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Faint hope as noise detected in search for sub near Titanic wreck, time running out
HALIFAX - There is a glimmer of hope in the search for a submersible missing near the wreck of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean south of Newfoundland after an underwater noise was detected overnight....
Jun 21, 2023
Insufficient prototype testing could put Titanic sub passengers in extreme danger, a lawsuit says
SEATTLE (AP) - The company whose submersible vanished in the North Atlantic on a tourist dive to the wreck of the Titanic was repeatedly warned that there might be catastrophic safety problems posed b...
Jun 21, 2023
Canada's Bianca Andreescu loses first-round match at Wimbledon warm-up tournament
BERLIN - Canada's Bianca Andreescu dropped a 7-6 (0), 7-5 decision to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic in first-round play at the Bett1Open on Wednesday. Each player held serve through the op...
Jun 21, 2023
Two missing RCAF members found dead after helicopter crash near Petawawa
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says two Royal Canadian Air Force members who had been missing since a Chinook helicopter crashed in eastern Ontario have been found dead. The pair were fou...
Jun 21, 2023
In The News for Wednesday, June 21, 2023: What do Canadians think about wildfires?
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 Wednesday, June 21, 2023 ... What we are watch...
Jun 21, 2023
China calls Biden comments calling leader Xi a dictator 'extremely absurd and irresponsible'
BEIJING (AP) - China has called comments by President Joe Biden describing Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a dictator "extremely absurd and irresponsible." The new clash of words comes just over a day af...
Jun 21, 2023
Israeli settlers torch Palestinian homes, cars to avenge deadly shooting
JERUSALEM (AP) - Hundreds of Israeli settlers on Wednesday stormed into a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to dozens of cars and homes to avenge the deaths of four Israelis kil...
Jun 21, 2023
'There’s just sorrow:' Bus driver says rides must continue in wake of deadly crash
DAUPHIN, Man. - Doug Westhouse sits straight behind the wheel of a 12-passenger bus driving along a rural Manitoba highway waiting for the next call for a ride. The coordinator and driver for Grand Pl...
Jun 21, 2023
Tackling B.C.'s largest ever wildfire means letting some of it burn, province says
Mark Healey, an incident commander with the BC Wildfire Service, says he took a 2 1/2 hour flight over the southern flank of the enormous Donnie Creek fire in northeastern British Columbia. "I never s...
Jun 21, 2023
Tackling B.C.'s largest ever wildfire means letting some of it burn, province says
Mark Healey, an incident commander with the BC Wildfire Service, says he took a 2 1/2 hour flight over the southern flank of the enormous Donnie Creek fire in northeastern British Columbia. "I never s...
Jun 21, 2023