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Conservatives are joining a growing number of calls for Canada Soccer to cancel a controversial exhibition match against Iran scheduled for next month in Vancouver. The families of those killed on board PS752 when the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down the plane in 2020, killing all 176 passengers and crew members, including 85 …

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OTTAWA- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday canceled plans to run in person at a Liberal fundraiser in British Columbia after the RCMP warned that an aggressive out-of-event protest could escalate if it arrived, said a source close to the decision. The source spoke to The Canadian Press on condition of anonymity because they were …

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Serhii Firsikov flew to St. John’s on May 9 aboard a plane that the Newfoundland and Labrador government rented for Ukrainian refugees. (Caroline Hillier / CBC) The hair dryer and hair clippers that Serhii Firsikov brought from Ukraine are not lit on the plugs of her new chair at the Fogtown barber shop in downtown …

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The full list of proposed names for the 77 new local governments and 12 rural districts was unveiled on Wednesday afternoon at a press conference in Irishtown. Many of these names are identical, or nearly identical, to the large communities they encompass. Well-known titles such as Kedgwick, Campbellton and Belledune abound. But in the list …

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Police say they are investigating manure left at the door of Prime Minister John Horgan’s local election office in Langford, BC A press release from the RCMP on Wednesday said officers were called to report a dump of manure and signs posted at the Horgan community office around 9am. He says the suspects are believed …

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Another KGH outbreak Photo: archive photo Another outbreak of COVID-19 has been reported at Kelowna General Hospital. Interior Health unveiled the outbreak on its website on May 24th. The outbreak is at 4W, the surgical floor (ortho / neurology / trauma). It is unknown at this time how many workers and / or patients have …

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Alberta public health officials reported more than 50 deaths from COVID-19 in the last week of reports, while the number of people with the disease treated in hospital and in intensive care has dropped. Provincial data show that 55 deaths were recorded by COVID-19 from 17 to 23 May. According to Alberta Health, the people …

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The City of Calgary has recruited three people from the commercial real estate industry in an effort to get a new event center to replace the aging Scotiabank Saddledome. CBRE Executive Vice President John Fisher, NAIOP Calgary Director of Strategic Initiatives Guy Huntingford, and Ayrshire Group CEO Phil Swift have been hired to engage both …

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Crushed by the load of logs Contributed – May 25, 2022 / 5:11 PM | History: 369956 Photo: CHEK NEWS A log truck dumped its load on a car that was parked on the curb of Highway 19 ramp at Comox Valley Parkway on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. A man on Lake Cowichan has been …

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JENNIFER VALENTINE’S DAY: IS THE TIME FINALLY OVER? Derringer’s show suspended after the Toronto Sun human rights complaint Q107 host John Derringer faces CityNews abuse charges Toronto radio personality “paused” after human rights complaint filed by former CP24 co-presenter Toronto’s Breaking News The radio program ‘Derringer in the Morning’ was paused amid an investigation into …

JENNIFER VALENTINE’S DAY: IS THE TIME FINALLY OVER? Derringer’s show suspended after human rights denunciation – Toronto Sun. Read More »