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Quebec election: gun control advocates to sound out parties on handgun ban, buybacks
MONTREAL - Gun control advocates are sounding out Quebec's main political parties ahead of the Oct. 3 election to see where they stand on issues such as a handgun ban and a gun buyback program. "Quebe...
Aug 31, 2022
Quebec election: CAQ campaigns in riding once held by member who betrayed party
IBERVILLE, Que. - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is campaigning today in the electoral district of Iberville - a riding the party won in 2018 but then lost after its member joined the C...
Aug 31, 2022
U.N. monitors head to troubled Ukraine nuclear plant
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A team of international nuclear inspectors was heading Wednesday to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant caught in the middle of the fighting in southern Ukraine amid internationa...
Aug 30, 2022
Feds cite efforts to 'obstruct' probe of docs at Trump home
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department said Tuesday it had uncovered efforts to obstruct its investigation into the discovery of classified records at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate....
Aug 30, 2022
Japan PM apologizes for party's church links, will cut ties
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says his ruling party will cut ties with the Unification Church following a widening scandal trigged by former leader Shinzo Abe's assassination last ...
Aug 30, 2022
Venus Williams out of US Open; Raducanu loses in 1st Rd, too
NEW YORK (AP) - The welcome and support for Venus Williams in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday afternoon were not the same as they were for her sister, Serena, a night earlier. Nor was the result. Venus...
Aug 30, 2022
Teoscar Hernandez lifts Blue Jays over Cubs 5-3 to back Kevin Gausman's strong outing
TORONTO - Teoscar Hernandez's three-run homer in the sixth inning gave Toronto its first lead of the game as the Blue Jays beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Tuesday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had a solo home r...
Aug 30, 2022
Shapovalov grinds out five-set win over Huesler at US Open
NEW YORK - Denis Shapovalov's first set in the U.S. Open on Tuesday was over in a New York minute. But it wasn't the 19th-seeded Canadian who took only 26 minutes to post a quick 6-2 victory in men's ...
Aug 30, 2022
Raducanu's US Open title defense ends with loss to Cornet
NEW YORK (AP) - Emma Raducanu's defense of her surprising 2021 U.S. Open championship ended with 6-3, 6-3 loss to Aliz Cornet in the first round on Tuesday night. Raducanu is only the third woman to l...
Aug 30, 2022
Former PM Brian Mulroney says Mikhail Gorbachev will be 'sorely missed'
OTTAWA - Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney says Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, was a "great man" who will be "sorely missed" on the world stage. Gorbachev, who dur...
Aug 30, 2022