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At least 20 dead in a fire in an amusement park in western India, police say.
NEW DELHI (AP) - A massive fire broke out Saturday in an amusement park in Gujarat state in western India, leaving at least 20 people dead, police said. The fire erupted at the park in the city of Raj...
May 25, 2024
1 dead, four injured in Quebec’s Outaouais region after car swerves into guardrails
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say a collision in the province's Outaouais region this morning has left a 22-year-old man dead and four others seriously injured. They say emergency services were ...
May 25, 2024
Leclerc takes pole position for Monaco GP and ends Verstappen's bid for F1 record
MONACO (AP) - Charles Leclerc took pole position for Ferrari at the Monaco Grand Prix and ended Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen's bid for a record-extending ninth straight pole on Saturday. Verstapp...
May 25, 2024
Czech Republic tops Sweden 7-3 to set up world ice hockey final against Canada or Switzerland
PRAGUE (AP) - Czech Republic produced a three-goal second period as it downed Sweden 7-3 on Saturday to advance to the final of the ice hockey world championship for the first time since 2010. Ottawa ...
May 25, 2024
Rafael Nadal says this might not be his last French Open
PARIS (AP) - This might not turn out to be Rafael Nadal's last French Open, after all. The 14-time champion at Roland Garros said Saturday that he is not 100% sure he won't play again at the Grand Sla...
May 25, 2024
'Crime of vengeance': Saskatchewan RCMP say witnesses key to solving brutal slaying
Mounties suspected Tiki Laverdiere was dead before her burned, bludgeoned body was found wrapped in a carpet under rocks in a Saskatchewan pond in the summer of 2019. She was a 25-year-old mother of t...
May 25, 2024
Dallas Stars centre Wyatt Johnston took unique path to Western Conference final
DALLAS - Wyatt Johnston was preparing for his next game. He had no idea when it would arrive. The teenage centre had played 53 times in the Ontario Hockey League when COVID-19 abruptly shuttered the j...
May 25, 2024
Major performing arts centres putting video game music in the spotlight
TORONTO - The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is forgoing the usual classical staples by the likes of Mozart and Beethoven this weekend for a radically different repertoire drawn from video games "World of...
May 25, 2024
Private property or public space? Encampments spark debate over campus status
MONTREAL - After four weeks that have featured torrential downpours, blistering heat and two failed legal bids to have them removed, pro-Palestinian protesters remain encamped on McGill University's d...
May 25, 2024
Border intelligence program needs improved training, analytical tools: evaluation
OTTAWA - Better training and information-processing tools are needed to help the intelligence program at Canada's border agency fight everything from firearms smuggling to human trafficking, says an i...
May 25, 2024
