Winnipeg Sun - Local (28 minutes ago)
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II with a massive military parade on Red Square on Friday attended by President Vladimir Putin and a slew of foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Victory Day, which […]
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Allied in World War II, Russia and Western European powers are now adversaries as they mark 80 years since the surrender of the Nazis. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has divided the continent anew, and the war and its daily death tolls loom large in victory commemorations and events across Europe. Moscow is hosting a massive […]
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By Aaron Sousa There was a time back in the 1990s when Steve Vogelsang was known as the “sexiest man in Winnipeg.” A former sportscaster, college instructor and executive with True North Sports and Entertainment, Vogelsang helped several Winnipeggers shape their careers. So when the Saskatoon native was arrested in 2017 for sticking up banks...
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By Brenna Owen VANCOUVER — A grey whale known as Little Patch has been mesmerizing onlookers in the waters off of Vancouver for weeks, sparking a sense of connection as it stops to feed in the busy region before migrating northward. Cari Siebrits first went to the seawall along the shores of West Vancouver, B.C., […]
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A Winnipeg man says police temporarily suspended his licence for driving while high, even though he was not under the influence and is arguing the test used by officers wasn't accurate. Experts warn no test available can accurately gauge cannabis impairment on its own.
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By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass on Friday after his historic election as the first North American pope, meeting with the cardinals who chose him to lead the Catholic Church and follow in Pope Francis’ social justice-minded footsteps. Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost,...
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By Suman Naishadham MADRID (AP) — The massive power outage that hit the Iberian peninsula on April 28 has reignited a debate in Spain over the country’s plan to phase out its nuclear reactors as it generates more power with renewable energy. As people wait for answers about what caused the historic power cut, which […]
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By Aijaz Hussain, Munir Ahmed, Sheikh Saaliq And Rajesh Roy SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged heavy volleys of shells and gunfire across their frontier in Kashmir overnight, killing at least five civilians amid a growing military standoff that erupted following an attack on tourists in the India-controlled portion of...
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By Tian Macleod Ji BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn presided Friday over an elaborate annual ceremony that marks the start of the rice-planting season and honors the nation’s farmers. The Royal Ploughing Ceremony is held to read auguries that predict the farming conditions for the year ahead. As is usually the case, good...
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Lately in Manitoba, there's been a lot of frustration around health care — and rightly so. But I'm noticing something troubling: people are rushing to grade the current NDP government after just a year and a half in office, as if they created the crisis we're in.
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By Obed Lamy And Hallie Golden NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) — When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television in Illinois, called his niece and they watched in awe as his brother’s name was announced. “She started screaming because it […]
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By Megan Janetsky CUAUHTEMOC, Mexico (AP) — In a rickety white Nissan, nurse Sandra Aguirre and her vaccination team drive past apple orchards and cornfields stretching to the desert horizon. Aguirre goes door to door with a cooler of measles vaccines. In one of Latin America’s biggest Mennonite communities, she knows many will decline to […]
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Thursday’s Scoreboard NHL Second Round Washington 3 Carolina 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1) Edmonton 5 Vegas 4 (OT) (Edmonton leads best-of-seven series 2-0) — PWHL Semifinals Ottawa 3 Montreal 2 (Ottawa leads best-of-five series 1-0) — NBA Conference Semifinals Minnesota 117 Golden State 93 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1) — MLB American...
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By Rizwan Ali ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistan Cricket Board has shifted the remaining eight matches of its Pakistan Super League Twenty20 competition to the United Arab Emirates following rising military tensions between India and Pakistan. The PCB confirmed the relocation to Dubai in a statement released early Friday, citing growing concerns among...
