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• Sceptres star Natalie Spooner eyes return to MVP form with clean bill of health

  11-11-2025 23:28
  TORONTO — Natalie Spooner was happy to shed the knee brace when the time came after getting some advice from Edmonton Oilers forward Zach Hyman.
  The Toronto Sceptres forward crossed paths with the NHLer at Hockey Canada's Olympic orientation camp in late August that brought together players from the men's, women's and paralympic teams.
  "I was talking to Zach Hyman because I'd heard how he had the same surgery as me," Spooner told reporters at the Sceptres' opening day of training camp. "An
  
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• ‘It’s about all of us’: Armed Forces, veterans gather for Remembrance Day in Montreal

  11-11-2025 23:19
  MONTREAL — On Remembrance Day, Bruno Plourde said his thoughts were with a comrade he lost while the two were deployed in Afghanistan.“We have a special place in our heart for him today,” he said Tuesday morning from Montreal’s Place du Canada. "For all the people that lost their lives — or who sometimes came back, but not whole as a person.”
  The veteran spent 40 years in the Armed Forces, also deploying in the Congo and Bosnia. He and his comrade were both se
  
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• Montreal’s Jason Maas, Saskatchewan’s Corey Mace lead their teams into Grey Cup

  11-11-2025 23:10
  WINNIPEG — Jason Maas and Corey Mace have their teams in the Grey Cup, but say they haven't done it alone.
  And the keys to CFL head coaching success for both are very similar.
  "Players make a great head coach, that's where you start," Montreal's Maas said Tuesday during the coaches news conference ahead of Sunday's Grey Cup between the Alouettes and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. "Our players are the most important people in our building and to make them feel like that every single day is i
  
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• From Naismith to SGA: ‘The Golden Generation’ tells Canada’s men’s basketball story

  11-11-2025 23:09
  When Oren Weisfeld set out to write about the story of Canada’s national men’s basketball team, he wasn’t sure how many of the sport’s biggest names would agree to talk.
  Instead, Canada's basketball community embraced Weisfeld's new book "The Golden Generation," with a who's who of the sport agreeing to interviews, including reigning NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Hamilton, Hall of Famer Steve Nash of Victoria, and 10 of 12 members of the 2024 men's Olympic team.Weisf
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks sign two defencemen after 10 winless games, several injured players

  11-11-2025 22:44
  ABBOTSFORD — This year’s Calder Cup champions are facing off against San Jose with two much-needed players after going winless for nearly a month.The Abbotsford Canucks are on a franchise record 10-game losing streak, in part due to a roster leaking out onto injured reserve.Players like Jett Woo and Guillaume Brisebois are both still out of commission. Netminders Nikita Tolopilo and Ty Young have also gotten hurt, while Jiri Patera had been called up to play with the Vancouver Canuck
  
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• Oilers GM Stan Bowman on Edmonton’s scuffling start: ‘We’re just not clicking’

  11-11-2025 22:43
  TORONTO — Stan Bowman smirked when the conversation shifted to goaltending.
  The Edmonton Oilers general manager has been in the job just under 16 months. He knows the crease — especially in a Canadian market — is always a hot topic.
  And it's particularly scalding right now in Alberta's capital.
  Stuart Skinner has allowed 11 goals over his last three starts, including four in Saturday's embarrassing 9-1 home loss to the Colorado Avalanche before getting pulled.
  The Oilers reboun
  
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• Charge goaltender Philips looks to build on stellar rookie PWHL season

  11-11-2025 22:24
  OTTAWA — Gwyneth Philips can still walk down the street in Ottawa and enjoy a little anonymity.
  That could change soon.
  The Ottawa Charge goaltender turned heads in her Professional Women’s Hockey League rookie season. The 25-year-old posted a 1.23 goals-against-average and .952 save percentage in eight playoff games and won the Ilana Kloss playoff MVP trophy, despite being on the losing team in the Walter Cup final.Philips, the Charge’s third round pick in the 2024 draft, was
  
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• Calgary-born Major League Soccer referee Drew Fischer wins award second year in a row

  11-11-2025 22:10
  EDMONTON — Calgary-born Drew Fischer’s story of how he became a soccer referee is a classic one.
  Similarly to many other professional arbiters of the game, he wanted to be a striker.
  "But I was a much better referee than I ever was a player," the 45-year-old said with a chuckle in an interview. "You'd be hard pressed to find referees who didn't play at some point."
  He said he just couldn't get the footing right but in the years that followed found his calling as a referee.
  In October
  
