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Finland's center-right party claims win in tight election
HELSINKI (AP) - Finland's center-right National Coalition Party claimed victory with 94.2% of votes counted in Sunday's extremely tight three-way parliamentary race, appearing to beat the ruling Socia...
Apr 02, 2023

Raptors inch closer to securing spot in play-in tournament
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Pascal Siakam scored 36 points, Fred VanVleet added 20 points and a career-high 20 assists and the Toronto Raptors beat the undermanned Charlotte Hornets 128-108 on Sunday to in...
Apr 02, 2023

Potter fired by Chelsea after 6 months in charge
LONDON (AP) - Chelsea has fired manager Graham Potter with the club languishing in the middle of the Premier League standings despite spending around $630 million on players in the last two transfer w...
Apr 02, 2023

Inquiry into N.S. killings calls for bold change to tackle family violence 'epidemic'
OTTAWA - The public inquiry into the April 2020 shootings in Nova Scotia is calling for an overhaul of the way society handles the "epidemic" of gender-based, intimate-partner and family violence. In ...
Apr 02, 2023

Legislation for physician assistants introduced in Saskatchewan
In a bid to help heal Saskatchewan's limping health-care system, the province's health minister has introduced legislation to allow physician assistants to practice in Saskatchewan."This is another to...
Apr 02, 2023

Explosion in Russian cafe kills prominent military blogger
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - An explosion tore through a cafe in Russia's second-largest city Sunday, killing a prominent military blogger who had supported the fighting in Ukraine and was speaking at a p...
Apr 02, 2023

Man United stumbles at Newcastle, top-4 EPL spot not assured
It wasn't long ago that Manchester United was being talked up, somewhat optimistically, as a potential outsider for the Premier League title. Now, even a top-four finish is looking far from assured fo...
Apr 02, 2023

For want of a pipeline: Canadian LNG should power low-carbon revolution, report says
WASHINGTON - As the world struggles to find the right balance between a carbon-free future and a present that still runs on fossil fuels, Canada could be leveraging its natural-gas riches to help fuel...
Apr 02, 2023

Canadian women sixth, men 13th at Hong Kong Sevens
HONG KONG - New Zealand continued its domination of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series on Sunday with both the men and women lifting the cup at the Hong Kong Sevens. It was a record fifth-straight tou...
Apr 02, 2023

Blinken: Russia must immediately free 2 detained Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone call between the diplomats since the Ukraine war, to immediately release a Wall Street Journal report...
Apr 02, 2023