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Catholic Church has a new leader and congratulations are pouring in as Pope Leo XIV prepares to celebrate his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first North American pope in the church’s 2,000-year history. On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost emerged onto the loggia of […]
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By Daniel Rainbird LAVAL — The Ottawa Charge didn’t feel like the underdogs entering their semifinal series against the Montreal Victoire. They showed why on Thursday night. Captain Brianne Jenner opened the scoring and Shiann Darkangelo buried the winner to lift the Charge past the Victoire 3-2 on the road in Game 1 of their […]
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Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global turmoil and conflict. Prevost, […]
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By Sara Cline And Stephen Smith BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — For years, Ambrealle Brown was forced to put her dreams of becoming a nurse on hold due to a life-threatening kidney disease that left her temporarily incapacitated. Amid inner doubts about whether she would ever return to living a normal life, Brown’s mother stepped […]
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By Kimberlee Kruesi WAKEFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Attorneys on Friday will deliver closing arguments in the trial of a former Rhode Island high school basketball coach facing criminal charges after authorities say he repeatedly asked male student-athletes to remove their clothes while alone with him so he could check their body fat. Aaron Thomas, 57,...
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By Jaimie Ding LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989, will make their case to a judge Friday that Los Angeles prosecutors should be removed from the brothers’ resentencing case. The brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility […]
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Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global turmoil and conflict. Prevost, […]
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By Sarah Smellie SMALL POINT-ADAM’S COVE-BLACKHEAD-BROAD COVE — Residents of two small communities in eastern Newfoundland fled their homes Thursday as a wildfire raged along the shore of Conception Bay, burning houses and other buildings about 45 kilometres northwest of St. John’s. The fire began Wednesday in the town of Adam’s Cove and by...
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By Jordan Stoopler MONTREAL — Thousands of crazed fans lined up outside Montreal’s Bell Centre for hours on Thursday, despite grey skies and cool temperatures, with the hopes of catching a glimpse of their sports heroes. However, they weren’t there to see Montreal Canadiens stars like Cole Caufield or Nick Suzuki, but rather Belal Muhammad,...
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Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global turmoil and conflict. Prevost, […]
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By Daniel Rainbird LAVAL — Shiann Darkangelo scored the winner at 9:17 of the third period to lift the Ottawa Charge past the Montreal Victoire 3-2 on the road in Game 1 of their best-of-five semifinal series Thursday. Brianne Jenner and Ashton Bell also scored for Ottawa, while Gwyneth Philips stopped 31 shots. The Victoire […]
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By Safiyah Riddle MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Iranian mechanical engineering student at the University of Alabama has decided to self-deport after six weeks in a Louisiana detention center despite the government dropping a charge behind his initial arrest, his lawyer and fiancee said. Alireza Doroudi was detained by immigration officials in March...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Additional sex trafficking charges were brought Thursday in a New York court against two luxury real estate brokers and their brother. The charges were contained in a rewritten indictment filed by federal prosecutors against Oren Alexander, Tal Alexander and Alon Alexander. The three brothers are being held without bail in a […]
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By Kim Tong-hyung SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised tests of short-range ballistic missile systems that simulated nuclear counterstrikes against U.S. and South Korean forces, state media said Friday, as the North continued to blame its rivals for escalating tensions through their joint military exercises. The...
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By Sergio Farella BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, one of the seven healthcare professionals on trial accused of negligence in the death of soccer great Diego Maradona testified on Thursday that she does not regret the treatment she provided to the former national team captain and blamed the private medical company...
