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• Kate Martin one of four second round WNBA draft picks to make opening day rosters

  14-05-2024 00:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former Iowa player Kate Martin made the Las Vegas Aces opening day roster after being chosen in the second round of the WNBA draft. She is […]
  
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• Hegerberg set to play for Lyon in Women’s Champions League final after injury

  24-05-2024 19:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BILBAO, Spain (AP) — Former Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg is expected to play for Lyon in Saturday’s Women’s Champions League final against Barcelona after recovering from an injury. Hegerberg […]
  
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• Pacers put unbeaten home playoff record on the line vs. Celtics road success in Game 3

  24-05-2024 19:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers can read the numbers. They’re down 2-0 in another best-of-seven series and are heading home, where they are a perfect 6-0 during this season’s […]
  
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• Visit by FC Cincinnati provides Toronto FC with tough Major League Soccer test

  24-05-2024 19:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO – After scoring a club- and tournament-record eight goals in a lopsided Canadian Championship win Tuesday over semi-pro CS Saint-Laurent, Toronto FC steps up in class Saturday when FC […]
  
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• Frustrated rural municipalities say Alberta bill still gives province unchecked power

  24-05-2024 19:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  EDMONTON – The organization representing rural municipalities in Alberta says a bill before the legislature is poised to give Premier Danielle Smith’s cabinet unchecked power, even with proposed amendments. Rural […]
  
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• Enerplus-Chord Energy deal receives shareholder and Investment Canada Act approval

  24-05-2024 19:41 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CALGARY – Enerplus Corp. says its shareholders have voted to approve a takeover of the company by U.S. company Chord Energy Corp. The Calgary-based oil and gas company says shareholders […]
  
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• What comes next for Ohio’s teacher pension fund? Prospects of a ‘hostile takeover’ are being probed

  24-05-2024 19:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A battle is under way for the future of Ohio’s $94 billion teacher pension fund, as would-be reformers’ attempts to deliver long-promised benefits to retirees with […]
  
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• No place in public schools — or anywhere else — for attempts to rewrite history

  24-05-2024 19:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The Hanover School Division was forced to apologize after one of its teachers asked students to name two positive aspects about residential schools. The teacher at Steinbach Regional Secondary School […]
  
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• Blinken will head to eastern Europe as concerns mount about Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia

  24-05-2024 19:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to eastern Europe next week as concerns mount about Russia’s advances in Ukraine, potential Russian interference in neighboring Moldova and […]
  
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• Search of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect’s home on Long Island enters its 5th day

  24-05-2024 19:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators in the New York City suburbs continue to scour the home of a Manhattan architect charged in a string of slayings known as the […]
  
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• Carlos Alcaraz is ‘scared’ to hit his forehand with full force as the French Open approaches

  24-05-2024 19:30 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Even Carlos Alcaraz couldn’t tell you exactly what’s been wrong with his right forearm, the part of his body that is responsible for his thunderous forehands — […]
  
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• Rio de Janeiro bay reforestation shows mangroves’ power to mitigate climate disasters

  24-05-2024 19:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At the rear of Rio de Janeiro’s polluted Guanabara Bay, thousands of mangroves rise as tall as 13 feet (about 4 meters) from a previously […]
  
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• Independent Toronto MP Kevin Vuong asks Poilievre to let him join Conservative caucus

  24-05-2024 19:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  OTTAWA – Independent Toronto MP Kevin Vuong says he is asking Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to let him join the Tory caucus, and intends to seek a nomination for the […]
  
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• Nacho Elvira shoots a second straight 64 to take the Soudal Open lead

  24-05-2024 19:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Spanish golfer Nacho Elvira shot a 7-under 64 for the second straight day to take the lead of the Soudal Open after the second round on […]
  
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• Ottawa puts up more money to transform historic Bay building into Indigenous hub

  24-05-2024 19:14 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WINNIPEG – The federal government is putting up another $31 million for the transformation of a former Hudson’s Bay Company flagship store in Winnipeg. The project, announced two years ago, […]
  
