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Mustangs advance to second straight National Final
The Melfort Mustangs are back in the gold medal game at the Centennial Cup.For the second straight season, the Mustangs will be playing in the National Final, with the hopes of winning the club's firs...
May 18, 2025

'Beyond the crash': TV series on paralyzed Humboldt Bronco player set to air
Ryan Straschnitzki's life has been an open book since he was seriously injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, and his story is soon to be shown on TV.The 26-year-old from Airdrie, Alta., was paral...
May 18, 2025

Federal officials launch investigation into Mexican tall ship that struck Brooklyn Bridge
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal transportation officials have launched an investigation into why a Mexican navy tall ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge in a collision that snapped the vessel's three masts, killed t...
May 18, 2025
Saskatchewan government doesn’t expect more deaths in small anthrax outbreak
The Government of Saskatchewan says it doesn't anticipate any more deaths related to the small anthrax outbreak in the Rural Municipality of Paynton.The outbreak claimed the lives of two cows accordin...
May 18, 2025

Suicide attacker in Somali capital kills 13 at a military recruitment center
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A suicide bomber in the Somali capital on Sunday targeted young recruits waiting to register at a military camp, killing at least 13 and wounded 21 others, witnesses said. Mo...
May 18, 2025

Carney leads Canadian delegation to the Vatican for Pope's inaugural mass
ROME - Prime Minister Mark Carney is at the Vatican today, leading a Canadian delegation attending the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV. Carney, a devout Catholic, will be among a number of world leader...
May 18, 2025

Pope Leo XIV takes his first popemobile ride through St. Peter's Square ahead of installation
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV took his first popemobile ride through St. Peter's Square ahead of installation on Sunday, waving from the back of the open-back truck to the crowd waving flags and ch...
May 18, 2025

Portugal holds its 3rd general election in 3 years but the vote might not restore stability
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Voters in Portugal return to the polls Sunday for a third general election in three years, as the country's increasingly fragmented political landscape defies efforts to unite ...
May 18, 2025

Russia launches one of biggest drone attacks on Ukraine since start of war, killing at least 1
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia overnight into Sunday launched one of its most intense drone attacks on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022. Russia fired a total of 273 explodin...
May 18, 2025

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 66 people, hospitals and medics say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 66 people overnight and into Sunday, hospitals and medics in the battered enclave said as Israel launches an esca...
May 18, 2025