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Wildfire crews watching for dangerous wind shift in High Level, Alta.
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Crews battling an enormous wildfire just outside the small northern Alberta town of High Level are bracing for what could be a dangerous wind shift today. The Chuckegg Creek fire i...
May 26, 2019
Montreal native Auger-Aliassime drops out of French Open
PARIS - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime has pulled out of the French Open because of injury. The 18-year-old Montreal native said he was not at his best physically on Saturday after losing in the Lyon ...
May 26, 2019
Fire in tutoring centre kills 19 students in western India
NEW DELHI - At least 19 teenage students were killed in a fire that broke out Friday in a tutoring centre in the western Indian city of Surat, a top state official said. More than a dozen students wer...
May 26, 2019
By George! Princess Charlotte to attend school with brother
LONDON - The first day of school can be stressful but Princess Charlotte will have her older brother there to lean on. Kensington Palace said Friday that 4-year-old Charlotte will join her brother Pri...
May 26, 2019
3-time Grand Slam champion Kerber loses opener in Paris
PARIS - Angelique Kerber won't complete a career Grand Slam this year. Still hampered by a right ankle injury, the three-time Grand Slam winner lost in the first round of the French Open on Sunday as ...
May 26, 2019
Saturday's Scoreboard
Prairie Gold Junior Lacrosse LeaguePrince Albert Predators 8, Swift Current Wolverines 8NBA PlayoffsEastern Conference finalToronto 100, Milwaukee 94(Toronto win series 4-2)World Hockey ChampionshipSe...
May 26, 2019
Kenyan court upholds laws criminalizing same-sex relations
NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's High Court on Friday upheld sections of the penal code that criminalize same-sex relations, a disappointment for gay rights activists across Africa where dozens of countries h...
May 26, 2019
Some facts and figures about the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944
OTTAWA - Some facts and figures about the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944: TARGET: Allies land on French channel coast along five Normandy beaches stretching about 80 kilometres west from R...
May 26, 2019
Magnitude 8 earthquake strikes Amazon jungle in Peru
LIMA, Peru - A powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck a remote part of the Amazon jungle in Peru early Sunday, collapsing buildings and knocking out power to some areas but causing no reported death...
May 26, 2019
UN urges Canada to take more vulnerable Mexican migrants from Central America
OTTAWA - The United Nations is urging Canada to help ease Mexico's refugee burden by helping resettle some of the most vulnerable of its new arrivals, including women, children and LGBTQ people. Mexic...
May 26, 2019
