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Maple Leafs set to face Panthers in second round: 'It gets heated, it gets emotional'
TORONTO - Craig Berube didn't utter a word. The Maple Leafs had just surrendered a lead late in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series against the Ottawa Senators. Toronto's bench, however, remain...
May 04, 2025

Trump says 'highly unlikely' U.S. ever uses military force to annex Canada
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump says it is "highly unlikely" the United States would ever use military force to annex Canada. In a wide-ranging interview on NBC's "Meet The Press" which aired Sun...
May 04, 2025

McGill platform becomes safe space for conserving U.S. climate research under threat
MONTREAL - Academics at McGill University in Montreal are providing the U.S. scientific community a platform to protect climate research under attack. Six months ago, researchers at McGill University'...
May 04, 2025

Harry Kane finally wins his first career title as Bayern Munich becomes Bundesliga champion
FREIBURG, Germany (AP) - The "curse" has been lifted. Harry Kane can finally celebrate his first career title after Bayern Munich became Bundesliga champion on Sunday with a little help from Freiburg....
May 04, 2025

Jets rule out star forward Mark Scheifele for Game 7 against Blues
WINNIPEG - Jets forward Mark Scheifele has been ruled out for Winnipeg's crucial playoff game tonight against the visiting St. Louis Blues. The Jets will be without one of their top scorers for Game 7...
May 04, 2025

2025 Diversity Awards to be held in Sylvan Lake
The Town of Sylvan Lake will host its upcoming 2025 Diversity Awards.The awards, put on by Diversity Magazine, are set for Friday May 9 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Nexsource Centre.The free event aims to ...
May 04, 2025

Nicaragua withdraws from UNESCO in protest at press freedom award
PARIS (AP) - UNESCO on Sunday announced the withdrawal of Nicaragua from the U.N. cultural and educational body because of the awarding of a UNESCO prize celebrating press freedom to a Nicaraguan news...
May 04, 2025

Canadian students in Netherlands for 1945 liberation celebrations
HALIFAX - As the Netherlands marks the 80th anniversary of the country's liberation by the Canadian Army, more than 1,000 Canadian students will take part in events where they are expected to sense bo...
May 04, 2025

Seven foreign policy challenges facing PM Mark Carney that aren't about Donald Trump
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has many foreign policy issues on his plate - and they're not all about U.S. President Donald Trump. Here are six of the key challenges Ottawa will be navigating in...
May 04, 2025

Canada's deepening dependence on U.S. has been a decades-long evolution, experts say
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has repeatedly accused the Liberal government of entrenching Canada's economic dependence on the United States. But political scientists say the reality i...
May 04, 2025