Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Israel's growing frustration over the war in Gaza erupts in nationwide protests
By Sam Metz, Natalie Melzer and Samy Magdy JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli protesters demanding a deal to free hostages in Gaza attempted to shut down the country Sunday in one of the largest and fiercest pr...
Aug 17, 2025 Demonstrators block a road during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, near Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Duty-free shops facing 'full-blown crisis' with no relief in sight
by Daniel Johnson John Slipp took over his father's duty-free store in 1994, which had been started more than a decade earlier. This month, he closed the Woodstock Duty Free Shop Inc. as lower traffic...
Aug 17, 2025 John Slipp is seen at his closed duty-free store, at the Canada-U.S. border crossing between Woodstock, N.B., and Houlton, Maine, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray)
Alberta byelection day looming, with Poilievre among 214 candidates
By Fakiha Baig EDMONTON - Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and 213 others vying for a seat in the House of Commons will be in the spotlight Monday, as voters in a rural Alberta riding head...
Aug 17, 2025 The adapted ballot used in the Battle River-Crowfoot federal byelection is seen at an advance polling station in Camrose, Alta., on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fakiha Baig)
Federal government makes a move to end Air Canada strike
by Sammy Hudes and Evan Duggan The federal government is intervening to resolve a labour dispute between Air Canada and the union representing flight attendants. Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said on Satu...
Aug 16, 2025 Air Canada flight attendants on strike picket at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan)
Trump says no deal with Putin to end war in Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not reach a deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine after talks in Alaska on Friday, as the two leaders offered scant details o...
Aug 15, 2025 This combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump in a business roundtable in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo, Files)
Ottawa voices its resolve for Ukraine as Trump-Putin talks underway in Alaska
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government says Canada's support for Ukraine is resolute ahead of talks today between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump has ...
Aug 15, 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during their meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Who bears responsibility to prevent wildfire disasters: Government or individuals?
HALIFAX - As climate change continues to raise the risk of extreme wildfires, a debate has arisen over who bears the responsibility to prevent disasters: government or individuals? Wildfires have been...
Aug 15, 2025 Traffic is diverted as the Trans Canada Highway remains closed outside of St. John's N.L. due to a wildfire in the Paddy's Pond area on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
More than half of Canadians want cuts to the federal public service: Poll
OTTAWA - More than half of Canadians think the size and cost of the federal public service should be reduced in the coming years, a new Leger poll suggests. The poll suggests that 54 per cent of respo...
Aug 11, 2025
Air Canada flight attendants picketing at 4 major airports on national day of action
TORONTO - Air Canada flight attendants are expected to picket at airports in four major Canadian cities on Monday in what their union is calling a national day of action. The Canadian Union of Public ...
Aug 11, 2025 People wait to check-in at Trudeau airport in Montreal, Friday, January 3, 2025, on the day Air Canada implements carry-on-fees for basic fare tickets. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes.
Netanyahu defends Gaza military offensive, says camps will be dismantled
by Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz And Samy Magdy in Jerusalem JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a new military offensive in Gaza that's more sweeping than previous...
Aug 10, 2025 Tents housing for displaced Palestinians crowd the beach in Gaza City, as the sun sets over the Mediterranean Sea, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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