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Projected high draft pick Kaapo Kakko leads Finland to win over Canada
KOSICE, Slovakia - Finland continued its recent domination of Canada in international hockey on Friday, winning 3-1 in the opening game for both teams at the world men's championship. The Finns beat t...
May 12, 2019
Officials: Rapper Kodak Black arrested on weapons charges
MIAMI - Officials say Florida rapper Kodak Black was arrested on federal and state weapons charges just before he was to perform at a hip-hop festival. The U.S. Marshals office says in a news release ...
May 12, 2019
Quebec targets three English Montreal schools for transfer to French board
MONTREAL - Quebec says the English school board serving Montreal must come up with a suitable solution to overcrowding in the French-language system or the education minister will unilateral...
May 12, 2019
Space-tourism enters 'home stretch' toward commercial flight
SANTA FE, N.M. - Billionaire Richard Branson is moving Virgin Galactic's winged passenger rocket and more than 100 employees from California to a remote commercial launch and landing facility in south...
May 12, 2019
US-China talks break up after US raises tariffs
WASHINGTON - Trade talks between the U.S. and China broke up Friday with no agreement, hours after President Donald Trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports. Trump asserted o...
May 12, 2019
Judge dismisses lawsuit over slain millionaire's residency
CONCORD, N.H. - A judge in New Hampshire dismissed a lawsuit Friday against a man relatives say killed his millionaire grandfather for inheritance money, saying the slain grandfather was not a residen...
May 12, 2019
Two Southern Alberta homeowners try selling properties with essay contest
EDMONTON - Albertans struggling to enter the real-estate market have at least two chances to win a home this year.A house south of Calgary and a historic bed and breakfast near the United States borde...
May 12, 2019 The Canadian Presss
Meghan, Harry release baby feet photo for US Mother's Day
LONDON - Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have released a photo of their newborn baby's feet to mark Meghan's first Mother's Day as a mom. The image posted Sunday on Instagram showed Me...
May 12, 2019
State of emergency declared, evacuations ordered amid central B.C. wildfire
FRASER LAKE, B.C. - An out-of-control wildfire in central British Columbia has prompted a local state of emergency and several evacuations. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako issued a state of e...
May 12, 2019
'No negotiations:' Inuit group wants Arctic areas saved from development
IQALUIT, Nunavut - An Inuit land-claim group is asking the federal government to permanently protect large sections of the Eastern Arctic from any industrial development. The request is part of a huge...
May 12, 2019