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• Boeing’s 1st astronaut flight now set for June after a review of small leak on new capsule

  24-05-2024 19:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing is now aiming for its first astronaut launch at the beginning of June, after spending the past few weeks struggling with more problems on […]
  
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• Vigil, butterfly release among events to mark the 2nd anniversary of the Uvalde school shooting

  24-05-2024 19:09 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The 19 fourth-graders and two teachers killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are being remembered as the second anniversary of the one of the […]
  
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• B.C.-based $900M hydrogen project will create nearly 300 jobs, cut emissions: Eby

  24-05-2024 19:09 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government says a $900 million project to create a network of hydrogen production plants and refuelling stations will create nearly 300 jobs and cut greenhouse […]
  
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• Aces rookie Kate Martin prepares out of spotlight for Caitlin Clark reunion and meeting with Fever

  24-05-2024 18:55 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Kate Martin was right there as her best friend, Caitlin Clark, became the face of women’s college basketball the past two years and then was in […]
  
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• NewsNation completes transition to cable news outlet next week

  24-05-2024 18:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — By filling out its weekend schedule next week, NewsNation will compete a transition to an all-news cable and satellite network that it began in 2020. The […]
  
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• Rapsody’s brave new album ‘Please Don’t Cry’ displays strength through vulnerability

  24-05-2024 18:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — If truth has the power to set one free, then Rapsody’s new album, “Please Don’t Cry,” has removed her from emotional imprisonment and gifted her immeasurable […]
  
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• Waddell steps down as Hurricanes president and GM. Tulsky takes over as interim GM

  24-05-2024 18:46 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Don Waddell has stepped down as president and general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, ending a run that had him build a roster that reached the NHL playoffs for six […]
  
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• Don Waddell resigns as president and GM of Carolina Hurricanes

  24-05-2024 18:45 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. – Don Waddell has resigned as president and general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, ending a 10-year run with the NHL club. The Hurricanes announced Waddell’s departure in […]
  
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• Cavaliers embark on search for next coach, ‘different voice’ in aftermath of J.B. Bickerstaff firing

  24-05-2024 18:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — J.B. Bickerstaff didn’t do anything wrong to deserve being fired. The Cavaliers just feel like they reached their limit with him. A day after Bickerstaff was […]
  
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• On a visit to his Belarusian ally, Putin questions Zelenskyy’s legitimacy as Ukraine’s leader

  24-05-2024 18:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited his Belarusian counterpart and close ally for talks Friday in Minsk, after which he questioned whether Volodymyr Zelenskyy has the legitimacy […]
  
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• Workers at Kamloops Hudson’s Bay ratify deal after 165-day strike

  24-05-2024 18:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The United Steelworkers union says workers at a Hudson’s Bay store in Kamloops, B.C., have ratified a new deal with their employer after a 165-day strike. Workers […]
  
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• Workers at Georgia school bus maker Blue Bird approve their first union contract

  24-05-2024 18:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  FORT VALLEY, Ga. (AP) — A year after they voted to unionize, workers at a Georgia school bus manufacturer have approved their first contract. The United Steelworkers union and Blue […]
  
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• Immigration officer convicted of shooting photos and video up a flight attendant’s skirt

  24-05-2024 18:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A federal immigration officer is facing a possible prison sentence after he was convicted of using a cellphone camera to shoot up the skirt of a flight […]
  
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• Restaurants Canada says price increases coming to B.C. chicken ‘unsustainable’

  24-05-2024 18:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Restaurants Canada says an increase in the farm-level price of chicken in B.C. could raise costs for consumers by around 10 per cent. The B.C. Chicken Marketing Board previously proposed […]
  
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• Young missionary couple from US among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti’s capital, police say

  24-05-2024 18:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.S. missionary couple was shot and killed by gangs in Haiti’s capital who ambushed them as they left a youth group activity held at a […]
  
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