• Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team drops 75-74 decision to Iran

    Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team drops 75-74 decision to Iran
    ANTIBES, France — The Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team dropped a 75-74 decision to Iran on Sunday on the final day of group play at the IWBF Repechage tournament. 
    Nik Goncin scored with three seconds remaining to give Canada a one-point lead but Sayari Mohamadhassan won it for Iran with a buzzer beater. 
    Colin Higgins had a team-high 25 points for Canada with 13 assists and 11 rebounds.
    Despite its 0-3 record, Canada can still qualify for the Paris Paralympics wit
  • Man who killed eagles on a Native American reservation gets nearly 4 years in prison

    Man who killed eagles on a Native American reservation gets nearly 4 years in prison
    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Washington state man who authorities said killed at least 118 eagles as part of a wildlife trafficking ring that operated on a Native American reservation in Montana was sentenced Thursday to three years and 10 months in prison and to pay more than $777,000 in restitution.
    The trafficking ring over more than a decade sold eagle feathers and parts on a black market that exploits high demand among tribal members who use them in powwows and other ceremonies. The defen
  • Brazil judge gives 2 former cops long sentences for the 2018 murder of leftist icon Marielle Franco

    Brazil judge gives 2 former cops long sentences for the 2018 murder of leftist icon Marielle Franco
    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A judge on Thursday handed down long sentences to two former police officers for the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco, an icon of Brazil’ s political left whose killing sparked outrage.
    Ronnie Lessa was sentenced to 78 years and 9 months, and Élcio de Queiroz 59 years prison for the March 14, 2018 drive-by shooting that killed Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes. Jurors found that Lessa fired the gun and de Queiroz was the
  • Judicial recount dates set for two B.C. ridings to wrap up provincial election

    Judicial recount dates set for two B.C. ridings to wrap up provincial election
    VICTORIA — Vote counting in the British Columbia provincial election will finally conclude next week with judicial recounts set for two ridings.
    Elections BC says the province’s Supreme Court has confirmed recounts in Kelowna Centre and Surrey-Guildford will take place on Nov. 7 and Nov. 8.
    Both ridings saw the margin of victory within the threshold to trigger judicial recounts after the final tally this week of mail-in and absentee ballots from the Oct. 19 election.The NDP candidate
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  • New Elks president, CEO Morris vows to curb turnover of players and staff in Edmonton

    New Elks president, CEO Morris vows to curb turnover of players and staff in Edmonton
    EDMONTON — Chris Morris played each and every snap of his 14-year CFL career wearing Edmonton’s green and gold. He won three Grey Cups, and described the team as a family.
    As the new president of the Edmonton Elks, Morris pledged that those family values will return to the franchise. As an alumnus and a member of the Ring of Honour, he’s watched the team go through the 2020s and miss the playoffs, season after season.He’s seen players come in, players go out. There have b
  • Mounties bust massive B.C. drug ‘superlab’ linked to transnational organized crime

    Mounties bust massive B.C. drug ‘superlab’ linked to transnational organized crime
    Mounties have dismantled what they say is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug “superlab” in Canada.Police say they believe organized crime ran the operation where there was mass-production and distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine across Canada and internationally.
    Officers served search warrants last week on the drug lab in Falkland, B.C., in the southern Interior, and associated locations in Surrey, in Metro Vancouver.Police say they seized 54 kilograms of fentanyl,
  • B.C.’s Golden Ears park closed due to damage from atmospheric river

    B.C.’s Golden Ears park closed due to damage from atmospheric river
    A popular park in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland remains closed due to damage from an atmospheric river weather system that drenched the province’s south coast, triggering a mudslide and local flooding that killed three people.
    The Environment Ministry says the storm that rolled over the region for three days starting on Oct. 18 left a trail of damage at Golden Ears Provincial Park, north of Maple Ridge.
    A statement from the ministry says the province hopes to be able to reopen a
  • Alberta introduces bills affecting transgender people, pronouns at school

