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Canada grouped with Spain, Poland at World Cup of women's tenni
LONDON - Canada has drawn into a group with Spain and Poland at the upcoming Billie Jean King Cup. The international women's team tennis tournament held its draw on Wednesday. Canada, third-seeded Spa...
May 24, 2023
Texas' attorney general under sudden Republican scrutiny at state Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday faced sudden new risks to his political future as an investigative state House committee laid out an extraordinary public airing of ...
May 24, 2023
Owner of headline-grabbing Montreal swingers club fined $1.4 million for tax evasion
MONTREAL - A Montreal non-profit administrator who once operated a headline-grabbing swingers club has been fined $1.4 million by Quebec's Revenue Department. Revenu Qubec says Jean-Paul Labaye, the s...
May 24, 2023
Lethbridge high school football player makes top prospects game roster
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge high school football player has been selected to play in a game featuring top prospects.Kingston Freedman, a wide receiver for the Catholic Central High School Cougars, h...
May 24, 2023
Over 160,000 Albertans cast ballots on first day of advance polls
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Albertans came out to polling places in droves at their first opportunity to vote.Elections Alberta reports that, as of the end of the first day of advance voting in the Alberta provi...
May 24, 2023
Canada's Zhao eliminated from French Open qualifying with loss to Czechia's Bejlek
PARIS - Canada's Carol Zhao was eliminated from the women's French Open qualifying tournament with a 6-4, 6-1 loss to Czechia's Sara Bejlek on Wednesday. Bejlek won 73 per cent of first service points...
May 24, 2023
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League facing class action over alleged hazing abuse
MONTREAL - A former player with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has filed an application for a class-action lawsuit of more than $15 million against the league and its teams over alleged hazing ...
May 24, 2023
Bloc joins Conservatives in rejecting Johnston report briefing on election meddling
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is joining Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in refusing to take a look at secret information that led a watchdog to recommend against a public in...
May 24, 2023
Super Typhoon Mawar passing over Guam as Category 4 storm with strong winds, rain
HONOLULU (AP) - Typhoon Mawar barreled into Guam as a powerful Category 4 storm Wednesday, pummeling the U.S. Pacific territory with high winds, heavy rains and a dangerous storm surge that swamped lo...
May 24, 2023
In The News for May 24 : Trudeau heads to Winnipeg
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
May 24, 2023