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Bayern Munich is considering legal action against the Canadian soccer federation following Alphonso Davies’ serious knee injury in a match of little importance. “We’re demanding a full investigation into the events from Canada Soccer and expressly reserve the right to take legal action,” Bayern chief executive Jan-Christian Dreesen told the …
Read More »Evacuations ordered as new, fast-moving wildfire threatens remote communities north of L.A.
More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles, but fire officials said a rapid ground and air assault was giving them the upper hand. The Hughes Fire broke out in the late morning …
Read More »Israeli defence minister threatens to expand Lebanon war if Hezbollah truce collapses
Israel threatened on Tuesday to return to war in Lebanon if its truce with Hezbollah collapses, and said this time its attacks would go deeper and target the Lebanese state itself, after the deadliest day since the ceasefire was agreed last week. In its strongest threat since the truce was …
Read More »Philippine vice-president publicly threatens to kill president, his family
Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the Speaker of the House of Representatives if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke. Lucas Bersamin, the country’s executive secretary, referred the “active …
Read More »Trudeau to meet with premiers as Trump threatens hefty tariffs on Canadian goods
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s agreed to meet with his provincial and territorial counterparts after Donald Trump threatened to impose hefty tariffs on Canadian goods. The U.S. president-elect said Monday night that on his first day back in the White House, he would impose a 25 per cent tax …
Read More »Donald Trump threatens 25% tariff on products from Canada, Mexico
Donald Trump has levelled his most severe threat against Canada in years, warning that on his first day in office he might impose punishing economic sanctions across North America. The U.S. president-elect threatened Monday evening to slap a 25 per cent tariff on all products entering the country from Canada …
Read More »As warming threatens polar bear tourism and the ground below, a Manitoba town adapts and thrives – Winnipeg
CHURCHILL, Manitoba — Change has broken, remade and continues to reshape this remote town where tundra meets forest on the shore of Hudson Bay. The economic base collapsed when the military left town. Rail service and cargo ships — the lifeblood of supplies for a town not connected to the …
Read More »Premier Ford threatens to revert land to Greenbelt after 104 acres put up for sale
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is considering returning two parcels of land into the Greenbelt after the development company that owns the land put it up for sale. In a statement early Tuesday, the Premier’s Office said it recently learned that the owner of 765 and 775 Kingston Rd. E., in …
Read More »Intoxicated man armed with knife allegedly threatens, assaults officers: Winnipeg police – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police say over the weekend an intoxicated man armed with a knife threatened officers, resulting in several of them being assaulted during the arrest. On Sunday, at 11:40 p.m. police say officers went to the rear of the 1500 block of …
Read More »B.C. judge allows cannabis ‘fire sale’ after CRA threatens to destroy product
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has approved the bulk sale of more than 1,200 kilograms of cannabis by a company after the Canada Revenue Agency threatened to destroy it. In a ruling released online this week, the court allowed Tantalus Labs Ltd. to move ahead with a hasty sale …
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