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May 28, 2025
Warm summer in the forecast as droughts and wildfire risks loom: Weather Network
Canadians longing for sunshine and warmth will likely be pleased by a summer forecast that has an abundance of both, says Weather Network me...
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May 28, 2025
This mouthwatering $12 sandwich is the best thing I ate in Toronto this week
Our food reporter explores the city in search of the most delicious — and affordable — dishes Toronto has to offer.
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May 28, 2025
Iran hangs a man convicted of spying for Israel
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran hanged a man convicted of spying for Israel, state media reported Wednesday.
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May 28, 2025
Live updates: Chaos and gunfire at a new Gaza aid distribution hub leave 1 dead and 48 hurt
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Wednesday that at least one Palestinian was killed and 48 were wounded when gunshots were fired on a crowd th...
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May 28, 2025
Live updates: Israel’s Netanyahu says senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar was killed
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel killed senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar, apparently confirming his death in a recent airstr...
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May 28, 2025
Live updates: Palestinians in Gaza are increasingly desperate for food
Palestinians have become increasingly desperate for food as nearly three months of Israeli border closures have pushed Gaza to the brink of...
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May 28, 2025
Admissions of temporary foreign workers to Canada buck a recent trend
Experts say it calls into question whether Ottawa can cut the proportion of temporary residents in the overall population to under 5 per cen...
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May 28, 2025
Canada sees surge in temporary foreign workers applying to escape abusive employers
Vulnerable Worker Open Work Permit lets those whose status in Canada is tied to a single employer to leave abusive jobs and apply for an ope...
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May 28, 2025
Bear attack leaves woman in critical condition in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A woman was in critical condition on Wednesday after a bear attack in a forested area outside Slovenia's capital,...
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May 28, 2025
Canada Post, union set to return to bargaining table as OT ban continues
Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 of its workers are set to head back to the bargaining table as an overtime ban remains in effe...
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May 28, 2025
Retired detective set to continue testifying at hockey players’ sex assault trial
A retired detective is expected to continue testifying today at the sex assault trial of five former world junior hockey players in London,...
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May 28, 2025
Defence minister to address industry as Canada eyes new European partnership
OTTAWA - Just a day after the Liberal government confirmed plans to join a major European defence procurement pact, Defence Minister David M...
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May 28, 2025
Why Donald Trump’s response to the King’s speech should focus Canadian minds
Whatever one thinks about the merits or effectiveness of the president’s bully approach to, well, everything, it has sharpened Canadian mind...
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May 28, 2025
UN official says 47 were wounded, mostly by gunfire, when crowd overran aid hub in Gaza
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. official says 47 Palestinians were wounded, mostly by gunfire, when crowd overran Gaza aid hub.
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May 28, 2025
One killed, 48 wounded when forces fired on crowd overrunning aid site, Gaza officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least one Palestinian was killed and 48 others wounded when forces opened fire on a crowd overrunning a...
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May 28, 2025
1 killed, 48 wounded when crowd was fired upon at chaotic Gaza aid site, health officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least one Palestinian was killed and 48 others wounded when a crowd was fired upon while overrunning a n...
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May 28, 2025
One killed, 48 wounded when Israeli forces fired on crowd overruning aid site, Gaza officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least one Palestinian was killed and 48 others wounded when Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd overru...
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May 28, 2025
Israel strikes Yemen’s Sanaa airport for 2nd time in a month, targeting Houthi rebels
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military said Wednesday it struck Yemen’s Sanaa airport for the second time in a month targetin...
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May 28, 2025
US Sen. Duckworth visits Taiwan to discuss regional security and trade
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Strongly pro-Taiwan U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth is visiting the self-governing island democracy to discuss regional secu...
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May 28, 2025
Opponents of French players at the French Open deal with insults and whistling and, yes, even gum
PARIS (AP) — In all sports, there are advantages to being at home. At the French Open tennis tournament, being a visitor playing against a F...
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May 28, 2025
Thai and Cambodian soldiers briefly clash in a disputed border area
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai and Cambodian soldiers briefly fired at each other in their disputed border area Wednesday, the Thai and Cambodian armie...
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May 28, 2025
One killed after Thai and Cambodian soldiers briefly clash in a disputed border area
BANGKOK (AP) — A Cambodian soldier was killed when Thai and Cambodian troops briefly fired at each other in their disputed border area Wedne...
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May 28, 2025
Search efforts continue at the site of a China chemical plant explosion as fate of 6 missing unknown
BEIJING (AP) — Six people remained missing and search and rescue efforts continued Wednesday morning after an explosion at a chemical plant...