    Alberta introduces bills affecting transgender people, pronouns at school
    EDMONTON — Alberta has introduced a trio of bills focusing on transgender people and students using preferred pronouns.
    Premier Danielle Smith’s government proposed Thursday one bill that would require children under 16 to have parental consent if they want to change their names or pronouns at school.
    A similar law is on the books in Saskatchewan, where the government invoked the notwithstanding clause, a measure that allows governments to override certain Charter rights for up to fi
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  • Brazil judge gives 2 former cops long sentence for the 2018 killing of leftist icon Marielle Franco

    Brazil judge gives 2 former cops long sentence for the 2018 killing of leftist icon Marielle Franco
    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A judge on Thursday handed down long sentences to two former police officers for the 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco, an icon of Brazil’ s political left whose killing sparked outrage.
    Ronnie Lessa was sentenced to 78 years and 9 months, and Élcio de Queiroz 59 years prison for the March 14, 2018 drive-by shooting that killed Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes. Jurors found that Lessa fired the gun and de Queiroz was th
  • Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt could get snow accumulations Friday

    Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt could get snow accumulations Friday
    COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY — There have been flirtatious tastes of winter conditions at the peaks of highway passes this fall, but the first notable snowfall of the season for the southern Interior could be around the corner.
    Environment Canada notes snowfall is expected for highway passes around Kamloops from 5:00 a.m. Friday (Nov. 1) to 5:00 p.m. Saturday.
    Speaking to CFJC Today, Environment Canada meteorologist Armel Castellan says the Pennask Summit on the Okanagan Connector and the Coquihalla
  • Mission RCMP appeal for help in locating 65-year-old man last seen over a week ago

    Mission RCMP appeal for help in locating 65-year-old man last seen over a week ago
    MISSION — Mounties in Mission are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who was last seen over a week ago.
    According to a statement from police, 65-year-old Kenneth Sookocheff went missing on Sunday, October 20.Police provided the following description of Sookocheff:Caucasian male
    5 ft. 8 in. (173 cm)
    Grey hair
    Blue eyesThe picture supplied by police shows Sookocheff with glasses.Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Kenneth Sookocheff is urged to contact Mission RCM
  • Assassins of B.C. man acquitted of Air India bombing ‘hired and paid’: court document

    Assassins of B.C. man acquitted of Air India bombing ‘hired and paid’: court document
    Court documents in the case of two men who murdered British Columbia businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik in 2022 say they were “hired and paid” to kill him.
    However, the agreed statement of facts does not say who hired them to kill Malik, who was acquitted in 2005 in a B.C. court of the Air India bombings that killed 331 people in 1985.The statement provided by the BC Prosecution Service says Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez acted together to kill Malik, using a stolen car they set on fire af
  • Major League Rugby champion New England Free Jacks add to Canadian content

    Major League Rugby champion New England Free Jacks add to Canadian content
    QUINCY — The MLR champion New England Free Jacks have added to their Canadian content, signing Brock Webster and Josiah Morra for the 2025 season.
    The two join a New England roster already featuring Canadians Cole Keith, Foster DeWitt, Andrew Quattrin, Josh Larsen, Conor Keys, Kyle Baillie, Gabe Casey, Ben LeSage and Isaac Olson. Fellow Free Jacks Cam Nordli-Kelemeti (Fiji/Canada) and Ethan Fryer (U.S/Canada) hold dual citizenship.
    Webster, ​from Uxbridge, Ont., can play both wing an
  • Chilliwack Basketball Association welcomes Hall of Fame coach to its ranks

    Chilliwack Basketball Association welcomes Hall of Fame coach to its ranks
    CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Basketball Association says it is excited to welcome longtime university basketball coach and Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Coach Pam Danis to Chilliwack.In a social media statement, Chilliwack Basketball Association says Coach Danis recently moved to Chilliwack and is excited to work with Chilliwack players to help grow the culture of girls basketball in the community.“Coach Danis will be a guest coach coming up for Skills Sessions, Camps and a me
  • Union talks underway between foremen, employers to avoid latest B.C. port strike

