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Premier Eby tells B.C. industry not to panic after Trump threatens film tariffs
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby says the provincial film industry should not "panic" over a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump to put a 100 per cent tariff on foreign films, adding that the impleme...
May 5, 2025
Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won’t run for US Senate seat in 2026 against Democrat Jon Ossoff
ATLANTA (AP) - Brian Kemp, Georgia's Republican governor, announced Monday that he's not running for U.S. Senate in 2026 against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff. Kemp, who will leave the governor's ch...
May 5, 2025
Shades of '23, Oilers clash with Golden Knights again in second round
A quick look at the second-round NHL playoff series between the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights that starts Tuesday with Game 1 at T-Mobile Arena: PLAYOFF HISTORY The Golden Knights won a sec...
May 5, 2025
NHL to hold an international event at UBS Arena in 2026 in place of All-Star Weekend, AP source says
The NHL is planning an international event at UBS Arena next February in lieu of the previously announced All-Star Weekend at the home of the New York Islanders, a person with knowledge of the situati...
May 5, 2025
Canada's resolve against U.S. threats should extend to human rights: Amnesty chief
OTTAWA - The global head of Amnesty International is calling on Ottawa to bring the same intensity it has used to call out U.S. tariffs and annexation threats to also call out breaches in human rights...
May 5, 2025
Carney wheels up to Washington for Trump meeting on Tuesday
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Carney left Ottawa Monday afternoon at a tumultuous time in the bilateral relation...
May 5, 2025
Canadiens' Gorton, Hughes temper off-season expectations after playoff berth
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens may be ahead of schedule in their rebuild, but Jeff Gorton believes the plan is far from complete. Making the playoffs is one thing. Doing it year after year - and be...
May 5, 2025
Small wildfire sparked near West Kelowna
A small area of terrain in thew Okanagan ignited Sunday. The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) said a 0.2 hectare wildfire was discovered near Lambly Lake, off Bear Lake Mountain Road north east of West Ke...
May 5, 2025
Open house planned for Commonage development proposal
People will be able to learn more about a proposed housing development in Vernon.Kerkhoff Design-Build has put forward a plan to develop a new neighbourhood consisting of 4,000 new homes, including 1,...
May 5, 2025
Israel launches airstrikes on Yemen a day after Houthi rebels strike Israeli airport
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military said Monday that it carried out airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen's Red Sea city of Hodeida, a day after the Iranian-backed rebels launched a missile that hi...
May 5, 2025
