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Voting begins in the last round of India's election, a referendum on Modi's decade in power
NEW DELHI (AP) - Indians began voting Saturday in the last round of a six-week-long national election that is a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decade in power. The elec...
May 31, 2024
Ex-husband of B.C. woman Tatjana Stefanski is charged with her murder
LUMBY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say the ex-husband of Tatjana Stefanski has been charged with her murder, more than six weeks after she was reportedly abducted from her home in the village of...
May 31, 2024
Lexi Thompson makes a tearful exit from U.S. Women's Open
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Lexi Thompson stood off to the side of the ninth green after hitting what could be her final stroke - a three-inch bogey putt - in the U.S. Women's Open. It was just like any oth...
May 31, 2024
David Hearn makes cut at RBC Canadian Open after long PGA Tour layoff
HAMILTON - It's been six long months since David Hearn played in a PGA Tour event. It's been even longer since the 44-year-old Canadian made a cut. But he will tee it up in the third round of the RBC ...
May 31, 2024
Vancouver Police arrest 14 pro-Palestinian protesters for blocking rail lines
VANCOUVER - Police say they have arrested 14 people at a protest by pro-Palestinian demonstrators who were blocking rail lines in East Vancouver. Cst. Tania Visintin says protesters who were blocking ...
May 31, 2024
Simoneau wins solo technical gold in World Cup artistic swimming
MARKHAM, Ont. - Jacqueline Simoneau, who calls the Montreal suburb of Chambly home, won the women's solo technical gold medal at the World Aquatics artistic swimming World Cup on Friday. The 27-year-o...
May 31, 2024
ASIRT investigating after woman in police custody loses baby
KITSCOTY, Alta. - Alberta's police watchdog is investigating after a pregnant woman was given prescribed medication in cells then taken to hospital, where she lost her baby. The Alberta Serious Incide...
May 31, 2024
Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies at 86
WASHINGTON (AP) - Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86. Mrs...
May 31, 2024
Priestman wants Canadian players to be themselves while pushing for Olympic spots
MONTREAL - Bev Priestman's message to her squad during the international window is clear: just be yourself. The Canadian women's national soccer team coach doesn't want her players to put additional p...
May 31, 2024
Whitecaps look to capture road momentum for home game against Rapids
VANCOUVER - It hasn't been an easy month for the Vancouver Whitecaps. Between Major League Soccer play and a bid to defend their Canadian Championship title, the 'Caps are playing nine games in six ci...
May 31, 2024