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• Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe communities to buy Elements Casino in Chilliwack - Creston Valley Advance

  11-11-2025 21:14 via news.google.com
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• Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million over police raid on a small-town newspaper, editor says

  11-11-2025 20:53
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom, the paper's editor said Tuesday. Marion County was among multiple defendants in five federal lawsuits filed by the company that publishes the Marion County Record, its publisher, the estate of his late mother, the paper’s co-owner, employees of the paper and a form
  
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• Railways says rock slide may have caused B.C. derailment that spilled jet fuel

  11-11-2025 20:36
  SAVONA, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Rail operator Canadian Pacific Kansas City says a rock slide may be partially to blame for a derailment near Kamloops, B.C., that resulted in the spill of more than 70,000 litres of jet fuel alongside a local lake.
  CPKC Indigenous relations and government affairs director Mike LoVecchio said during a public information meeting in Savona, B.C., Monday night that the exact cause of the derailment is still under investigation.
  LoVecchio said the Transportation Safet
  
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• Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko to return vs. Winnipeg Jets

  11-11-2025 20:34
  VANCOUVER — Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko will return to the net Tuesday when Vancouver hosts the Winnipeg Jets.Vancouver head coach Adam Foote confirmed after morning skate that the 29-year-old all-star will get the start.
  Demko has not played since a 5-4 overtime win against the Predators on Nov. 3 in Nashville.Foote said on Friday the goalie was taking care of himself in a season with a condensed schedule, but did not say he was dealing with an injury.
  Demko is 5-4-0 this season with a
  
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• Israeli settlers attack two Palestinian villages in the West Bank

  11-11-2025 20:28
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked a pair of Palestinian villages in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, setting fire to vehicles and other property before clashing with Israeli soldiers sent to halt the rampage, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.It was the latest in a recent series of violent attacks by young settlers in the West Bank.Israeli police said four Israelis were arrested in what it described as “extremist violence,” while the Israeli mil
  
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• Chilliwack Cultural Centre to present period-inspired Christmas winter concert - Fraser Valley Today

  11-11-2025 20:23 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack Cultural Centre to present period-inspired Christmas winter concert

  11-11-2025 20:23
  CHILLIWACK — Residents are invited to come in and warm up with a magical winter sonata next month in Chilliwack.On December 9, the Chilliwack Cultural Centre is set to host “Winter Harp” – a collection of familiar, Celtic, and medieval music presented by an ensemble of orchestral instruments ranging from drums and temple bells to fiddle and the organistrum.
  “Winter Harp concerts both evoke and create beautiful memories,” said Lori Pappajohn, Winter Harp co-fou
  
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• B.C. falls silent at Remembrance Day services, where family ties run strong

  11-11-2025 20:20
  Remembrance Day services across British Columbia have fallen silent for two minutes to honour the sacrifice of war and military veterans, with some attendees reflecting on traditions of service running through their families.
  Retired RCMP Sgt. Don Bindon, who was on his way to the service at Victory Square in Vancouver dressed in the red serge uniform, says his son is in the army and his father also served in the army during the Second World War.
  Bindon says he marches every year he can, to hono
  
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• Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe communities to buy Elements Casino in Chilliwack - Cowichan Valley Citizen

  11-11-2025 20:16 via news.google.com
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• Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe communities to buy Elements Casino in Chilliwack - Coast Mountain News

  11-11-2025 20:14 via news.google.com
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• Canada fullback Alistair Johnston faces longer injury layoff after hamstring surgery

  11-11-2025 20:00
  Canadian international fullback Alistair Johnston underwent hamstring surgery Tuesday after suffering a setback in his return from injury.
  The 27-year-old from Aurora, Ont., was initially injured during Glasgow Celtic's Aug. 20 Champions League game against Kazakh side Kairat Almaty. He returned against Austria's Sturm Graz on Oct. 23 but only lasted 23 minutes.
  Johnston, who has won 56 caps for Canada and has been a key starter under coach Jesse Marsch, confirmed news of the surgery via a socia
  
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• Abbotsford gallery museum explores history of Canada-U.S. border in new exhibit

  11-11-2025 19:20
  ABBOTSFORD — A public art gallery nestled at the border city between Canada and the United States is hosting a new exhibit showcasing the history of the 49th parallel.
  The Reach Gallery Museum is presenting “Parallax: Perspectives on the Canada–U.S. Border”, an exhibition featuring rare archival materials from the 1858–62 Northwest Boundary Survey, alongside new commissions from Indigenous contemporary artists.
  “Abbotsford’s southern edge is delineated b
  
