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Iowa high court refuses to unblock strict ban on most abortions
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa's high court refused Friday to unblock a strict ban on most abortions, rebuffing Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and, for now, keeping the conservative state from joining oth...
Jun 16, 2023
Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder dies from injuries suffered in crash during Tour de Suisse
GENEVA (AP) - Swiss cyclist Gino Mder died Friday, one day after crashing and falling down a ravine during a descent at the Tour de Suisse, the Bahrain-Victorious team said. The 26-year-old Mder crash...
Jun 16, 2023
Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder dies from injuries suffered in crash during Tour de Suisse
GENEVA (AP) - Swiss cyclist Gino Mder died Friday, one day after crashing and falling down a ravine during a descent at the Tour de Suisse, the Bahrain-Victorious team said. The 26-year-old Mder crash...
Jun 16, 2023
Montreal's Lance Stroll aiming for best result at home Grand Prix
MONTREAL - Lance Stroll feelshe'sfinally driving a car that can compete with the best on home soil. The 24-year-old from Montreal heads into this Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix driving for an Aston Mart...
Jun 16, 2023
In The News for June 16 : Manitoba grieving after deadly highway crash kills 15
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 16 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 16, 2023
RCMP working to confirm identities of 15 killed on bus heading to Manitoba casino
CARBERRY, Man. - Residents in Dauphin, Man., are anxiously waiting for word on the identities of 15 people killed in a fiery bus crash. Mounties say the group of mostly seniors was heading to a casino...
Jun 16, 2023
Thousands allowed back home, but officials say wildfires still leaving many displaced
People in parts of Alberta and British Columbia are returning home after wildfire evacuation orders were lifted Thursday. Thanks to recent rain and favourable winds, roughly 2,000 residents from Tumbl...
Jun 16, 2023
Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of Safe Third Country Agreement
OTTAWA - Canada's top court will deliver the final word Friday on whether the pact between Canada and the United States to control the flow of asylum seekers violates their fundamental rights. The Saf...
Jun 16, 2023
Some Chinese Canadians embrace 'white people food' movement, others are baffled
VANCOUVER - Cheese sticks and a bagel. A boiled egg with raw broccoli. A fat ball of burrata cheese sitting atop a pile of green grapes. Welcome to the divisive world of "white people food," a movemen...
Jun 16, 2023
'Hero to me': Kyiv's memory wall a reminder of losses in Ukraine-Russian conflicts
KYIV, Ukraine - Yuri Pisarenko reaches high up on the Memory Wall of the Fallen Defenders of Ukraine, pulls down a faded portrait of his grandson and reverently puts an identical photo in its place. T...
Jun 16, 2023