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Canada men suffer nightmarish start in Madrid in bid to avoid HSBC SVNS relegation
MADRID - Canada's bid to avoid relegation from the HSBC SVNS circuit got off to a nightmarish start Friday in a 41-7 loss to Uruguay. The Canadian men found themselves behind the 8-ball when Matt Owur...
May 31, 2024
NFU calls on federal cabinet to stop proposed sale of Viterra to Bunge
The National Farmers Union says in an op-ed piece that; "it is not possible to mitigate the negative impacts" if Bunge is allowed to buy Viterra.The NFU is calling on the federal cabinet to not approv...
May 31, 2024
Police say several people have been hurt in a stabbing in the German city of Mannheim
BERLIN (AP) - An assailant with a knife attacked and wounded several people in a square in the southwestern German city of Mannheim on Friday, police said. Police shot at the attacker, who also was hu...
May 31, 2024
PWHL Minnesota's Canadian players bask in glow of Walter Cup win
The first Professional Women's Hockey League season had a storybook ending for Sophie Jaques. The 23-year-old defender from Toronto hoisted the Walter Cup with her Minnesota teammates after they beat ...
May 31, 2024
Slovak prime minister who was shot in an assassination attempt is released from the hospital
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - Slovakia's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has been released from a hospital where he was treated after an assassination attempt. Miriam Lapunikova, the director of t...
May 31, 2024
Russian missiles kill 4 people in Kharkiv after Biden OKs a Ukrainian response using U.S. weapons
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The German government says Ukraine can use weapons it delivers against attacks from positions just over the Russian border. The government said in a statement Friday that, togethe...
May 31, 2024
In the news today: StatCan's March and Q1 GDP figures due, B.C. human smuggling soars
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Statistics Canada to release GDP figures for March and Q1 today Statistics Cana...
May 31, 2024
Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed, 35 others wounded in joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Joint British-U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others, the rebels said Friday, the highest publicly acknowled...
May 31, 2024
Jury selection for Coutts blockade protesters accused of conspiracy to commit murder
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Jury selection is scheduled today for two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder during the 2022 border protest at Coutts, Alta. Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were arres...
May 31, 2024
Liberal government's own polling said Canadians worried about drug decriminalization
OTTAWA - Months before British Columbia sought to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot project, the federal government's own polling suggested to officials that a majority of Canadians believed...
May 31, 2024