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• Blue Jays extend qualifying offer to star infielder Bo Bichette

  06-11-2025 19:09
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have extended a qualifying offer to star infielder Bo Bichette, the Major League Baseball club announced Thursday.
  Bichette has until Nov. 18 to accept the offer.
  By extending the qualifying offer, the Blue Jays will get a draft pick in compensation if Bichette signs elsewhere in free agency.
  Bichette is coming off a stellar 2025 campaign that saw him bat .311 and finish tied for second in the majors with 181 hits despite missing the final three weeks of the
  
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• Serene Stay & Play Café to open soon in Chilliwack, offering a unique venue for community connection - Fraser Valley Today

  06-11-2025 19:06 via news.google.com
  Serene Stay & Play Café to open soon in Chilliwack, offering a unique venue for community connection  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Serene Stay & Play Café to open soon in Chilliwack, offering a unique venue for community connection

  06-11-2025 19:02
  CHILLIWACK — A unique kind of café experience featuring board games, billiards, coffee and light meals in a convenient community hub is set to open soon in Chilliwack.
  Jenny Sawatzky tells Fraser Valley Today that after months of construction and interior renovations, Serene Stay & Play Café is preparing to open its doors in late November or early December at 107-7491 Vedder Road in Sardis near Staples.The venue is designed to be a welcoming space for families and game en
  
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• Trump says it would be ‘devastating’ if U.S. Supreme Court rules against his tariffs

  06-11-2025 19:00
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says it would be "devastating" for the United States if the U.S. Supreme Court rules against his favourite tariff tool.
  The court is hearing arguments this week related to two separate legal challenges of Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for tariffs, including the fentanyl-related duties applied to Canada.
  Trump's lawyer faced pointed questions from the conservative-led U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, with many justices voi
  
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• A former teacher shot by student, 6, wins $10M jury verdict against ex-assistant principal

  06-11-2025 18:56
  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A jury in Virginia on Thursday awarded $10 million to a former teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student and later accused an ex-administrator in a lawsuit of ignoring repeated warnings that the child had a gun.The jury returned its decision against Ebony Parker, a former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News.Abby Zwerner was shot in January 2023 as she sat at a reading table in her first-grade classroom. She had sought $40 million ag
  
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• San Diego Padres hire former reliever Craig Stammen as manager

  06-11-2025 18:55
  The San Diego Padres have hired former reliever Craig Stammen to be their manager.Stammen got a three-year contract Thursday to begin his first managerial job at any level of the sport.The longtime right-handed reliever retired from his playing career with the Padres in August 2023, and he spent the past two seasons as an assistant to the major league coaching staff and the baseball operations department headed by general manager A.J. Preller.The 41-year-old Stammen replaces Mike Shildt, who ret
  
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• Vancouver Goldeneyes, Seattle Torrent the names of PWHL’s expansion clubs

  06-11-2025 18:53
  The Vancouver Goldeneyes and Seattle Torrent are the names of the two new Professional Women's Hockey League teams joining the league this season.
  The PWHL unveiled Thursday the names and logos of the clubs that bring the number of teams in the league from six to eight when the third season starts Nov. 21.
  The PWHL played a first season before giving names and logos to its original six clubs: the Toronto Sceptres, Montreal Victoire, Ottawa Charge, New York Sirens, Boston Fleet and Minnesota Fros
  
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• Judge will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against protesters and media

  06-11-2025 18:51
  CHICAGO (AP) — A judge said Thursday she will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against peaceful protesters and media, saying current practices violate their constitutional rights.The preliminary injunction came in response to a lawsuit alleging federal agents have used excessive force in their immigration crackdown in the Chicago area.U.S District Judge Sara Ellis 's ruling, which is expected to be appealed by President Donald Trump's administration, refines an earli
  
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• Bell eyes U.S. fibre expansion after closing Ziply deal and boosting internet subs

  06-11-2025 18:44
  The closing of BCE Inc.'s $5-billion purchase of U.S. internet provider Ziply Fiber in August helped boost the telecom giant's fibre internet subscription base in its latest quarter, as it aims to accelerate its infrastructure build south of the border.
  Bell Canada's parent company said Thursday it added 65,000 net new fibre subscribers in its third quarter, including U.S. operations.
  Based in Kirkland, Wash., Ziply Fiber offers fibre internet service in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, including Was
  
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• Ruth and Naomi’s to provide extreme-weather shelter this winter in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  06-11-2025 18:43 via news.google.com
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• Premier Moe and Gainer Gopher join forces to support CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders

  06-11-2025 18:36
  REGINA — Saskatchewan's premier is teaming up with the province’s largest, most-huggable rodent to cheer on the Green Riders in the CFL’s West final this weekend.
  Premier Scott Moe, with Saskatchewan Roughriders mascot Gainer the Gopher beside him, declared Friday to be Green and White Day in honour of the team's signature colours.
  Moe and Gainer signed a certificate marking the occasion, raised a flag outside the legislature and clasped hands in a show of team spirit.The Rough
  
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• World Series and rest of Blue Jays’ post-season boosted Toronto hotels, businesses

  06-11-2025 18:33
  TORONTO — An organization that tracks and promotes tourism in Toronto says the World Series and the entire Blue Jays' post-season run gave the city a big economic boost, with more visitors and more spending at local businesses.Destination Toronto says the four home games of the World Series saw a 15 per cent average increase in hotel demand compared to the same nights last year, adding a total of more than 11,000 room nights.It says the full post-season run of the Blue Jays' home games saw
  
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