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Members of AUPE set to rally at Medicine Hat provincial building
Alberta's provincial employees are organizing a rally in front of Medicine Hat's provincial building in downtown Medicine Hat over the noon hour Wednesday.They are demanding a fair collective agreemen...
Aug 27, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers say he wants to seek asylum in the United States
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has become the face of President Donald Trump's hardline immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his lawyers told a federal judge Wed...
Aug 27, 2025

Handling crime a strength for Trump as many in US see a 'major problem' in big cities: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) - As armed National Guard troops patrol the nation's capital as part of an unprecedented federal takeover of Washington's police department, handling crime is now a relative strength f...
Aug 27, 2025

Trump will chair a meeting on postwar Gaza as hospitals report 10 killed by strikes
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israeli and American officials will meet in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the aftermath of war in Gaza, despite no sign that the conflict, which has killed tens of thou...
Aug 27, 2025

Flash floods leave 32 dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir as over 150,000 are displaced in Punjab
NEW DELHI (AP) - Intense rains have lashed parts of Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods in Indian-controlled Kashmir's Jammu region, leaving at least 32 people dead and many missing followin...
Aug 27, 2025

Denmark summons US envoy after report of Americans carrying out influence operations in Greenland
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Denmark's foreign minister had the top U.S. diplomat in the country summoned for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with...
Aug 27, 2025

Canadian Red Cross helps rebuild Ukrainian children's hospital after rocket attack
KYIV - Workers dangle from ropes as they brush the last bit of white paint on the trim of the Okhmatdyt children's cardiac hospital in Kyiv. Below them, a damaged children's stroller and construction ...
Aug 27, 2025

Workout substances can be harmful to some adolescents, survey of pediatricians says
TORONTO - Researchers say pediatricians, family doctors and parents need to learn more about what kind of performance-enhancing substances kids are using when they work out or play sports. Seventeen p...
Aug 27, 2025

B.C. anglers flock for sockeye, but experts warn of decades-long declines for salmon
VANCOUVER - British Columbia anglers have been standing shoulder to shoulder on stretches of the Fraser River this week, hoping to hook a sockeye salmon during a rare recreational opportunity to catch...
Aug 27, 2025

Vancouver International Airport reports delays, cites staffing issues with NAV CANADA
VANCOUVER - Vancouver International Airport is reporting that some of its flights are being delayed, citing staffing shortfalls with NAV CANADA. A media release from the airport says that due to unexp...
Aug 26, 2025