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Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:07:53 -0700
Brewers' Burnes, Hader combine for MLB record 9th no-hitter
CLEVELAND (AP) — Milwaukee ace Corbin Burnes combined with reliever Josh Hader to pitch baseball’s record ninth no-hitter this season, breaking a mark set when pitchers began throwing overhand in 1884 as the Brewers beat the Cleveland Indians 3-0...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 16:14:58 -0700
Blue Bombers crush Roughriders 33-9 in Banjo Bowl with five touchdowns from their QBs
WINNIPEG — A pair of Blue Bombers quarterbacks led the team to victory on Saturday. Starting QB Zach Collaros completed 18-of-23 passes for 278 yards and two touchdowns while Sean McGuire, his backup, scored three touchdowns as the Bombers trounced...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 16:14:00 -0700
Several grates stolen from storm sewers along Fort Street
City of Victoria work crews replaced four storm-sewer grates in Victoria after they were stolen. One pedestrian who noticed a series of grates missing along Fort Street between Oak Bay Avenue and Richmond Avenue alerted the Victoria Fire Departme...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:10:14 -0700
Thousands of salmon die at in event at aquaculture site in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Nearly 93,000 salmon have died as a result of a problem at an aquaculture facility in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture says the abnormal salmon mortality event occurred at Mowi's Ma...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 08:34:50 -0700
UK fans can watch Raducanu match for free after Amazon deal
LONDON (AP) — Teen sensation Emma Raducanu’s appearance in the U.S. Open tennis final will be carried live on free-to-air TV in Britain after Amazon Prime agreed to share its rights to the event amid calls for the historic moment to be made avail...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 08:15:36 -0700
Peru: Abimael Guzmán, head of Shining Path insurgency, dies
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Abimael Guzmán, the leader of the brutal Shining Path insurgency in Peru, died on Saturday in a military hospital after an illness, the Peruvian government said. Guzmán, 86, died at 6:40 a.m. after suffering from an infection, J...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 07:15:05 -0700
Cannabis Commission wants plants next year, hires director
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission will ask state lawmakers to revise the state's medical marijuana law in order to get plants in the ground next year and make the products available to patients sooner, Al.com reported....

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 06:08:00 -0700
20 years later: Readers remember the Sept. 11 attacks
Maybe 9/11 shouldn’t have come as a surprise. Terrorists had already attacked New York’s World Trade Center once before, in 1993. Then, in December 1999, ­authorities in Port ­Angeles caught Ahmed Ressam, the Millennium Bomber, ­coming o...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 06:00:00 -0700
Election Notebook: Early voting underway until Monday
Advance voting for people wanting to vote prior to the Sept. 20 federal election is underway. Those wishing to cast ballots early can go to their assigned polling places between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. today, Sunday or Monday. By now, voters should hav...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 06:00:00 -0700
Government offices, schools to close for Sept. 30 holiday, but businesses undecided
Students won’t be in class and federal and some provincial employees will get a day off, but the new Sept. 30 holiday in honour of National Truth and Reconciliation Day won’t be mandatory in all B.C. workplaces. Sept. 30 has traditionally bee...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 06:00:00 -0700
278 new rental units downtown get the go-ahead from Victoria council
Victoria council has given the green light to a 278-unit rental housing development downtown. The project by Vancouver-based Denciti ­Development Corp. and Nicola Wealth Real Estate will see two buildings on 1.5 acres bordering Government, Heral...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 05:54:58 -0700
Twenty years on, Americans gather in lower Manhattan to remember Sept. 11 attacks
NEW YORK — The anguished recitation of the names of the dead rang out Saturday from the footprints of the World Trade Center as family members, dignitaries and ordinary Americans gathered to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Loved ...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 05:51:49 -0700
German town seeks owner of baby ostrich found in local park
BERLIN (AP) — Is anyone missing an ostrich? An animal shelter says it is looking for the owner of an ostrich chick that was found in the German town of Krefeld late Friday.German news agency dpa reported Saturday that passers-by called the fire ser...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 05:50:36 -0700
'Don’t focus on hate': World marks 20th anniversary of 9/11
NEW YORK (AP) — The world solemnly marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, grieving lost lives and shattered American unity in commemorations that unfolded just weeks after the bloody end of the Afghanistan war that was launched in respons...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 05:49:00 -0700
The Latest: Springsteen performs at 9/11 ceremony in NYC
NEW YORK — Bruce Springsteen has performed at the World Trade Center memorial plaza during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.The audience of dignitaries and family members of people killed in the 2001 attacks...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 04:18:31 -0700
Hurricane Larry wipes out power, trees and fishing wharves across Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The City of St. John's is asking residents to stay home out of it — as the Newfoundland and Labrador saying goes — so crews can clean up the torn branches, downed power lines and scattered debris flung about the streets by hu...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 03:00:27 -0700
Mountie escapes injury after being shot at in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. — The RCMP say one of their officers is shaken, but not physically injured after being shot at during an attempted traffic stop in Surrey, B.C., Friday evening.They say the officer tried to pull over a black sedan on 82 Avenue near 128...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 03:00:05 -0700
Chinese-controlled company fights Ottawa's order to divest assets on security grounds
OTTAWA — The Liberal government has directed a state-owned Chinese telecommunications firm to divest its stake in a Canadian subsidiary over national security concerns, prompting a court challenge of the order.China Mobile International Canada is a...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 02:20:02 -0700
No winning ticket for Friday's $31.8 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $31.8 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw.The jackpot for the next draw on Sept. 14 will grow to an estimated $50 million.There will also be two Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs.

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 01:00:05 -0700
Canada helped 145 Afghan refugees flee overland to Pakistan
OTTAWA — Canada has helped 145 Canadian-bound refugees flee Afghanistan overland to Pakistan.A spokesman for Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says all 145 have Canadian visas and are now being processed in Pakistan and will be on their way to C...



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