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NBA star Gilgeous-Alexander headlines Canada roster for upcoming World Cup qualifiers
TORONTO - Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headlines the 16-player roster for next week's Canadian men's national team training camp ahead of the third window of FIBA Basketball Worl...
Jun 24, 2022
Suspects charged over puzzling needle attacks in France
PARIS (AP) - Several suspects around France have been detained or given preliminary charges in recent days for allegedly pricking people with a needle in nightclubs or at concerts, following a surge i...
Jun 24, 2022
Lifeguard shortages impacting pools, water programs across Canada
Municipalities across Canada are grappling with lifeguard shortages as city pools and beaches open for the summer. Municipal officials and a water safety organization say that's because COVID-19 measu...
Jun 24, 2022
Auger-Aliassime seeded sixth at Wimbledon, Fernandez confirmed out
LONDON - Montreal's Flix Auger-Aliassime has been given the sixth seed in men's competition as four Canadians are set to compete in the main singles draws at Wimbledon. The draws for the grass-court G...
Jun 24, 2022
Morocco: 5 migrants dead in stampede in bid to enter Melilla
RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Moroccan authorities said that five migrants were killed and scores of migrants and police officers were injured in a "stampede" of people trying to cross into the Spanish North ...
Jun 24, 2022
Biden to speak about abortion ruling, outline his plans
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will speak from the White House about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The remarks...
Jun 24, 2022
Canadian left-wing politicians decry Roe v. Wade ruling as anti-abortion group cheers
Canadian left-leaning politicians are decrying the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn the 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision, while a prominent anti-abortion group that holds sway within the Conser...
Jun 24, 2022
Protesters descend on U.S. Supreme Court to decry decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON - Protesters are massing outside the barricaded U.S. Supreme Court to decry the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that cleared the way for legal abortions in the Un...
Jun 24, 2022
Brooks man charged with second degree murder
BROOKS, AB - A man from Brooks has been charged with second degree murder.On June 22, 2022, at around 11:37 a.m., Brooks RCMP received a report of an unresponsive female in an apartment complex in the...
Jun 24, 2022
Live updates | Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Barack Obama has condemned the U.S. Supreme Court ending constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years. Obama said on Twitter that t...
Jun 24, 2022