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Alberta officials hoping cooler weather and showers slow wildfires
EDMONTON - Cooler temperatures and a bit of rain are expected to deliver some relief for firefighters as they continue to battle wildfires that threaten communities in northern Alberta, but provincial...
May 07, 2023
Serbia's education minister resigns following mass shootings
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbia's education minister submitted his resignation Sunday following two mass shootings, one of them at a primary school, left 17 people dead, while the European country's go...
May 07, 2023
Maple Leafs, Oilers benefiting from trade deadline moves in playoffs
SUNRISE, Fla. - Ryan O'Reilly and Noel Acciari couldn't wait. They couldn't wait to get to Toronto - and couldn't wait to get into the same room as their new teammates. Acquired by the Maple Leafs fro...
May 07, 2023
Police investigating death of Gaspé man found trapped under farm tractor
NEW-RICHMOND, Que. - Quebec provincial police say they're investigating the death of a 29-year-old man who was trapped under a tractor on a farm on the province's Gasp Peninsula. Police spokesman Sgt....
May 07, 2023
Decision on Chinese diplomats being made 'very, very carefully:' Trudeau
LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says any decision to expel Chinese diplomats over alleged attempts to threaten a Conservative MP is being made "very, very carefully." Trudeau says his governmen...
May 07, 2023
Use visit by India trade chief to push forward negotiations, business council says
OTTAWA - As India's trade minister visits Ontario this week, corporate Canada is hoping both countries will commit to signing a trade agreement this year after more than a decade of talks. "It just se...
May 07, 2023
Evan Bouchard steps into prime Edmonton Oilers' role and thrives
LAS VEGAS - Evan Bouchard has seamlessly taken over orchestrating the NHL's most lethal power play. The Oilers dealing defenceman Tyson Barrie to the Nashville Predators a few days before the league's...
May 07, 2023
Milan sprints to win crash-affected Stage 2, Evenepoel leads
SAN SALVO, Italy (AP) - Jonathan Milan sprinted to victory in a crash-affected finale of the second stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, while pre-race favorite Remco Evenepoel held on to the leader'...
May 07, 2023
Vida Blue, led Oakland to 3 World Series titles, dies at 73
Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball's biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash Oakland Athletics to three straight World Series titles before his career...
May 07, 2023
Russians return at judo worlds, Ukraine boycotts
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Russians returned to international judo competition on Sunday for the first time in nearly a year at the world championships as Ukraine boycotted the key Olympic qualifier. Competin...
May 07, 2023
