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Montreal hopes to repair damaged reputation during Grand Prix weekend
MONTREAL - Montreal is hoping to redeem itself during the upcoming Grand Prix weekend after last year's event became a source of embarrassment. The city says it's taking steps to improve access to the...
Jun 05, 2025
Kananaskis golf course getting ready for G7, possible Trump visit
KANANASKIS - Darren Robinson had some very important news to tell U.S. president George Bush and Jos Mara Aznar, the prime minister of Spain. The pro shop was open. Aznar had told Robinson, general ma...
Jun 05, 2025
B.C. First Nation builds small island, fisheries officials check for habitat damage
VICTORIA - A British Columbia First Nation has built up a small artificial island in the tidal shallows of Coles Bay off Vancouver Island, triggering an investigation by fisheries officials into wheth...
Jun 05, 2025
Governments to give financial aid to wildfire evacuees in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
The federal and provincial governments have announced they will match Red Cross donations to help those affected by wildfires burning in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Both provinces declared provincewide...
Jun 05, 2025
South Korean lawmakers approve special investigations into martial law and Yoon's wife
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's liberal-led legislature overwhelmingly passed bills Thursday to launch special investigations into former President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of ma...
Jun 05, 2025
Israel says it has recovered the bodies of 2 hostages from the Gaza Strip
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel says it has recovered the bodies of two hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statem...
Jun 05, 2025
New Zealand Parliament votes for record suspensions of 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Mori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rwhiti M...
Jun 05, 2025
Full-strength Draisaitl steps up for Oilers in Game 1 of Cup final
EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl gave all he had in last season's Stanley Cup final. The Edmonton Oilers centre - hand and ribs injuries hampering his superstar ability - gutted it out with 10 goals and 11 a...
Jun 05, 2025
Full-strength Draisaitl steps up for Oilers in Game 1 of Cup final
EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl gave all he had in last season's Stanley Cup final. The Edmonton Oilers centre - hand and ribs injuries hampering his superstar ability - gutted it out with 10 goals and 11 a...
Jun 05, 2025
Russian strike kills 5, including 1 year old, hours after Trump calls Putin
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - At least five people, including a one-year-old child, were killed in a Russian drone strike on the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky overnight, regional governor Viacheslav Chaus...
Jun 04, 2025