Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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Why Shohei Ohtani's fans in Canada and beyond say he's 'bigger than baseball'
The Los Angeles Dodgers' defence was crumbling against the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of the World Series, and pressure was mounting on L.A. players as the game got closer to the end. The boos that s...
Oct 28, 2025
Avian flu derails Alberta pumpkin festival
A popular Calgary petting zoo and farm remained closed for its pumpkin festival last weekend after nine cases of avian flu were confirmed in its poultry. Alberta Health Services ordered closure of But...
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Blue Jays fans stick it out till early morning hours to see L.A. Dodgers take Game 3
Patience is a virtue but it didn't pay off for the Toronto Blue Jays fans who stuck it out until almost 3 a.m. at Rogers Centre for a watch party that saw more than 27,000 fans pack the stands. The Bl...
Oct 28, 2025 Fans watch the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers play in Game 2 of the World Series during a watch party at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto on Saturday, October 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
French senators say security at the Louvre is 'not in line' with modern standards and demand action
PARIS (AP) - A delegation of French senators visited the Louvre on Tuesday and acknowledged that the museum's security was "not in line" with modern standards, calling for improved measures at the Par...
Oct 28, 2025 People queue to enter Le Louvre museum Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Netanyahu says remains returned by Hamas are body parts of a hostage previously retrieved in Gaza
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the remains of a hostage returned by Hamas overnight are body parts of another hostage who was recovered in Gaza by Israeli ...
Oct 28, 2025 Palestinians watch as Egyptian machinery and workers search for the bodies of hostages in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Alberta government passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike
Premier Danielle Smith's caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking teachers bac...
Oct 28, 2025
What to know about the Louvre heist investigation
PARIS (AP) - More than 100 investigators are racing to piece together how thieves pulled off the brazen heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, working to recover the stolen gems and bring those responsi...
Oct 27, 2025 Police officers look for clues by a basket lift used by thieves Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025 at the Louvre museum in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Ford says he won't apologize for anti-tariff ads that scuttled trade talks with U.S.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending the government ad campaign that led U.S. President Donald Trump to end trade talks, calling it "the best ad that ever ran." Ford says he will "never apologize" f...
Oct 27, 2025 Three of Ashlyn Redekop's children will be attending Lord Asquith School this fall. She says the family has saved hundreds of dollars due to the school's bulk purchasing of school supplies for students. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Carney says Canada, U.S. were close to a deal when Trump ended trade talks
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and the United States were close to a deal when President Donald Trump abruptly cut off trade talks on Thursday. Carney says there were "very detailed, very spec...
Oct 27, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Sports betting is a booming business. The FBI's NBA probe is putting it in the spotlight
NEW YORK (AP) - The stunning indictment that led to the arrest of more than 30 people, including Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and other NBA figures, on charges of illegal sports betting has drawn new...
Oct 24, 2025 Homeland Security Investigations New York Special Agent in Charge Ricky J. Patel speaks at a news conference announcing numerous arrests in illegal sports betting and poker game schemes at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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