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• Quebec should strengthen climate targets despite rollback in the U.S., says committee

  11-11-2025 19:05
  MONTREAL — An expert committee says Quebec needs to maintain its ambition to address climate change despite a U.S. government that disputes climate science.Quebec's advisory committee on climate change says the government should keep or increase its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 37.5 per cent below 1990 levels by 2030.It says Quebec should also aim to reach carbon neutrality by 2045 instead of the current target of 2050.The Quebec government requested the committee's recom
  
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• Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe communities to buy Elements Casino in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  11-11-2025 18:50 via news.google.com
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• Mavericks fire GM Nico Harrison 9 months after widely panned Luka Doncic trade

  11-11-2025 18:49
  The Dallas Mavericks fired general manager Nico Harrison on Tuesday, an admission nine months later that the widely criticized trade of Luka Doncic backfired on the franchise.
  The move came a day after Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont attended a 116-114 loss to Milwaukee in which fans again chanted “fire Nico,” a familiar refrain since the blockbuster deal that brought Anthony Davis from the Los Angeles Lakers and angered the Dallas fan base.
  The Mavericks appointed Michael Finley a
  
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• 7 arrested in recent safety enforcement initiative: Chilliwack RCMP - Fraser Valley Today

  11-11-2025 18:23 via news.google.com
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• 7 arrested in recent safety enforcement initiative: Chilliwack RCMP

  11-11-2025 18:21
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP are keeping up their commitment to public safety through an enforcement initiative launched this past summer.Project S.A.F.E. (Strategic Action for Focused Engagement) was launched in June to increase police visibility in downtown areas and surrounding neighbourhoods.With cooling weather, police have now shifted to more targeted enforcement, disrupting the activities of known offenders and high-crime areas, including:Alexander Avenue and Young Road
  Yale Rd, Mar
  
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• Quebec labour minister wants power to intervene in Montreal transit strike

  11-11-2025 18:04
  QUÉBEC — The Quebec government wants the power to intervene in a strike that has disrupted public transit in Montreal since the start of November.Labour Minister Jean Boulet will table a bill on Wednesday that would bring into force a new law giving the government broad power to end labour disputes.The information was first reported by Le Journal de Québec and was confirmed to The Canadian Press by a government source not authorized to speak publicly.The new labour law was su
  
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• B.C. man gets three years in jail for sex assaults while working in drug-use recovery

  11-11-2025 18:04
  NEW WESTMINSTER — A British Columbia man has been sentenced to three years in prison for sexual assaults committed while he was employed with a substance-use recovery services group.
  New Westminster police say Adam Haber was sentenced on Nov. 7 after being convicted in February of two counts of sexual assault.
  Police began investigating Haber in 2023, and 11 women eventually came forward with statements on the case.
  Haber was initially charged with three counts of sexual assault before bei
  
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• The Latest: Canadians across country gather to honour those who fought, died in wars

  11-11-2025 17:57
  OTTAWA — This Remembrance Day marks eight decades since the conclusion of the Second World War and 25 years since the entombment of Canada's Unknown Soldier, a First World War combatant who remains unidentified.
  The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa honours the more than 118,000 Canadians who sacrificed their lives in service to their country.
  Veterans Affairs Canada estimates that, as of this year, there are 3,691 surviving Canadian veterans of the Second World War — 667 women a
  
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• Canada’s veteran population is dwindling fast. Here are the numbers.

  11-11-2025 17:56
  OTTAWA — Canada marked Remembrance Day on Tuesday — 80 years after the Second World War ended and 72 years since the end of the Korean War.
  Only a few thousand Canadian veterans of those conflicts are still alive.
  Veterans Affairs Canada provided these estimates based on the 2021 census:
  First World War (1914-1918)
  650,000: The number of Canadians and Newfoundlanders who served.
  66,000: The number of Canadian service members who died during the conflict.
  172,000: The number of Canadi
  
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• Lifelong act of service: Chilliwack veteran, nurse continues fight by helping others - Fraser Valley Today

  11-11-2025 17:54 via news.google.com
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• Lifelong act of service: Chilliwack veteran, nurse continues fight by helping others