    Union talks underway between foremen, employers to avoid latest B.C. port strike
    VANCOUVER — Negotiations between British Columbia’s port employers and the union representing foremen are entering a final scheduled day in a bid to avoid a labour disruption.
    Both the BC Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 confirm talks are ongoing with the help of federal mediation services.
    The current negotiation session began on Oct. 29 and was said to be extendable by two days, if necessary.
    The union, which represents ab
  • After series of scandals, Quebec’s new youth protection boss promising transparency

    After series of scandals, Quebec’s new youth protection boss promising transparency
    QUÉBEC — The new director of Quebec’s youth protection system is promising more transparency and a full accounting of the troubled network.
    Lesley Hill, who worked in various roles in the health system for decades, came out of retirement to take the position after a series of scandals cost the previous director her job earlier this week.
    She promises to serve as a watchdog for youth in the system and says she has nothing to lose by being outspoken.
    Hill says she’ll also
  • Judge grants bail to Quebec woman accused of scalding child with boiling water

    Judge grants bail to Quebec woman accused of scalding child with boiling water
    LONGUEUIL, Que. — A judge has granted bail to a Quebec woman charged with aggravated assault after she allegedly scalded a 10-year-old Black boy with hot water earlier this month.
    Stéphanie Borel, 46, was released under a number of conditions that include living with her son, and staying away from the home and school of the young victim and from a witness, whose identities are protected by a publication ban.
    On Oct. 2, police on Montreal’s South Shore arrested Borel but releas
  • Canada’s Gushue tops China’s Xu 7-4 at Pan Continental curling championship

    Canada’s Gushue tops China’s Xu 7-4 at Pan Continental curling championship
    LACOMBE, Alta. — Canada’s Brad Gushue tuned up for the playoffs Thursday by posting a 7-4 victory over China’s Xiaoming Xu at the Pan Continental curling championship.
    Gushue, from St. John’s, N.L., closed out the win by making a double-takeout for a single in the 10th end.
    His team of vice Mark Nichols, second Brendan Bottcher and lead Geoff Walker were unbeaten in round-robin play at 7-0. Canada will play Japan’s Shinya Abe in the semifinals on Thursday evening.Ja
  • About 8,000 North Korean troops are near the Ukrainian border, US diplomat says at UN

    About 8,000 North Korean troops are near the Ukrainian border, US diplomat says at UN
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday it has information that some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia’s Kursk region near Ukraine’s border and preparing to help the Kremlin fight against Ukrainian troops.
    In a dramatic moment during a U.N. Security Council meeting, the deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Robert Wood, asked for more time to add to earlier comments condemning the increasing military cooperation between Russia and North Kore
  • Prime Minister Trudeau calls for return of Ukrainian children deported to Russia

    Prime Minister Trudeau calls for return of Ukrainian children deported to Russia
    MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on countries around the world to do everything possible to repatriate Ukrainian children taken by Russia.Trudeau addressed delegations from more than 70 countries at a conference in Montreal this morning, as they prepare a joint declaration for the return of Ukrainian children, civilians and prisoners of war.He said Ukrainians are looking to the international community to do everything it can to protect their country’s people and it
  • Quebec freezes two major immigration streams, citing pressure on services

    Quebec freezes two major immigration streams, citing pressure on services
    MONTREAL — The Quebec government has suspended applications for permanent residency from two immigration streams because it says it can no longer accommodate the rising number of newcomers.
    Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge said today the government has frozen the Quebec Experience Program, a path for permanent residency for foreign students who have graduated in the province.
    Roberge says the government is also suspending applications from the Regular Skilled Worker Progra
  • Musse, Bekker repeat as finalists for CPL Players’ Player of the Year Award

    Musse, Bekker repeat as finalists for CPL Players’ Player of the Year Award
    Cavalry FC’s Ali Musse, last year’s winner, and Forge FC captain Kyle Bekker, runner-up in 2023, are among the 10 finalists for the Canadian Premier League’s Players’ Player of the Year award, the lone CPL award decided by the players.
    The other contenders are Forge’s Beni Badibanga, Tristan Borges and Alessandro Hojabrpour, Cavalry’s Daan Klomp and Tobias Warschewski, Halifax’s Lorenzo Callegari, Atletico Ottawa’s Ruben del Campo and York United&r
  • Canadian goalkeeper Rylee Foster back in top-flight football after near-death crash

