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Former top aide to NYC mayor among 7 facing new charges in City Hall corruption probe
NEW YORK (AP) - A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams is among seven people facing new charges in the corruption investigation that has swirled around City Hall for two years, prosecutor...
Aug 21, 2025
James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, has died
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. (AP) - Dr. James Dobson, a politically influential child psychologist who started a radio show counseling Christians on how to be good parents, founded the conservative ministry ...
Aug 21, 2025
Most Air Canada domestic, international flights expected to take off Thursday
Air Canada expects most of its domestic and international routes to be back up and running Thursday after resuming operations Tuesday following the conclusion of a strike by its flight attendants. An ...
Aug 21, 2025
Federal union launches campaign denouncing cuts at CRA call centres
OTTAWA - The federal union representing workers at the Canada Revenue Agency has launched an online campaign denouncing staffing cuts. Marc Brire, national president of the Union of Taxation Employees...
Aug 21, 2025
Uganda agrees deal with US to take deported migrants if they don't have criminal records
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda has agreed a deal with the United States to take deported migrants on condition that the deportees should not have criminal records and not be unaccompanied minors, offic...
Aug 21, 2025
In the news today: Anand and Rubio meeting in D.C., Air Canada close to full return
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Anand set to meet with Rubio in Washington Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first offic...
Aug 21, 2025
Anand set to have meeting with Rubio in Washington amid bilateral tensions
WASHINGTON - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington today amid ongoing tensions in the bilateral relation...
Aug 21, 2025
B.C. recreational anglers get rare chance for sockeye, amid bumper salmon run
British Columbia fishing guide Dean Werk says he was getting calls last week from keen anglers wondering if this would be their year. "Do you think there's going to be a salmon opening, Dean?" Now the...
Aug 21, 2025
Ukraine expects clarity soon on security guarantees from US and other allies
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia launched one of its biggest aerial attacks this year at Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said Thursday. The attack mostly targeted wester...
Aug 21, 2025
Whoop-Up Days in Lethbridge running through Saturday
Whoop-Up Days officially got underway on Tuesday, August 19, with the parade serving as the official kickoff.The honourary marshals for this year's parade were the Morris family. They are the owners o...
Aug 20, 2025