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Country superstar Shania Twain returning to Calgary Stampede
CALGARY - Canadian music star Shania Twain is set to perform at next year's Calgary Stampede, her first show during the 10-day western festival in more than a decade. The 59-year-old has sold more tha...
Oct 28, 2024

Veteran broadcast journalists tapped to moderate future leaders' debates
OTTAWA - The Leaders' Debate Commission announced two seasoned broadcast journalists to moderate the French and English leaders' debates in the next federal election. TVO host Steve Paikin will modera...
Oct 28, 2024

Quebec's head of youth protection resigns after sex scandal at detention facility
MONTREAL - Quebec's national director of youth protection has resigned, days after a media report claimed that educators at a Montreal detention centre for troubled minors had sexual relations with de...
Oct 28, 2024

Virginia asks US Supreme Court to reinstate removals of 1,600 voter registrations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Virginia on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene to allow the state to remove roughly 1,600 voters from its rolls that it believes are noncitizens. The request comes afte...
Oct 28, 2024

Toronto FC takes first steps on 'total rebuild,' leaves forward Prince Owusu in limbo
TORONTO - Toronto FC, taking the first steps in what has been billed as a "total rebuild," has declined 2025 contract options on defenders Aim Mabika and Shane O'Neill, midfielder Brandon Servania and...
Oct 28, 2024

At least 40 soldiers are killed in an attack on a military base, Chad's president says
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Unidentified assailants killed at least 40 soldiers during an overnight attack on a military base in the country's west, Chad's presidency said Monday. President Mahamat Deby Itn...
Oct 28, 2024

Founder of far-right English Defense League gets 18 months in prison for court contempt
LONDON (AP) - The founder of the far-right English Defense League was sentenced Monday to a year and a half in prison for violating a court order barring him from repeating libelous allegations agains...
Oct 28, 2024

Manslaughter probe continues 1 year after hockey player Adam Johnson's death in England
LONDON (AP) - It's been one year since the death of American hockey player Adam Johnson, whose neck was fatally cut by an opponent's skate during a game in Sheffield, England. A man remains under inve...
Oct 28, 2024

More than 43,000 Palestinians killed in yearlong war in Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry says
CAIRO (AP) - The number of Palestinians killed in the yearlong war in Gaza has passed 43,000, more than half of them women and children, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Monday. The tally includes...
Oct 28, 2024

Man United fires manager Erik ten Hag after troubled start to the season
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester United fired Erik ten Hag on Monday after a troubled start to the season left the 20-time English champions in 14th place in the Premier League and the club's new...
Oct 28, 2024