  11-11-2025 17:49
  CHILLIWACK — The nation may be gearing up today to honour those who lost their lives in service, but for some, remembrance is a lifelong path.
  This is the case for Jeffrey Johnson, a former military member, now a Chilliwack-based psychiatric nurse.“I come from a family with a tradition of military service dating back to World War II,” said Johnson. “Military life shaped who I am and continues to influence how I see the world.”
  For Johnson, the fallen are more than j
  
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• Okanagan men aged 18 and 20 killed in Chilliwack crash - PentictonNow

  11-11-2025 17:45 via news.google.com
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• Heavy November snowfall knocks out power, closes schools in Quebec

  11-11-2025 17:36
  MONTREAL — About 316,000 Quebec homes and businesses were without electricity before noon after heavy snow knocked down trees, forced school closures and created hazardous road conditions.
  Environment Canada says a low pressure system that started Sunday brought a mixed bag of rain, freezing rain and snow to southern Quebec.
  The province's hydro utility says the fall snow collected on tree leaves, weighing down branches that snapped and fell on power lines.
  The Montérégie reg
  
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• Federal budget’s refreshed immigration targets will weigh on growth: economist

  11-11-2025 17:30
  OTTAWA — One economist argues the federal Liberals' renewed pledge to throttle immigration levels over the next few years will weigh on Canada's economic growth.
  The federal budget tabled last week recommitted to a previous target of reducing the share of temporary residents in Canada to five per cent of the total population, but pushed the timeline for that goal back to 2027.
  Stephen Brown of Capital Economics says the ramp down in temporary workers and students could lead Canada's popula
  
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• The Latest: Prime minister marks Remembrance Day ahead of national ceremony

  11-11-2025 17:08
  OTTAWA — This Remembrance Day marks eight decades since the conclusion of the Second World War and 25 years since the entombment of Canada's Unknown Soldier, a First World War combatant who remains unidentified.
  The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa honours the more than 118,000 Canadians who sacrificed their lives in service to their country.
  Veterans Affairs Canada estimates that, as of this year, there are 3,691 surviving Canadian veterans of the Second World War — 667 women a
  
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• Vancouver FC looking forward to rubbing shoulders with CONCACAF’s elite

  11-11-2025 16:42
  Despite finishing last in the Canadian Premier League, an unlikely Canadian Championship run has Vancouver FC preparing to rub shoulders with CONCACAF's elite in the CONCACAF Champions Cup.Vancouver, which finished bottom of the eight-team CPL at 4-15-9, will find out what lies ahead in the Dec. 9 tournament draw.
  Vancouver joins Forge FC (winner of the CPL Shield as regular-season leader) and Atletico Ottawa (winner of the North Star Cup as playoff champion) in the 27-team CONCACAF club champio
  
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• Ottawa Community Events Calendar - Kitchissippi Times

  11-11-2025 16:26 via news.google.com
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• Carney: Canada remembers ‘heroic service’ of war dead, veterans across country

  11-11-2025 16:13
  OTTAWA — Canadians are pausing today to remember the military members who put their lives on the line to serve their country as Remembrance Day ceremonies get underway countrywide.
  Prime Minister Mark Carney said today honours the heroism of those who "sacrificed years away from loved ones," those who returned from combat forever changed, and those who never came back at all.
  Family members of the war dead have staked out spots hours in advance in the nation's capital, braving chilly weath
  
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• Despite loss to Chile, Canada advances to knockout round at FIFA U-17 World Cup

  11-11-2025 16:05
  DOHA — Despite a 2-1 loss to Chile in the Group K finale Tuesday, Canada moved into the knockout round at the FIFA U-17 World Cup for the first time in nine trips to the tournament.
  The young Canadians had a chance to pull even in stoppage time, but forward Van Parker skied a penalty kick in the 99th minute.
  Tournament debutant Uganda upset France 1-0 in the other Group K match, leaving all four teams on four points with 1-1-1 records. But Canada still finished second behind the French to
  
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• Turkish military plane with 20 on board crashes in Georgia

  11-11-2025 15:42
  ANKARA. Turkey (AP) — A Turkish military cargo plane with 20 people on board crashed in Georgia near the border with Azerbaijan on Tuesday, Turkish and Georgian authorities said, but they gave no immediate word on casualties. Video footage aired on Turkish news outlets appeared to show the aircraft spiraling down and leaving a trail of white smoke.The C-130 plane had taken off from Azerbaijan and was on its way back to Turkey when it crashed, Turkey's defense ministry said on X. Turkey&rsq
  
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• Turkish military cargo plane crashes in Georgia after taking off from Azerbaijan

