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Edmonton Oilers fan paints hundreds of faces per game while taking in the action
EDMONTON - More often than not, lifelong Edmonton Oilers fan Jacob Golka can be seen on game nights with his back to the screen and his hands hard at work. Wielding a paint palette and dipping and swa...
Jun 11, 2025
Lawyers continue final pitches to judge in hockey players' sex assault trial
LONDON - Defence lawyers are set to continue their final pitches to the judge today in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Court heard from lawyers re...
Jun 11, 2025
Poll suggests half of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests that nearly half of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza almost two years after the current conflict began. In a survey conducted last weekend, the poll...
Jun 11, 2025
Negotiations expected to resume today as Montreal public transit strike in third day
MONTREAL - Negotiations between Montreal's public transit authority and its maintenance workers are expected to resume today, the third day of a strike causing headaches across the network. The strike...
Jun 11, 2025
Nova Scotia strike that turned deadly a century ago a milestone for workers' rights
HALIFAX - During Nova Scotia's storied 300-year history of coal mining, one deadly riot in 1925 proved to be pivotal for workers' rights in Canada. One hundred years ago today, William Davis - a 37-ye...
Jun 11, 2025
RFK Jr.'s firing of U.S. immunization committee worrisome, Canadian scientists say
TORONTO - Canadian doctors and scientists say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s firing of an immunization advisory committee south of the border is worrisome. On Monday, the U.S. health and human services secre...
Jun 11, 2025
Lawyers continue final pitches to judge in hockey players' sex assault trial
LONDON - Defence lawyers are set to continue their final pitches to the judge today in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Court heard from lawyers re...
Jun 11, 2025
Kananaskis: An explainer on Alberta's cherished park and G7 host location
CALGARY - For the next week, Derek Ryder will be temporarily divorced from his favourite mountain range and beloved trails in Kananaskis, Alta., so the world's most powerful people can safely gather f...
Jun 11, 2025
South Korea halts loudspeaker broadcasts along border with rival North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's military has shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda along the inter-Korean border, in a move aimed at easing tensions. The South resum...
Jun 11, 2025
Los Angeles imposes downtown curfew as protests against Trump's immigration crackdown continue
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles leaders imposed a downtown curfew through Wednesday morning to deal with protests against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, while the governor accused him ...
Jun 10, 2025
