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Two-time Olympian Lisa Weagle to return to four-player game on Team Laurie St-Georges
Two-time Olympian Lisa Weagle will return to the four-player game next season as the lead for the Laval, Que.,-based team skipped by Laurie St-Georges. Weagle, who won a world title in 2017 on a team ...
Apr 22, 2024

First deportation flights will leave UK for Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, Prime Minister Sunak pledges
LONDON (AP) - U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Monday that the country's first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over a k...
Apr 22, 2024

Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
The Edmonton Oilers say they expect no surprises from the familiar Los Angeles Kings when their first-round NHL playoff series opens tonight in the Alberta capital. The Toronto Maple Leafs, trailing t...
Apr 22, 2024

In the news today: First Nations people more likely to leave ER: data
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... First Nations patients more likely to leave ER without care, study says Researc...
Apr 22, 2024

Feds don't 'care if they die,' says lawyer helping Canadian children held in Syria
OTTAWA - Five Canadian children are languishing in a squalid detention camp in northeastern Syria after Ottawa denied their mothers permission to come to Canada, says a lawyer fighting in court on beh...
Apr 22, 2024

Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Oct. 7 attack
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The Israeli military said Monday the head of its intelligence corps has resigned over the failures surrounding Hamas' unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, which broke through Israel's ...
Apr 22, 2024

North Korea fires suspected short-range missiles into ocean in its latest weapons launch, Seoul says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a recent series of weapons...
Apr 22, 2024

Vancouver Canucks claw out 4-2 comeback win over Nashville Predators in Game 1
VANCOUVER - Dakota Joshua scored twice and contributed an assist as the Vancouver Canucks stormed back for a 4-2 win over the Nashville Predators in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series on Sunda...
Apr 21, 2024

First Nations patients more likely to leave ER without care, study says
Researchers say First Nations patients are more likely to leave Alberta emergency departments before receiving care than non-Indigenous patients. They say a new study shows that anti-Indigenous racism...
Apr 21, 2024

Ecuadorians overwhelmingly approve referendum measures on toughening fight against gangs
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's fledgling president got a resounding victory Sunday in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence. An offi...
Apr 21, 2024