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Quebec police probe organized crime-linked killing in Montreal-area restaurant
LAVAL, Que. - Quebec police are investigating after a man with reported links to organized crime was shot in front of numerous people Wednesday evening inside a restaurant in the Montreal area. Provin...
Jun 02, 2022

Peace Tower, other landmarks in Ottawa to be lit purple for Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Ottawa landmarks, including the Peace Tower, the Senate and the Prime Minister's Office on Wellington Street, will be illuminated in purple this evening to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. A beacon ...
Jun 02, 2022

Polls officially open across Ontario for provincial election
Voting has officially begun in Ontario. Polls opened across the province this morning after a month-long election campaign that saw parties battle over the best approaches to affordability, health car...
Jun 02, 2022

VIDEO: Island Helmet Heads drop toys off for sick kids at Nanaimo hospital
NANAIMO - He turns heads with a unique helmet and looks tough cruising the highway on his motorcycle, but underneath Scott Ferron's leather jacket is a heart of gold.Ferron, a marine engineer with the...
Jun 02, 2022

Australia marks Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joked Thursday that his own birth was somewhat delayed by Queen Elizabeth II because his pregnant mother had insisted on driving p...
Jun 02, 2022

UN says Yemen’s warring parties agree to renew truce
CAIRO (AP) - The United Nations said Thursday that Yemen's warring parties have agreed to renew a nationwide truce for another two months, a rare bright spot for a country plagued by eight years of wa...
Jun 02, 2022

Ontario election day, waiting for Hoggard verdict : In The News for June 2
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Jun 02, 2022

Museum plans, Falcon's return, Horgan's F-bomb highlights of B.C. legislature session
VICTORIA - British Columbia politicians head to their home ridings today after a four-month spring legislature session where health, affordability and the NDP government's plan to rebuild the provinci...
Jun 02, 2022

Jurors to continue deliberating today in Jacob Hoggard sexual assault trial
Jurors are to resume deliberations today in the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. The jury began deliberating Tuesday afternoon after receiving detailed instructions from the ju...
Jun 02, 2022

Chytil scores twice, Rangers rout Lightning 6-2 in Game 1
NEW YORK (AP) - Filip Chytil scored twice in the second period and the New York Rangers routed the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the E...
Jun 01, 2022