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Israel's defense minister says Gaza City could be destroyed
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's defense minister warned on Friday that Gaza City could be destroyed unless Hamas accepts Israel's terms, as the country prepares for an expanded offensive in the area. A day ...
Aug 22, 2025

Rising heat a 'public health crisis' for workers, including in Canada: WHO
TORONTO - The World Health Organization says climate change-driven heat is a "public health crisis" for workers around the globe and experts say Canada is no exception. The WHO and the World Meteorolo...
Aug 22, 2025

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he has been acquitted of royal defamation
BANGKOK (AP) - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he was acquitted of royal defamation by a court Friday. His lawyer also confirmed the verdict, but the Bangkok Criminal Court did not ...
Aug 21, 2025

Florida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed "Alligato...
Aug 21, 2025

Former minister, MLA from P.E.I. dies at 66
OTTAWA - Gail Shea, a former MLA and MP from P.E.I. has died at 66 years old. Shea represented the riding of Egmont for the Conservatives between 2008 and 2015. Shea served as a member of former prime...
Aug 21, 2025

Court documents detail months-long surveillance of Quebec terror suspects
MONTREAL - Newly released court documents show how police spent months tracking four men accused in an alleged anti-government plot in Quebec. The investigation of the men, two of whom are members of ...
Aug 21, 2025

Vancouver's airport breaks rainfall record set in 1912
RICHMOND - Several daily rainfall records were shattered in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia on Friday, with the Vancouver breaking a record set over a century ago. Environmen...
Aug 21, 2025

CP NewsAlert: B.C. ostrich farm loses appeal against avian flu cull
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by a British Columbia ostrich farm to prevent the culling of its flock that had been infected with avian flu. More coming. The Canadian Press
Aug 21, 2025

California Legislature approves special election on new congressional map favoring Democrats
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - California lawmakers passed a legislative package Thursday advancing a partisan redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 elections....
Aug 21, 2025

Canada Post union says negotiation meeting delayed, with talks to continue Monday
Negotiations that had been scheduled for Friday between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been delayed. A press release from CUPW says it's been informed by Canada Post that th...
Aug 21, 2025