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May 28, 2025
US peregrine falcons adapt well to city living as their coastal cousins struggle with bird flu
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — After rebounding in recent decades due to conservation efforts, the number of once-imperiled peregrine falcons in the...
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May 28, 2025
Indonesian and French leaders meet for defense and trade talks
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron met with his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday in a visit aime...
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May 28, 2025
France’s Macron presses ahead on his South Asia tour with talks in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The French president met with his Indonesian counterpart on Wednesday as Emmanuel Macron continued his week-long t...
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May 28, 2025
Arizona’s rural groundwater deal stalls as legislative session nears end
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's governor and the GOP-controlled Legislature are at odds over regulating groundwater pumping in the state's rural ar...
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May 28, 2025
Meneghin shines, Tigers advance to Memorial Cup final with 3-1 win over Knights
RIMOUSKI - Willie Desjardins didn’t think his group played the better game — but he had the winning goalie.
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May 28, 2025
5-year forecast sees more killer heat, fires and temperature records
WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable ex...
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May 28, 2025
Get ready for several years of killer heat, top weather forecasters warn
WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable ex...
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May 28, 2025
Men face prison for human smuggling after an Indian family of 4 died on the US-Canada border
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to cross into the U.S. along a remote...
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May 28, 2025
French court to deliver verdict in landmark child sex abuse case involving 299 victims
A French court will deliver its verdict Wednesday in one of the country’s largest-ever child sex abuse cases, which has raised questions abo...
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May 28, 2025
Australia whistleblower who exposed war crime allegations loses bid to reduce prison sentence
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian army whistleblower David McBride, who leaked allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan to t...
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May 28, 2025
What we know about the escape of a former police chief and convicted killer in Arkansas
CALICO ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Officials scoured Arkansas’ rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer who escaped from...
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May 28, 2025
Ward scores winner, Tigers advance to Memorial Cup final with 3-1 win over Knights
RIMOUSKI - Mathew Ward scored the winner at 1:17 of the third period and Harrison Meneghin stopped 35 shots as the Medicine Hat Tigers advan...
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May 28, 2025
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May 28, 2025
Hawaii’s governor signs new hotel tax legislation to help cope with climate change
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's governor signed legislation Tuesday that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to r...
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May 28, 2025
Family remembers Ontario crash victim as being full of kindness, love
The family of one of the teens killed in a crash near London, Ont., is remembering her as being "full of kindness, laughter, dance, song and...
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May 28, 2025
In Japan, rare bobtail cats are considered good luck. Nagasaki is filled with them
NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck and Nagasaki is the place to find them.
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May 27, 2025
Person of interest in Connecticut mall shooting that wounded 5 people detained, police say
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Detectives have detained a person of interest in a shooting at a Connecticut mall on Tuesday that wounded five peopl...
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May 27, 2025
5 people wounded in shooting at a Connecticut mall, police say
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Five people have been wounded in a shooting at a mall in Connecticut, police said Tuesday.
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May 27, 2025
5 people shot and wounded at a Connecticut mall, police say
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Five people have been shot and wounded at a mall in Connecticut, police said Tuesday.
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May 27, 2025
World’s nations to gather in France to tackle what UN says is a global emergency in the oceans
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world’s nations are gathering in France next month to tackle what the United Nations calls a global emergency faci...
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May 27, 2025
Longtime Las Vegas freelance writer is found dead in a container, police say
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The remains of a longtime freelance writer in Las Vegas were found last week inside a container at a downtown business, aut...
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May 27, 2025
Trump administration sues North Carolina over its voter registration records
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Trump administration accused North Carolina's election board on Tuesday of violating federal law by failing to ensu...
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May 27, 2025
Ex-NBA star Shawn Kemp pleads guilty to assault charge in Washington parking lot shooting
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Former NBA star Shawn Kemp pleaded guilty to an assault charge on Tuesday for shooting at two men inside a vehicle in a...
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May 27, 2025
Judge rules abuse of process in Nygard case but Manitoba charges to continue
WINNIPEG - A judge has ruled a decision by Manitoba's former attorney general to review a criminal case against former fashion mogul Peter N...
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May 27, 2025
Trump says it will cost Canada $61B to join ‘Golden Dome’
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump says he told Canada it would cost $61 billion to join his plan for a missile defence shield while r...
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May 27, 2025
‘When something like this happens, everyone feels it’: Outpouring of emotion in Walkerton as community honours coach, four teens who died
Residents in this town northwest of Toronto are rallying to support the families of four high school students and their softball coach who w...
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May 27, 2025