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Hamlet near Fort McMurray on evacuation alert due to wildfire
Residents of a hamlet near Fort McMurray, Alta., are being told to be ready to evacuate on short notice due to a wildfire that could spread towards the community.The Regional Municipality of Wood Buff...
Apr 22, 2024
Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns, which had been struck down by lower courts. The just...
Apr 22, 2024
'A bit surreal': First female 'Cup Keeper' talks journey with hockey's holy grail
Miragh Bitove vividly remembers her first time seeing the Stanley Cup. She was a teenager. A cousin was visiting from out of town. Her dad suggested they head to the Hockey Hall of Fame in downtown To...
Apr 22, 2024
Two-time Olympian Lisa Weagle to return to four-player game on Team Laurie St-Georges
Two-time Olympian Lisa Weagle will return to the four-player game next season as the lead for the Laval, Que.,-based team skipped by Laurie St-Georges. Weagle, who won a world title in 2017 on a team ...
Apr 22, 2024
First deportation flights will leave UK for Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, Prime Minister Sunak pledges
LONDON (AP) - U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Monday that the country's first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over a k...
Apr 22, 2024
Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
The Edmonton Oilers say they expect no surprises from the familiar Los Angeles Kings when their first-round NHL playoff series opens tonight in the Alberta capital. The Toronto Maple Leafs, trailing t...
Apr 22, 2024
In the news today: First Nations people more likely to leave ER: data
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... First Nations patients more likely to leave ER without care, study says Researc...
Apr 22, 2024
Feds don't 'care if they die,' says lawyer helping Canadian children held in Syria
OTTAWA - Five Canadian children are languishing in a squalid detention camp in northeastern Syria after Ottawa denied their mothers permission to come to Canada, says a lawyer fighting in court on beh...
Apr 22, 2024
Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Oct. 7 attack
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The Israeli military said Monday the head of its intelligence corps has resigned over the failures surrounding Hamas' unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, which broke through Israel's ...
Apr 22, 2024
North Korea fires suspected short-range missiles into ocean in its latest weapons launch, Seoul says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a recent series of weapons...
Apr 22, 2024