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Anand seeks Oman airspace 'for Canadian citizens to get out' of Mideast
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she has asked Oman for use of its airspace "if necessary, for Canadian citizens to get out" of the Middle East. Anand says Ottawa's top priority in the ongoin...
Mar 03, 2026
Some travellers stranded in Dubai are paying huge sums for private charter flights out
Tens of thousands of airline passengers are stranded by the Iran war that has spread across the Gulf region, but some wealthy travelers are getting out - by paying large sums for luxury flights to Eur...
Mar 03, 2026 A plume of smoke caused by an Iranian strike is seen in the background an an Emirates plane is parked at the Dubai International Airport after its closure in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Justice Department lawyer says concert ticket industry is broken because of Ticketmaster
NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. Justice Department lawyer told jurors at a civil antitrust trial Tuesday that the concert industry is broken because Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation Entertainment have m...
Mar 03, 2026
Iran strikes the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia as war expands yet again
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran expanded its targets Tuesday, striking the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia as Washington began to pull many staff out of the Middle East. The U.S. and Israel batte...
Mar 03, 2026
Premier Eby says B.C. will make daylight time permanent
British Columbians will adopt year-round daylight time, springing forward by one hour this Sunday for the last time. Premier David Eby says this decision is about making life easier for families, redu...
Mar 02, 2026
Where things stand after the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran
The United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of other senior figures and kicked off a furious Iranian...
Mar 02, 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine take questions during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Iran's World Cup place in U.S. put in doubt by Middle East war. FIFA has Iraq next in line
GENEVA (AP) - Iran's place at the men's World Cup in three months' time was put in doubt Monday amid an escalating Middle East conflict sparked by the soccer tournament's co-host the United States. Ir...
Mar 02, 2026 Iranian supporters react during the Women's Asia Cup soccer match between Iran and South Korea on the Gold Coast, Australia, Monday, March 2, 2026. (Dave Hunt/AAPImage via AP)
Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Abel Mwansa Jr. laid to rest in Zambia
A 12-year-old boy killed in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., last month has been laid to rest after a local funeral in the African country of Zambia. Abel Mwansa Jr.'s family moved from Zambia ...
Mar 02, 2026 A casket containing the body of 12-year-old Abel Mwansa Jr., a victim of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting whose burial is scheduled for Monday, is shown during his repatriation to Zambia in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
War widens to include Iranian-backed militias as Israeli and American planes pound Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran and allied armed groups fired missiles at Israel, Arab states and U.S. military targets around the region on Monday, while Israel and the United States pounded ...
Mar 02, 2026 This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows a F/A-18F Super Hornet preparing to make an arrested landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury, on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (U.S. Navy via AP)
FIA says it will focus on 'safety and wellbeing' in decisions on F1 races in the Middle East
PARIS (AP) - The president of Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, says it will prioritize "safety and wellbeing" as it decides what to do about upcoming races in the Middle East amid increasingly wid...
Mar 02, 2026 McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain steers his car during a Formula One pre-season test at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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