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Weekend 'hot stretch' prompts special weather statement for Pine Pass
PRINCE GEORGE - Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Highway 97 and the Pine Pass in anticipation of the first hot stretch of the summer.Temperatures are expected to rise star...
Jun 22, 2022

Canada's Shapovalov loses opening match in straight sets at Mallorca
SOL DE MALLORCA, Spain - Canada's Denis Shapovalov's losing streak continued Wednesday as he dropped a 6-4, 6-1 decision to Benjamin Bonzi of France at the Mallorca Championships. It was the opening m...
Jun 22, 2022

Ukraine expects EU-wide support for candidacy to join bloc
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Ukrainian deputy prime overseeing the country's push to join the European Union said Wednesday that she's "100%" certain all 27 EU nations will approve making Ukraine a candidat...
Jun 22, 2022

Canadians more trusting of U.S. as ally, but less so of Biden, Pew poll suggests
WASHINGTON - Canadians are growing more confident in the United States as a trusted and reliable international ally, but losing faith in the man who's currently running the country, a new poll suggest...
Jun 22, 2022

Canada's Andreescu beats Britain's Swan to reach quarterfinals at Wimbledon warmup
BAD HOMBURG, Germany - Canada's Bianca Andreescu defeated Britain's Katie Swan 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday at the Bad Homburg Open grass-court tennis tournament. Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., needed on...
Jun 22, 2022

Canadians more trusting of U.S. as ally, but less so of Biden, Pew poll suggests
WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests Canadians are growing more bullish on the United States as a trusted global partner - but losing faith in the man who's currently running the country. In the Pew Resea...
Jun 22, 2022

Eastern Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 280 people
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border early Wednesday, killing at least 280 people and injuring 600 others...
Jun 22, 2022

'Permanent exile': lawyer for trucker in Broncos crash hopes to argue deportation
CALGARY - The lawyer for the former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash hopes he will get a chance to argue against his client's possible deportation before the Federal Court...
Jun 22, 2022

Zelenskyy to virtually address Canadian university students on how to support Ukraine
TORONTO - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to virtually address Canadian university students this morning. Zelenskyy is scheduled to speak to an in-person audience at the University of T...
Jun 22, 2022

Quebec premier to tour Saguenay, Que., neighbourhood under threat of landslides
SAGUENAY, Que. - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is expected to visit a neighbourhood in Saguenay, Que., today in which almost 200 people have been forced from their homes because of the threat of land...
Jun 22, 2022