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Cochin Days’ Bacon Battle highlights international dish
The secret ingredient was manioc flour. The best ingredient...the bacon!Nadia Heisler came away the big winner of the Mitchell's Bacon Battle event Saturday as part of Cochin Days. "I'm very surprised...
Aug 13, 2023

Gunfire erupts at prominent Shiite shrine in southern Iran, wounding at least 4 people
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Gunfire erupted Sunday night at a prominent shrine in southern Iran, wounding at least four people, authorities said. Information on the attack at Shah Cheragh remained unclear imm...
Aug 13, 2023

As death toll from Maui fire reaches 89, authorities say effort to count the losses is just starting
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - As the death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui town reached 89, authorities warned Saturday that the effort to find and identify the dead was still in its early st...
Aug 13, 2023

Roberto Mancini announces surprise resignation as Italy coach after up-and-down tenure
ROME (AP) - Italy coach Roberto Mancini surprisingly resigned on Sunday, ending an an up-and-down tenure with the national team that included a European Championship title in 2021 but also a failed qu...
Aug 13, 2023

Poilievre's Conservative party embracing language of mainstream conspiracy theories
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been hitting the summer barbecue circuit with ramped-up rhetoric around debunked claims that the World Economic Forum is attempting to impose its agen...
Aug 13, 2023

Calgary, Scarborough square off in Sunday's CEBL championship final
LANGLEY, B.C. - The Canadian Elite Basketball League will have a new champion on Sunday night. The Scarborough Shooting Stars and the Calgary Surge will square off at Langley Events Centre to determin...
Aug 13, 2023

Two years into Taliban rule, Afghan women ask Canada for education and accountability
OTTAWA - Ahead of the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghan women are asking Canadians to join them in protecting gains in girls' education and resisting legitimacy for the terro...
Aug 13, 2023

Montreal urban fish farmers say their Arctic char cuts greenhouse gases and waste
MONTREAL - A warehouse basement in an industrial area of Montreal, near the intersection of two highways, feels about as far from a fish habitat as it gets. But walk through the doors of Opercule's se...
Aug 13, 2023

Nowitzki, Gasol, Parker give international flavour to Basketball Hall of Fame
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Fans waved a German flag and chanted Dirk Nowitzki's name when the former Dallas Mavericks big man walked the red carpet into Symphony Hall on Saturday night for the Basketba...
Aug 12, 2023

Adams Jr. returns from injury to lead B.C. Lions to 37-9 win over Calgary Stampeders
VANCOUVER - Vernon Adams Jr. went 23 for 32 and threw for four touchdowns in his return to the Lions starting lineup as B.C. hammered the Calgary Stampeders 37-9 on Saturday evening at B.C. Place. The...
Aug 12, 2023