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MUMBAI, India (AP) — The Punjab Kings-Mumbai Indians game in the Indian Premier League scheduled for Sunday was shifted from Dharamsala to Ahmedabad because of India-Pakistan tensions. The IPL cited logistical challenges on Thursday. Airports in Dharamsala and Chandigarh — where Punjab Kings are based — have been closed for civilian and...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (9 hours ago)
After their miracle comeback in Game 7 against St. Louis, the resilience of the Winnipeg Jets shouldn’t be up for debate. Still, the idea of dropping the first two games of a playoff series at home would paint a pretty bleak picture. That makes Friday’s Game 2 against Dallas a rather necessary conquest. Not a […]
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The Winnipeg whiteout can be intimidating, inspiring and nerve-wracking, all at the same time. That goes for players on the home team, too. Jets defenceman Dylan DeMelo says as much energy as players draw from Winnipeg playoff crowds, it can be a challenge to manage the nerves. "It’s a combination of both, for sure,” the […]
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By Eric Olson The sports loyalties of Pope Leo XIV became a topic of conversation almost as soon as the white smoke emerged from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. Elected on Thursday, Robert Prevost is the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born missionary, who took the name […]
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By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court order to seize the clinic’s assets to pay off a judgment to the railroad BNSF. The Lincoln County […]
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama plans to carry out another execution by nitrogen gas and has set a June execution date for a man convicted of the 1988 killing of a woman. Gregory Hunt is scheduled to be put to death June 10 for the 1988 beating death of Karen Lane. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey […]
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By Valerie Gonzalez McALLEN, Texas (AP) _ Two advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday asking the courts to halt new Trump Administration vetting procedures for reuniting children who crossed into the U.S. without their parents, saying the changes are keeping families separated longer and are inhumane. The lawsuit was filed by the National...
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By Matthew Scace CALGARY — More than 300 people in Alberta have fallen ill from measles since March and a group of doctors are warning the virus could grow exponentially in the coming weeks. “We are kind of at the horses-are-out-of-the-barn stage,” said Dr. Shelley Duggan, president of the Alberta Medical Association. The Alberta government...
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Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global turmoil and conflict. Prevost, […]
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By Christine Fernando And Melina Walling CHICAGO (AP) — After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every classroom at The Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago had their eyes glued to TV screens. As the image of the new pope, Chicago native Cardinal Robert […]
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By Dylan Robertson OTTAWA — Veterans, diplomats, members of the Armed Forces and political leaders gathered Thursday at events across Canada commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. “Nearly every family knows somebody who suffered from the effect of war,” said Fraser McKee, a 100-year-old veteran who...
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VANCOUVER — The B.C. Court of Appeal says an Indigenous mother who had her four kids temporarily removed from her care by a child welfare agency was discriminated against because the agency’s view of the woman was “tainted by stereotype.” The Appeals Court ruled Thursday that a $150,000 human-rights award should be restored after the […]
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TOFINO — A grey whale among a population that is listed as a special concern in Canada has washed ashore on a Vancouver Island beach. Parks Canada says the whale was spotted floating offshore on May 6, then it landed the next day on Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve near Tofino. The […]
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PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said Thursday that he will not renegotiate an agreement with the United States to give U.S. troops access to Panamanian facilities, despite protests charging that he compromised the country’s sovereignty. On Tuesday, thousands of Panamanians marched in the capital in the largest protest yet...
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By Makiya Seminera And Gary D. Robertson RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gun access, parental rights and the response to illegal immigration were front and center this week in North Carolina as Republican lawmakers worked to keep their high-priority bills alive, while many other pieces of legislation are likely dead for two years. Unlike other years […]
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By Paola Loriggio Allegations laid out in a sexual-assault lawsuit against Hockey Canada and eight unnamed players cannot be used as proof of any wrongdoing in the ongoing criminal trial of five hockey players, jurors in the case heard Thursday. A woman whose identity cannot be disclosed launched a lawsuit in the spring of 2022 […]
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By Hannah Alberga TORONTO — A senior medical advisor with the Public Health Agency of Canada says the country could lose its measles elimination status if the highly contagious disease continues to spread into the fall. Dr. Marina Salvadori warned of the possibility Thursday as cases in Ontario grew by nearly 200 infections, adding that […]
