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WINNIPEG — Manitoba New Democrats are promising to reduce emergency room wait times by adding 12 more beds at Grace Hospital in Winnipeg if they are elected on Oct. 3.

SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia natural gas users can expect to see their monthly bills decrease starting in October. FortisBC says in a statement that it has been given approval by the B.C.

Toronto FC leaves for Florida on Tuesday for a mid-week game at Inter Miami, wondering whether Lionel Messi will be waiting at DRV PNK Stadium. After leading Miami to the Leagues Cup title and the U.S.

VANCOUVER — Gusty winds and unsettled weather in parts of British Columbia helped kick up several wildfires over the weekend, forcing a number of evacuation orders and alerts.

TORONTO — Before Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne ruled Rogers Communications Inc.

NEW YORK — Major League Soccer has terminated the contract of CF Montreal midfielder Matko Miljevic.

Police say two 13-year-old girls have been charged with assault after another teen girl was stabbed in an altercation in a Vaughan, Ont., parking lot over the weekend. York Regional Police say they received a call just before 8 p.m.

TORONTO — Deryck Whibley, the lead singer of pop-punk band Sum 41, is back home after being hospitalized with a case of pneumonia.

Toronto police are investigating after a man was stabbed at a transit station in the city's east end. Police say officers responded to the bus bay at Victoria Park station on Sunday evening and found a 50-year-old man had been stabbed in the torso.

MONTREAL — BMO Financial Group plans to close its indirect retail auto finance business in order to reroute resources, as borrowers dig deep to stay on top of recent interest rate hikes.