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Ford promotes Toronto as Ottawa, B.C. and Montreal make pitches to host defence bank
OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford made a case Wednesday for Toronto as the headquarters…
What to know about MIT professor Nuno Loureiro and the investigation into his shooting
Authorities are searching for a suspect in the killing of Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a prominent…
Time to move on extraction, refining of critical minerals in Canada: Champagne
OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Canada has enough critical minerals to go around…
De Fougerollles, Chisholm named Canada Soccer Young Players of the Year
Luc De Fougerolles and Olivia Chisholm have been named Canada Soccer’s 2025 Young Players of…
Former Hockey Canada executive Bullock named Rugby Canada’s high-performance director
Rugby Canada has named former Hockey Canada executive Shawn Bullock its new high-performance director. Bullock,…
An MIT professor was fatally shot at his home and police launched a homicide investigation
BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot…
See the world in vertical: Top photos by AP’s photojournalists
Dec. 10 -16, 2025 AP mobile scroll: a selection of standout vertical images published by…
See stunning photos of animals and nature captured by AP photojournalists in 2025
The Associated Press’ most striking images from nature in 2025 show existence as fragile as…
Las Vegas and Seattle are the front-runners if NBA expansion to 32 teams happens
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA plans to make a decision regarding domestic expansion in…
Canadian shorts and ‘Frankenstein’ creatives make the 2026 Oscars short lists
A short film about a young Toronto jazz musician grappling with anxiety is among the…
Joe Ely, a Texas songwriter whose legacy touched rock and punk, dies age 78
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Joe Ely, the influential Texas-born singer-songwriter whose blend of honky-tonk, rock…
McIlroy and Scheffler lead Golf Channel Games as golf revives the silly season
It turns out there’s still a place for what amounts to the “silly season” in…
Pittsburgh plays East Carolina in the Military Bowl
East Carolina (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), Dec. 27 at 11 a.m. EST. BetMGM College Football…
Jets D-lineman Jowon Briggs is a one-man band, a tenor who can tackle and play 12 instruments
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Jowon Briggs was sitting in a New York Jets special…
The Latest: Trump sues BBC for defamation, asks for $10 billion in damages over Jan. 6 speech edit
President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC,…
Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken…
West Ham says veteran Canadian defender Shelina Zadorsky undergoes ankle surgery
LONDON — Canadian international defender Shelina Zadorsky has undergone ankle surgery, according to West Ham.…
Britain’s MI6 spy chief says Putin is dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine
LONDON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia’s war on…
US officials say Washington has agreed to give Ukraine security guarantees in peace talks
BERLIN (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as…
Jimmy Lai’s daughter says he’d focus on family, not activism, if he’s freed in Hong Kong
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul who has come…
Falcons cornerback Mike Hughes is out but top wide receiver Drake London may return at Arizona
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons cornerback Mike Hughes will miss Sunday’s game at…
Costumes and competitors light up the World Darts Championships in London, in photos
LONDON (AP) — Darts fans and competitors get dressed in costume for the World Darts…
Canada’s David (Excalibur) Cameron loses opening match at world darts championship
LONDON — Serbian-born Austrian Mensur (The Gentle) Suljovic defeated Canada’s David (Excalibur) Cameron in first-round…
With new memoir, Tom Freston hopes to show young people there are multiple paths to success
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Freston could easily fill a book with stories from the…