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By Fakiha Baig EDMONTON — The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says the church needs to be in the public square and he is looking forward to working with the new pope. William McGrattan says that he has met Robert Prevost, who has chosen the name Leo XIV, a few times and […]
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By Meg Kinnard Elected Thursday as the Catholic Church’s first global leader to hail from the United States, Pope Leo XIV is in a new job that will have many crossovers into politics — a realm not entirely unknown to the Chicago-born priest, whose social media history includes sharing criticism of Trump administration policies and […]
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By Judy Owen WINNIPEG — Scott Arniel smiled when asked what the mood was as the Winnipeg Jets watched film of their Game 1 playoff loss to the Dallas Stars. “They probably didn’t like it while they were watching it,’ the Jets head coach said of his players, who studied instead of skated Thursday. “But […]
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By Judy Owen WINNIPEG — Scott Arniel smiled when asked what the mood was as the Winnipeg Jets watched film of their Game 1 playoff loss to the Dallas Stars. “They probably didn’t like it while they were watching it,’ the Jets head coach said of his players, who studied instead of skated Thursday. “But […]
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By Josh Funk The Trump administration on Thursday announced an ambitious three-year plan to replace the United State’s aging air traffic control system. Officials did not provide an exact cost estimate but said it would require billions of dollars to put in place. They said a $12.5 billion budget proposal that a House committee drafted […]
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By Safiyah Riddle MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Nearly 60 felony cases will be dropped in a small Alabama town because they were compromised by what a grand jury called a “rampant culture of corruption” in the local police department, according to a statement on Wednesday. The grand jury determined that 58 felony criminal cases had […]
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By Sarah Smellie SMALL POINT-ADAM’S COVE-BLACKHEAD-BROAD COVE — Residents of two small communities in eastern Newfoundland fled their homes Thursday as a wildfire raged along the shore of Conception Bay, burning houses and other buildings about 45 kilometres northwest of St. John’s. The fire began Wednesday in the town of Adam’s Cove and by...
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By Jeremy Simes REGINA — Saskatchewan is now part of an unprecedented measles outbreak where cases have been rising rapidly, the province’s chief medical health officer said Thursday. Dr. Saqib Shahab said there have been 27 measles cases since mid-March, with 15 of those occurring in the last week. There have been two hospitalizations, Shahab...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is set to lower the minimum hiring age for prison guards from 21 to 18, seeking to boost the ranks of corrections officers during a shortage that was exacerbated by the firing of more than 2,000 guards after a weekslong strike crippled the state’s prison system. State lawmakers approved […]
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By Dylan Robertson OTTAWA — Veterans, diplomats, members of the Armed Forces and political leaders gathered Thursday at events across Canada commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. “Nearly every family knows somebody who suffered from the effect of war,” said Fraser McKee, a 100-year-old veteran who...
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By Neil Davidson Cavalry FC midfielder Shamit Shome, who won two caps for Canada in 2020, has switched his international allegiance to Bangladesh. The 27-year-old Shome was born in Edmonton to parents who came from Bangladesh in their 20s. FIFA has approved his application for a one-time change of association from Canada, meaning he could […]
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By Giada Zampano And Trisha Thomas VATICAN CITY (AP) — Americans in St. Peter’s square were stunned and joyous when they learned that an American cardinal, Robert Provost, was elected pope Thursday and had taken the name Leo XIV. “Who in our lifetime would have thought that we would see a North American Holy Father?” […]
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By Maura Forrest MONTREAL — Despite a downward trend, Quebec still reported nearly record-high population growth last year due to immigration, even as the province’s fertility rate reached its lowest level on record. Non-permanent residents — including temporary foreign workers, international students and asylum seekers — were responsible...
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By Renata Brito And Fatma Khaled CAIRO (AP) — Reports of plans to deport migrants from the U.S. to Libya, a country with a documented history of serious human rights violations and abuse of migrants, have spotlighted the difficulties they face in the lawless North African nation. Migrants in Libya are routinely arbitrarily detained and […]
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By Donna Spencer LAS VEGAS — The oldest team left in Stanley Cup contention leans into its experience to navigate tense moments, and there’s been plenty of them. The Edmonton Oilers with an average age of 30.6 years, and in its seventh playoff series in the last two seasons, feel at home in the eye […]
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