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CP NewsAlert: NDP will not be granted official party status: MacKinnon
OTTAWA - Government House leader Steven MacKinnon says the NDP will not be granted official party status because the Parliament of Canada Act says a party needs at least 12 seats to be recognized. The...
May 26, 2025
Lethbridge man wins two national racquetball championships
A local man is returning home with some major hardware.Lethbridge's Coby Iwaasa competed in the Canadian National Racquetball Championships in Burlington, Ontario, on Saturday, May 24, 2025.He, alongs...
May 26, 2025
Marcel Ophuls, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who forced France to face its WWII past, is dead at 97
PARIS (AP) - Marcel Ophuls, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose landmark 1969 documentary "The Sorrow and the Pity" shattered the comforting myth that most of France had resisted the Nazis durin...
May 26, 2025
90% of Alberta's measles cases are in South Zone, standing advisory issued
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is warning of a "widespread" potential exposure risk to measles across all communities in the South Zone.The health agency has issued a standing measles exposure advisory...
May 26, 2025
The Latest: MPs vote on new Speaker as Ottawa prepares to welcome King and Queen
OTTAWA - King Charles and Queen Camilla touch down in Ottawa today to begin their first visit to Canada since the King's coronation two years ago. Parliament also opened Monday and MPs are voting on w...
May 26, 2025
Canada Post says parcel volume is down 50% from last year amid overtime ban
OTTAWA - Canada Post says its parcel shipping volumes are down 50 per cent from this time last year as uncertainty about a work stoppage holds back orders. The Crown corporation and its union were bac...
May 26, 2025
Panthers have chance to join list of franchises with 3 straight Cup final appearances
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Only eight franchises in NHL history have reached the Stanley Cup Final in three or more consecutive seasons. There's Montreal, Toronto and Detroit, franchises that all have three...
May 26, 2025
A court has acquitted Austrian ex-leader Sebastian Kurz of making false statements
VIENNA (AP) - A court in Vienna on Monday acquitted former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his government, reversing...
May 26, 2025
Russia sent a record number of drones into Ukraine overnight, an official says
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Ukrainian official said Monday that an overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine was the biggest of the three-year war. The Russian bombardment included 355 drones, Yuriy Ihnat,...
May 26, 2025
In the news today: Royals set to arrive in Canada today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... King Charles, Queen Camilla slated to arrive in Canada today King Charles and Queen Camilla will touch down in...
May 26, 2025