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A grizzly bear attack leaves 2 people dead in western Canada. Park rangers kill the bear

Oct. 02, 2023 11:35 AM EDT

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — An attack by a grizzly bear has left two people dead in a national park in western Canada, and the bear was later killed by park rangers, officials said. The attack took place Friday in Banff National Park in Alberta Province. The Parks Canada agency...

Trump campaigns before thousands in friendly blue-collar, eastern Iowa, touting trade, farm policy

Oct. 01, 2023 20:24 PM EDT

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump campaigned in southeast Iowa Sunday in the middle of a fall campaign push aimed at locking in supporters with large organizing events. As he has with his other recent travels to the leadoff caucus state, Trump stumped in an area...

Disney Plus announces crackdown on password sharing in Canada

Sep. 29, 2023 12:09 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Password-sharing crackdowns are becoming more and more common in the streaming world today. And Disney Plus is following suit. In an email sent to the users in Canada earlier this week, Disney announced restrictions on Canadian subscribers' “ability to share your...

Blinken meets Indian foreign minister as row between India and Canada simmers

Sep. 28, 2023 20:32 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Thursday with India’s foreign minister amid a simmering row between New Delhi and Ottawa over allegations of Indian government involvement in the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada. Blinken and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met...

Trudeau apologizes for recognition of Nazi unit war veteran in Canadian Parliament

Sep. 27, 2023 17:05 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Wednesday for Parliament’s recognition of a man who fought alongside the Nazis during last week’s address by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trudeau said the speaker of the House of Commons, who resigned...

Canadian police won't investigate doctor for sterilizing Indigenous woman

Sep. 27, 2023 10:30 AM EDT

The Canadian government says it is urgently trying to end the forced sterilization of Indigenous women, describing the practice as a human rights violation and a prosecutable offense. Yet police say they will not pursue a criminal investigation into a recent case in which a doctor apologized for...

Canada's women book a ticket to the Paris Olympics by defeating Jamaica

Sep. 26, 2023 21:30 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Cloe Lacasse and Jordyn Huitema scored, and Canada defeated Jamaica 2-1 on Tuesday night in the second leg of the teams' Olympic qualifier to secure a berth at next summer's Paris Games. Canada is the reigning Olympic gold medalist after winning at the Tokyo Games...

India and Canada steer clear, in UN speeches, of their dispute over Sikh separatist leader's killing

Sep. 26, 2023 18:11 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Indian and Canadian diplomats didn't directly address their countries' row over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, but they obliquely underscored some key talking points as they addressed world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. Foreign...

Canada's House speaker resigns over inviting a man who fought for a Nazi unit to Parliament

Sep. 26, 2023 16:51 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons resigned Tuesday for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to Parliament to attend a speech by the Ukrainian president. Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address...

Canada's House of Commons speaker resigns over inviting a man who fought for a Nazi unit to a parliamentary session

Sep. 26, 2023 14:07 PM EDT
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's House of Commons speaker resigns over inviting a man who fought for a Nazi unit to a parliamentary session.