    Canadian goalkeeper Rylee Foster back in top-flight football after near-death crash
    Players who have worn the colours of both Liverpool and Everton form a select club. But Canadian Rylee Foster’s journey from one Merseyside rival to the other is painfully unique.
    The 26-year-old goalkeeper from Cambridge, Ont., is lucky to be alive, let alone playing professional soccer.
    “For me every day is a blessing now. Every day is an opportunity,” Foster said in an interview.Foster, then with Liverpool, was still basking in her role in a penalty shootout win over Aston V
  • Abbotsford teacher loses certificate due to sexual assault, assault

    Abbotsford teacher loses certificate due to sexual assault, assault
    ABBOTSFORD — The B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation says an Abbotsford middle school teacher has lost his teaching certificate due to a sexual assault conviction and a related conviction on assault charges.
    According to a consent resolution agreement published on the BCCTR website, SD34 employee Khaled Hanafi Dardir was charged on July 26, 2021, with three charges under the Criminal Code of Canada, including one count of sexual assault and two counts of assault. In August 2021, Abbot
  • Einarson adapts to constant lineup shuffling on her curling team

    Einarson adapts to constant lineup shuffling on her curling team
    Kerri Einarson has come to terms with flux in her curling team’s lineup.
    The four-time Canadian champion recruited Joanne Courtney out of the broadcast booth to play second in both the Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton from Friday to Sunday and also the season’s second Grand Slam, the Canadian Open, in Nisku, Alta., next week.
    Courtney will be the third woman to sub in at second for Einarson this season after a knee injury sidelined Shannon Birchard in September.
    Courtney won a women&rs
  • Kamala Harris says Trump’s comments on women ‘are offensive to everybody’

    Kamala Harris says Trump’s comments on women ‘are offensive to everybody’
    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women “whether the women like it or not” showed that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s “agency, their authority, their right and their ability to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies.”
    “I think it’s offensive to everybody, by the way,” Harris said before she set out to spend the day
  • Survivors call on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism

    Survivors call on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism
    OTTAWA — Residential school survivors are calling on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism, days after the release of a report about unmarked graves and burial sites associated with the institutions.
    Doug George, a survivor of the Mohawk Institute, says Canadians need to acknowledge the schools’ place in history and to ensure the children who died are not silenced.
    More than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools, the last of which closed i
  • Oliveira, Mitchell named as finalists for CFL outstanding player award

    Oliveira, Mitchell named as finalists for CFL outstanding player award
    TORONTO — Running back Brady Oliveira of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell are the finalists for the CFL’s outstanding player award.
    Oliveira led the CFL in rushing this season with 1,353 yards while Mitchell was the league leader in passing yards (5,451) and touchdowns (32).
    Oliveira is also the West Division finalist for the CFL’s top Canadian award, the second straight year he’s been nominated for both.
    Oliveira was the CFL&
  • Dental-care program hits 1 million patients in first six months, coverage expands

    Dental-care program hits 1 million patients in first six months, coverage expands
    OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says a million Canadians have received care under the federal dental-care plan six months after the program began.Starting Friday, the program will also cover more complex procedures.That means people who have coverage under the federal program can request pre-authorization for things like crowns and the initial placement of partial dentures.Paper claims will also be accepted, something Holland says will mean that more dentists are eligible to work und
  • Canada’s Carleton happy to be part of WNBA’s ‘wave’ as league enjoys huge success

    Canada’s Carleton happy to be part of WNBA’s ‘wave’ as league enjoys huge success
    Bridget Carleton was in Minneapolis this summer when a WNBA fan stopped her on the street. The fan rolled up a sleeve to reveal a tattoo of Carleton’s name and her Minnesota Lynx jersey number on their arm.
    For the Canadian, it was just another example of the league’s growing popularity in its most successful season ever.
    “The passion these fans have, it’s been a lot of fun,” said Carleton of the fan’s ink. “I feel like, especially in women’s sport

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