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Firefighters battle large blaze in North Transcona industrial zone
Emergency crews are actively fighting a large grass fire that broke out earlier today in the 600 block of Gunn Road, in ...
Toronto Raptors drop down to ninth pick after NBA draft lottery
The Raptors will draft ninth in this summer’s NBA Draft after moving down two spots in Monday night’s lottery. Toronto (30-52 ...
Man arrested following robbery and arson incident downtown
A 45-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a series of incidents involving arson, property damage, and robbery in ...
Blue Bombers second-round pick Taylor Elgersma signs with the Green Bay Packers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers draft pick Taylor Elgersma signed a contract with the Green Bay Packers on Monday. The Blue Bombers drafted the Canadian quarterback out of the Laurier Golden Hawks program in ...
China presents a united front with Latin America, aiming to counter Trump's trade war
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is moving to strengthen its alliances with other countries as a counterweight to President Donald Trump’s trade war, presenting a united front with Latin American leaders ...
Nigeria has a food security problem as water for crops is harder to find
Climate change is challenging agriculture in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country. With long dry spells and extreme heat, water bodies are drying because the arid season is becoming longer than ...
Bangladesh's interim government strips former ruling party of registration, barring it from polls
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s Election Commission has cancelled the registration of the former ruling party of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, preventing it from participating in the next ...
Lawyer for hockey player suggests complainant led his client to bathroom for sex
Formenton and his former world junior hockey teammates Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have pleaded ...
Maple Leafs waste goaltender Joseph Woll's stellar performance in ugly Game 4 loss
At one point getting outshot 20-5, the Leafs held a parade to the penalty box in the first period thanks to four straight ...
Tariffs may have pushed up inflation a bit in April, government report to show
The Trump administration said early Monday that it had reached a deal with China to sharply reduce its tariffs on imports from that country. But even taking that agreement into account, U.S. average ...
2nd mayoral candidate killed in Mexico's Veracruz state ahead of June 1 elections
Lara Gutierrez was the second mayoral candidate killed in Veracruz during the campaign. On April 29, the first official day of campaigning, gunmen killed German Anuar Valencia, also from the governing ...
Mercury fuels gold mining in Senegal. And it's poisoning the people who use it
Across West Africa, mercury — a potent neurotoxin — remains the dominant method for extracting gold from ore in the region’s booming informal mining sector, much of it illegal and unregulated. In ...