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Chlorination or closure: Tensions rise over community well closures in southeast Manitoba
A battle over rural water access is intensifying in Manitoba’s southeast, with Progressive Conservative MLA Konrad Narth ...
Fans pour in millions, set Manitoba Derby wagering record
The 77th running of the $125,000 Manitoba Derby produced a dramatic finish and record wagering at Assiniboia Downs on Monday ...
Nebraska congressman Flood gets an earful over Trump's tax cut law in raucous town hall
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Rep. Mike Flood has gotten an earful during a public meeting in Lincoln aimed at discussing his support ...
Switzerland's president rushes to Washington in effort to avert steep US tariffs
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s president and other top officials were traveling to Washington on Tuesday in a hastily arranged ...
CF Montreal profits from Philadelphia Union transfer deal for forward Milan Iloski
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Union acquired striker Milan Iloski from Denmark’s FC Nordsjælland on Tuesday in a deal that ...
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A battle over rural water access is intensifying in Manitoba’s southeast, with Progressive Conservative MLA Konrad Narth ...
House committee issues subpoenas for Epstein files, depositions with Clintons and other officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Justice Department on Tuesday for files in the sex trafficking ...
A shipwreck off Yemen has killed 56 migrants and left 132 missing, UN says in revised figures
The vessel had 200 people on board when it sank early Sunday off the coastal town of Shuqrah in Yemen’s southern province of ...
Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has declared that it no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed moratorium on the deployment of ...
Iran orders a day of business and office closures to relieve electric grid in heat wave
TEHRAN (AP) — Authorities in Iran ordered government offices and banks across much of the country to close Wednesday as ...
Rwanda accepts up to 250 deportees from the US under Trump's third-country plan
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda agreed to accept up to 250 deportees from the United States under the Trump administration’s ...
How a Brandon janitor became Manitoba’s weatherman
At night, Justin Oertel cleans classrooms at a Brandon school. By day, he informs nearly 150,000 Manitobans whether it’s safe to mow the lawn, drive to Dauphin, or brace for a wall of wind.