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Superstar centre Connor McDavid signs extension with Oilers
EDMONTON - It appears Connor McDavid will lead the Edmonton Oilers for the foreseeable future. Multiple media reports said Monday that McDavid, the Oilers' superstar captain, had reached an extension ...
Oct 06, 2025 Connor McDavid speaks to the media at Hockey Canada’s National Teams orientation camp in Calgary, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Pivotal talks between Israel and Hamas begin in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary
CAIRO (AP) - Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks Monday at an Egyptian resort on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. Many unc...
Oct 06, 2025 People visit the burnt house of Siman Tov family where all five family members were killed during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, a day before Israel marks the two-year anniversary of the attack, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Number of temporary worker applications falls as fines rise, government says
Ottawa says the number of temporary foreign worker applications has dropped by half since September 2024, when new rules were introduced to make it harder to get a permit. Employment and Social Develo...
Oct 06, 2025 Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is set to be sentenced and faces the possibility of years in prison
NEW YORK (AP) - Sean "Diddy" Combs faces sentencing Friday in a sordid criminal case that could keep him locked up for years. The hip-hop mogul was convicted in July of flying people around the countr...
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NFL to launch professional flag football leagues ahead of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
LONDON (AP) - The NFL plans to launch women's and men's professional flag football leagues "in the next couple of years," Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday. The timeline outlined by Goodell at ...
Oct 02, 2025 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell walks on the sideline during an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Scot Tucker, File)
Peavey Mart charts a comeback in Alberta and Saskatchewan
Peavey Mart says it plans to open up to one dozen stores on the Prairies. The farm goods retailer says in a new note on its website that it wants to open between seven and 12 shops. Read more: Peavey ...
Oct 02, 2025 A Peavey Mart outlet is shown in Bowmanville, Ont. on Saturday March 15, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
Man kills 2 and wounds 4 in car ramming and stabbing at English synagogue on Jewish holy day
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue Thursday in northern England and then began stabbing them, killing two and seriously wounding four in what police ca...
Oct 02, 2025 An armed police officer at the scene of a stabbing incident at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Thursday Oct. 2, 2025. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli naval forces boarded most of the vessels in a flotilla attempting to break Israel's blockade of Gaza on Thursday and detained dozens aboard, including European lawmakers, draw...
Oct 02, 2025 This frame grab from video released by the Global Sumud Flotilla shows Israeli navy soldiers aboard one of the flotilla's vessels after it was intercepted as it approached the coast of Gaza early Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (Global Sumud Flotilla via AP)
What we know about Trump's peace proposal for Gaza
CAIRO (AP) - Much remains unknown about U.S. President Donald Trump's 21-point peace plan for Gaza. But one difference stands out from previous ceasefire proposals: For the first time, it tries to out...
Sep 29, 2025 President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the West Wing of the White House, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)
Jobs minister urges Canada Post to table new offer to striking union
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is urging Canada Post to quickly table an offer to the union of striking postal workers. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers took to the picket lines Thursday after Ottawa a...
Sep 29, 2025 Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario Patty Hajdu rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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