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New Quebec language rules require store signs to be two-thirds in French
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has published new rules requiring French to take up most of the space on storefronts and outdoor commercial signs. The province wants French to be the dominant languag...
Jun 26, 2024

Former Honduran president sentenced for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernndez was sentenced Wednesday in New York for his conviction on charges that he enabled drug traffickers to use his military and national poli...
Jun 26, 2024

Hall of Famer Glen Sather retires after six decades, highlighted by building the Oilers' dynasty
NEW YORK (AP) - Hockey Hall of Famer Glen Sather, who built and coached the NHL's last great dynasty with the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s and helped resurrect the New York Rangers in the early 2000s,...
Jun 26, 2024

NHL and Fanatics unveil new jerseys for the 2024-25 season
Fanatics and the NHL on Wednesday unveiled new on-ice player jerseys for the 2024-25 season, which officials say have been tested and refined well before making their debut in games this fall. It is t...
Jun 26, 2024

Szeryk, Rivers qualify for CPKC Women's Open after turning pro at B.C. Women's Open
As Ellie Szeryk lined up her final putt to seal the win at the B.C. Women's Open, she spied longtime friend Brooke Rivers lurking around the green with a bottle of water. Sure enough, when Szeryk made...
Jun 26, 2024

Alex Morgan left off the 18-player U.S. soccer roster headed to the Olympics
Veteran forward Alex Morgan won't be going to the Paris Olympics after surprisingly being left off the roster by U.S. national team coach Emma Hayes. Morgan, a three-time Olympian and two-time Women's...
Jun 26, 2024

Feds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, for attempting to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Five people were charged on Wednesday for trying to bribe a juror in one of the country's largest pandemic aid fraud cases with a bag of $120,000 in cash, the U.S. Attorney's Office...
Jun 26, 2024

Canada's Leylah Fernandez and Gabriela Dabrowski advance at Rothesay Classic
EASTBOURNE - Canada's Leylah Fernandez reached the quarterfinals at the Rothesay International on Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over American Ashlyn Krueger. The Laval, Que. native needed only 78 ...
Jun 26, 2024

Lawyers looking for thousands of families owed money by Veterans Affairs
OTTAWA - Lawyers are trying to get in touch with hundreds of thousands of people who are owed money through a class-action lawsuit against Veterans Affairs. The suit was launched after the Veterans Om...
Jun 26, 2024

Premier Smith says Alberta plans to opt out of federal dental care plan by 2026
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province plans to opt out of the federal government's dental care plan by 2026. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Smith says the program ...
Jun 26, 2024