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In the news today: Canada Post workers poised to strike Friday
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post workers poised to strike Friday Canada Post received a strike notice Monday from the union represe...
May 20, 2025

Former hockey player under cross-examination at ex-teammates' sex assault trial
A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to continue testifying today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Tyler Steenbergen began testifying by video conference...
May 20, 2025

BC Hydro's challenge: Powering province through surging demand, drought and trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility is facing transformational challenges of drought, rising costs and a trade war with the United States as it works to meet electricity demand that's surging...
May 20, 2025

Former hockey player under cross-examination at ex-teammates' sex assault trial
A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to continue testifying today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Tyler Steenbergen began testifying by video conference...
May 20, 2025

BC Hydro's challenge: Powering province through surging demand, drought and trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility is facing transformational challenges of drought, rising costs and a trade war with the United States as it works to meet electricity demand that's surging...
May 20, 2025

Top finance officials from G7 countries gather in Banff for three-day summit
BANFF - High-ranking officials from the world's top economies are in Banff, Alta., this week for a three-day summit that will cover topics including the global economy, the war in Ukraine and artifici...
May 20, 2025

Statistics Canada's April inflation data to show impact of carbon price removal
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to release inflation data for April today. Market data shows economists on average expect the annual rate of inflation cooled to 1.6 per cent last month, from 2.3 per...
May 20, 2025

Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed at least 60 people, local health officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli strikes overnight and into Tuesday have killed at least 60 people across the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian health officials. Israel has launched another...
May 19, 2025

Man executed for the 2000 killing of a police officer in Indiana's second execution in 15 years
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - Indiana officials have executed a man convicted in the 2000 killing of a police officer. Benjamin Ritchie died by injection early Tuesday at the Indiana State Prison in Mich...
May 19, 2025

Democratic Rep. McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says
WASHINGTON (AP) - New Jersey's top federal prosecutor said Monday that she's charging Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor ...
May 19, 2025