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First mediation session to begin Monday in Montreal public transit strike
MONTREAL - The first mediation session between Montreal's public transit authority and its striking maintenance workers is scheduled to begin on Monday. About 2,400 maintenance workers have been on st...
Jun 12, 2025

Police make arrests in 'large-scale operation' against organized crime across Quebec
MONTREAL - Quebec police say about 150 officers were deployed early in the morning across the province for a "large-scale operation" against organized crime. Police say they were making numerous arres...
Jun 12, 2025

Supreme Court revives lawsuit from Atlanta family whose home was wrongly raided by the FBI
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Atlanta family whose home was wrongly raided by the FBI will get a new day in court, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday. The opinion comes after a predawn 2017 raid i...
Jun 12, 2025

Supreme Court of Canada to hear Facebook privacy case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to review a ruling that concluded Facebook broke federal privacy law by failing to adequately inform users of risks to their data when using the popular...
Jun 12, 2025

One Canadian aboard Air India flight that crashed just after takeoff
OTTAWA - One Canadian was on board an Air India flight bound for London that crashed with more than 240 people on board shortly after takeoff in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad, according to Pr...
Jun 12, 2025

Canadian women fall one spot to No. 8 in FIFA rankings while Brazil climbs to fourth
The Canadian women dropped one spot to No. 8 in the FIFA world rankings released Thursday. Casey Stoney's side won three of four games since the last rankings in March, defeating Haiti twice and split...
Jun 12, 2025

The Latest: Air India plane bound for London crashes with more than 240 onboard
Air India says a London-bound flight crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport Thursday with more than 240 passengers and crew onboard. The airline said flight AI 171, a Boeing 787-8, cr...
Jun 12, 2025

Rescuers in South Africa search for the missing after floods leave at least 57 dead
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The death toll in floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape province has risen to 57, a government minister visiting the scene of the disaster said Thursday. Cooperative Gov...
Jun 12, 2025

London-bound Air India flight with more than 240 aboard crashes after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) - An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board including one Canadian crashed Thursday in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline ...
Jun 12, 2025

London-bound Air India flight with more than 240 aboard crashes after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) - An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board including one Canadian crashed Thursday in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline ...
Jun 12, 2025