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Canada's last Cup: Montreal Canadiens look back at 1993 title three decades later
Kirk Muller remembers the speech like it was yesterday. Down 2-0 to the Quebec Nordiques in the first round of the 1993 playoffs - and coming off a clunky regular-season finish - Montreal Canadiens ge...
Jun 08, 2023

Knife attacker injures several people, including children, in French Alpine town
PARIS (AP) - An attacker with a knife wounded children and adults in a town in the Alps on Thursday before he was quickly arrested, France's interior ministry said. Interior Minster Gerald Darmanin sa...
Jun 08, 2023

RBC Canadian Open teeing off amid controversy in golf world
Some of the world's top players are teeing off at the RBC Canadian Open today amid the hotly debated LIV Golf-PGA Tour controversy that shook the golf world this week. Four-time major championship win...
Jun 08, 2023

Zelenskyy visits area flooded by destroyed dam as five reported dead in Russian-occupied town
KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the flood-hit region of Kherson on Thursday to evaluate response to damage caused by a dam breach. The Ukrainian leader wrote...
Jun 08, 2023

In The News for June 8 : Wildfires leave most of Canada under smoky haze
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 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Jun 08, 2023

Wildfire battles continue under heat, air quality alerts over most of Canada
The battle against hundreds of wildfires continues, as almost every jurisdiction in Canada remains under either heat or air quality warnings from the federal government. The day after what was suppose...
Jun 08, 2023

Supporters focus on freeing Canadian held in China amid geopolitical 'ups and downs'
OTTAWA - A leader of the fight to secure freedom for a Canadian human-rights activist detained in China for 17 years is taking the latest diplomatic deep-freeze between Ottawa and Beijing in stride. W...
Jun 08, 2023

Experts worry about Canadian water bomber expertise with rising demand, aging fleets
MONTREAL - Aviation experts say Canada is losing expertise in the manufacturing of water bombers - just as demand for them is increasing. The Canadair CL-415, a purpose-built water bomber, was last pr...
Jun 08, 2023

Documents reveal what happened inside the discord at Canada's drug-price regulator
OTTAWA - Internal emails from the agency tasked with regulating the price of patented drugs in Canada shows discord and division was sparked by a letter from the health minister, culminating in an ind...
Jun 08, 2023

Vancouver's Chinatown provides a shifting backdrop for divisive condo proposal
VANCOUVER - The nondescript parking lot at the centre of debate about the future of Vancouver's historic Chinatown is unchanged in the six years since plans to build a condo tower there were shot down...
Jun 08, 2023