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Fri, 8 Oct 2021 22:54:02 -0700
No winning ticket for Friday's $31 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $31 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw.The jackpot for the next draw on Oct. 12 will be an estimated $40 million.

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 22:21:16 -0700
Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment at 1:20 a.m. EDT
HOMELESS CAMP CLASH7 arrested, 4 officers hurt in homeless camp skirmishKALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Seven protesters have been arrested and four police officers have been injured during a skirmish at a Kalamazoo homeless camp. The clash occurred two da...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 20:37:26 -0700
Harris's two TDs power Bombers past Elks 30-3; Winnipeg wins sixth straight
WINNIPEG — Andrew Harris and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers offence knew at halftime they were far from playing their best ball. He did something about it.Harris ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns as Winnipeg extended its win streak to six games with...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 18:19:00 -0700
Injunction against Fairy Creek protesters reinstated
An injunction against Fairy Creek protesters has been reinstated by the B.C. Court of Appeal.On Friday, Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein granted a stay against a court ruling that lifted the injunction against old-growth logging blockades in Fairy Creek...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 17:19:10 -0700
Lockdown comes as First Nation in central B.C. declares COVID-19 emergency
BURNS LAKE, B.C. — The Lake Babine Nation has declared a COVID-19 state of emergency, banning all non-essential travel and gatherings in its five communities in central B.C. The nation says in a statement that it is experiencing a surge in COVID-19...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:52:23 -0700
Metro Vancouver park renamed to reflect Indigenous history
BELCARRA, B.C. — A Metro Vancouver park has been renamed to include the site's Indigenous name, which officials say will better reflect the area's history.Belcarra Regional Park on the Burrard Inlet in Metro Vancouver will also have the Indigenous ...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 14:55:23 -0700
NFL: Cowboys lineman Collins bribed drug-testing official
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The NFL accused Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman La'el Collins of trying to bribe a drug-testing official before the player was suspended five games for a violation of the substance-abuse policy, according to court documents re...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 14:41:59 -0700
Brazil tops 600,000 virus deaths amid doubts about delta
SAO PAULO (AP) — Bars in Brazil’s biggest metropolis, Sao Paulo, are full again for Friday happy hours and lawmakers in the capital have nearly done away with video sessions via Zoom. Rio de Janeiro’s beaches are packed and calls for strict soc...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 14:20:56 -0700
Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment at 9:20 p.m. EDT
HOMELESS CAMP CLASH7 arrested, 4 officers hurt in homeless camp skirmishKALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Seven protesters have been arrested and four police officers have been injured during a skirmish at a Kalamazoo homeless camp. The clash occurred two da...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 14:19:25 -0700
US appeals court lets Texas resume ban on most abortions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday night quickly allowed Texas to resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics began racing to serve patients again for the first time since early September.A one-page order by the 5th U...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 13:33:22 -0700
Oil price spike won't increase industry cleanup spending: Alberta energy minister
EDMONTON — The current spike in oil prices is no reason to force industry to spend more on cleaning up Alberta's tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells, says the province's energy minister.Sonya Savage said the province's recently adopted...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 13:21:48 -0700
Feds won't seek charges against cop in Jacob Blake shooting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced Friday that they won’t file charges against a white police officer who shot Jacob Blake in Wisconsin last year. Officer Rusten Sheskey shot Blake, who is Black, during a domestic disturbance in K...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 13:12:26 -0700
Groups say Colorado weakens Latino votes for Congress
DENVER (AP) — Civil rights groups on Friday filed to block Colorado's new congressional map, arguing the independent redistricting commission that redrew the state's legislative boundaries to match its population growth shortchanged Hispanic reside...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 13:06:00 -0700
Teal Jones seeking interim injunction in Fairy Creek until appeal heard
The B.C. Court of Appeal will hear arguments today on whether an interim injunction against protesters blocking ­logging in the Fairy Creek area should be granted to Surrey-based forestry company Teal Jones pending judgment of its appeal. On Sep...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 13:04:49 -0700
Manitoba Tory election ad did not break campaign law: elections commissioner
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's elections commissioner says the governing Progressive Conservatives did not violate campaign rules when they filmed part of an ad inside the premier's office.The complaint came from the Opposition New Democrats and concerned a...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 12:57:11 -0700
British Royal Navy, Canadian Coast Guard sign deal on Arctic co-operation, training
OTTAWA — The Canadian Coast Guard signed an agreement Friday with Britain's Royal Navy to train its sailors on Arctic icebreakers in Canada's Far North.The memorandum of understanding follows a 2020 agreement between the two NATO countries that saw...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 12:50:53 -0700
Gov. Gen. May Simon helped feed hungry in Ottawa as demand for food help soars
OTTAWA — An Ottawa homeless shelter where demand for services has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic served as the backdrop for the first-ever public event for Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon Friday.May Simon and her husband, former journalist Whit ...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 12:49:48 -0700
DEA agent slain in Amtrak shooting remembered as key leader
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal agent shot and killed while questioning a passenger on an Amtrak train in Arizona was remembered Friday as a venerated leader and mentor with an unparalleled work ethic. Dozens of family, friends and colleagues filled...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 12:31:55 -0700
Biden won't invoke executive privilege on Trump docs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is not asserting executive privilege over a tranche of documents sought by a House committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, setting up a showdown with former President Donald Tru...

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 12:08:15 -0700
B.C. leads in job creation numbers, but more work ahead, says recovery minister
VICTORIA — British Columbia posted the top job recovery rate in Canada last month and the province's unemployment rate has dropped below six per cent, but there's more work ahead, says Economic Recovery Minister Ravi Kahlon.Statistics Canada report...



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