  11-11-2025 14:41
  ANKARA. Turkey (AP) — A Turkish military cargo plane crashed in Georgia near the border with Azerbaijan on Tuesday, Turkish and Georgian authorities said. Video footage aired on Turkish news outlets appeared to show the aircraft spiraling down and leaving a trail of white smoke.The C-130 plane had taken off from Azerbaijan and was on its way back to Turkey when it crashed, Turkey's defense ministry said on X. It was not clear how many crew were on board the aircraft.Turkey’s Presiden
  
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• Turkish military cargo plane crashes near Azerbaijan-Georgia border, Turkish minister says

  11-11-2025 13:44
  ANKARA. Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry says a Turkish military cargo plane crashed near the Azerbaijan-Georgia border on Tuesday.The ministry said on X that the C-130 plane had taken off from Azerbaijan and was on its way back to Turkey.It was not clear how many crew were on board the aircraft.A search and rescue operation has been launched in coordination with Azerbaijani and Georgian authorities, the ministry said.The Associated Press
  
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• Canadian tech, Calgary prof helped get Avalanche’s Landeskog back on the ice

  11-11-2025 12:00
  CALGARY — In the spring of 2024, Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog hobbled into the University of Calgary's Integrative Neuromuscular Sport Performance Lab to try and resume his NHL career.
  He hadn't played an NHL game since June 26, 2022, when he and the Avalanche hoisted the Stanley Cup above their heads after a Game 6 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. But behind that triumph was Landeskog's deteriorating knee.Landeskog underwent cartilage replacement surgery in the spring of
  
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• A suicide bomber targets an Islamabad court, killing 12 people and wounding 27, minister says

  11-11-2025 11:56
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber struck outside the gates of a district court in Islamabad on Tuesday, detonating his explosives next to a police car and killing 12 people, Pakistan's interior minister said, the latest in an uptick of violence across the country. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the midday blast, which also wounded at least 27 people, but authorities have struggled over the past months with a resurgent Pakistani Taliban. Witnesses described scenes of mayhem
  
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• Pakistan’s interior minister says a suicide bomber struck outside the Islamabad court, killing 12

  11-11-2025 11:10
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber struck outside the gates of a district court in Islamabad on Tuesday, detonating his explosives next to a police car and killing 12 people and wounding 27, the Pakistani interior minister said.The blast, which was heard miles away, came at a time when the area is typically crowded with hundreds of visitors attending hearings. Earlier reports by Pakistani state-run media and two security officials said a car bomb had caused the explosion.The attacker tried
  
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• Thieves have stolen ancient Roman-era statues from the national museum in Syria

  11-11-2025 11:05
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thieves have stolen several ancient statues dating back to the Roman era from the national museum in the Syrian capital, leading to temporary closure of the facility, two officials from the country’s antiquities department said Tuesday.The daring theft in the classical department of the National Museum of Damascus comes as the country is reeling from the 14-year civil war and the fall of the 54-year Assad family rule last year. The museum in central Damascus, t
  
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• Canadian first nation to acquire Elements Casino Chilliwack - InterGame

  11-11-2025 10:58 via news.google.com
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• A car bomb outside an Islamabad court kills at least 11 people, Pakistani security officials say

  11-11-2025 10:39
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A powerful car bomb exploded outside a sprawling district court in Pakistan’s capital on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, security officials said. The blast, which was heard miles away and also damaged several vehicles outside the court, struck at a time when the area is typically crowded with hundreds of visitors attending hearings.No group immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion but Pakistan has struggled with militant attacks across the country an
  
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• In the news today: 3,691 Canadian WWII vets alive 80 years on

  11-11-2025 10:15
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
  As Remembrance Day marks 80 years since WWII, fewer surviving veterans remain
  Eighty years after the end of the deadliest conflict in history, the number of living Second World War veterans has dwindled to a few thousand. The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that as of this year, there are fewer than 3,700 surviving Canadian veterans from the war, a figure that Ottawa had previously lumped in with K
  
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• Ontario, feds agree to 1-year child-care extension; average fee to stay $19/day

  11-11-2025 10:00
  TORONTO — Ontario has secured a one-year extension with the federal government for the national $10-a-day child-care program, giving parents reassurance their fees won't rise for at least 12 more months, but with much hard work still to be done.
  The program that lowers parents' child-care fees — now $19 a day on average in Ontario as an interim step toward $10 — had been set to expire March 31.
  Most provinces and territories signed extensions with the federal government before
  
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