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In The News for May 9: China expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat retaliation
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ... C...
May 9, 2023
Party officials: Imran Khan arrested in court in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Officials from the party of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan say he has been arrested as he appeared in a court in the capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft...
May 9, 2023
Oilers vow they'll bounce back from blowout loss with a strong Game 4
EDMONTON - It happens to a lot of people who go to Las Vegas. You head to Sin City, then return home with one heck of a hangover. After splitting the first two games of their Western Conference semifi...
May 9, 2023
Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
The Vegas Golden Knights and Chicago Blackhawks were big winners last night, the Montreal Canadiens had the best luck of all the Canadian non-playoff teams, and the Toronto Maple Leafs need a win tomo...
May 9, 2023
Firefighters question Alberta cuts to aerial attack teams as province battles blazes
EDMONTON - Former members of an elite Alberta wildfire-fighting crew say government budget cuts have left the province battling its current blazes short-handed. "We could have been difference-makers,"...
May 9, 2023
Favourable forecast may help Alberta firefighting effort, but heat expected to return
Parts of Alberta are experiencing cooler temperatures and even light rain as the province remains under a state of emergency while dozens of wildfires continue raging. The government is warning, howev...
May 9, 2023
Canadian diplomat expelled from China in retaliation for similar move by Ottawa
China has declared a Canadian diplomat as "persona non grata" in retaliation for Ottawa's expulsion of a Chinese consular official, who Canada's spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate...
May 9, 2023
A year later, Ukrainian hopes to stay in rural Newfoundland but work is hard to find
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Stanislav Vasylchuk is more than 6,000 kilometres from home, and he's the only Ukrainian in the remote Newfoundland mining town of Baie Verte, a community of about 1,300 people surr...
May 9, 2023
Russia, holding WWII tributes, rains missiles on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed his country's Victory Day parade on Moscow's Red Square, claiming that "a real war" has been unleashed against Russia - a reference to the war in Ukraine...
May 9, 2023
China expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat response
BEIJING (AP) - China has announced the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat in retaliation for Ottawa's ordering a Chinese consular official to leave over alleged threats he made against a Canadian lawmak...
May 8, 2023