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The Canadian women's hockey team will have a new general manager and head coach leading the team into the next Olympic cycle. GM Gina Kingsbury and head coach Troy Ryan won't return to their roles, Hockey Canada announced on Tuesday. Both were on contracts set to expire this year.

Refugee advocates say they are seeing a new trend of deportation proceedings involving families in Quebec, where the Canada Border Services Agency seems to be focusing its removal efforts, as 55 per cent of all deportations in Canada took place in the province in the first four months of this year.

Muslim pilgrims from around the world congregated on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the second official day of the annual Islamic pilgrimage, considered the pinnacle of Hajj.

Jonathan Andic, son of Mango founder Isak Andic, said on Tuesday he was stepping down temporarily as ‌the fashion group's vice chair after being named a suspect in a probe into his father's death, while strongly asserting his innocence.

In a unique case set against the backdrop of the struggling Lower Mainland condo market, purchasers of pre-sale units in Burnaby's Eclipse condo tower claim they wouldn't have entered into deals had they known the reality of the embattled developer's finances.

When Dina Van Dommelen-Samson and Nico Peltenburg met for the first time earlier this month, it felt like a family reunion instead of two strangers getting acquainted. Peltenburg was in Nova Scotia to visit, but he also hoped to meet the family of the man who hid his father during the German occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War.

Israel's military clashed with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group Tuesday along a strategic river in Lebanon as Israeli troops tried to push farther north, just three days before Lebanese and Israeli military delegations are set to meet for direct talks in Washington.

A lead RCMP investigator who had a secret, intimate relationship with their confidential informant risked "the integrity of an active criminal investigation" and needed to be let go, according to a recently published conduct board decision.

Charlotte, N.C., is playing host to the Canadian men's national soccer team's training camp this week ahead of the World Cup. Canada Soccer says the players will benefit from training in high heat and humidity, while spending time in an “isolated environment” to focus on preparations.

Students are sleeping in their cars, hiding in bushes and betraying lifelong friends. Toronto-area schools say the game has "serious safety risks."

Investigators are urging anyone with information to contact police.

The lifestyle mogul has launched a line of grocery staples across Toronto, and will be at Chai Lifeline Canada's 20th-anniversary gala on May 27.

Toronto fire crews extinguished two fires at a recycling facility on Ashwarren Road near Keele Street and Finch Avenue West in the past week.

The church isn’t a place to hide or retreat from what is around us, even if the contemporary environment may be intimidating and shocking. Jesus was and is more about revolution, a true revolution of the self, than a cozy…

From adoption fees and vet bills to toys and treats, lifetime expenses typically run into tens of thousands of dollars.

From thin crust to Detroit-style, Pizzeria Badiali co-owner shares his favourite Toronto pizza spots across styles

While still a small percentage of overall mortgages, a new Equifax Canada report found more homeowners were not making their monthly payments in the first quarter compared to last year.

The German model, which distributes would-be refugees among states according to tax revenues and population, is seen as more equitable in some ways.

The markings say left turns are allowed but a traffic sign tells drivers not to do it.

Difficult terrain and heavy rain have hampered search efforts

The villagers entered the cave in Xaisomboun province on May 19, but heavy rain triggered flash flooding that blocked the exit, according to Lao and Thai rescue teams involved in the operation.

Winner will run in November against Democratic state Rep. James Talarico

Departure is unexpected, with Manifold having been appointed to the position late last year

Monday was U.K.’s hottest May day on record; temperatures soar well over 30 C in many parts of France

The group also claimed best male K-pop artist and song of the summer for the single Swim

K-pop sensations BTS, the globally popular boy band that recently returned to the world stage after military service, scored the top honor of artist of the year on Monday at the fan-voted American Music Awards in Las Vegas.

BTS returned to the American Music Awards with a performance and two wins, including artist of the year.

Results are filtered through the White House and must be approved by the President, raising questions about what the public does and doesn’t get to see

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that a deal with Iran could still be days away, tempering hopes for a swift end to the conflict. His comments come just a day after U.S. forces carried out what Washington called defensive strikes in southern Iran.

Experts say unprecedented and deadly weather extremes that sometimes strike at abnormal times and in unusual places are putting more people in danger.

In an apology, Starbucks South Korea's parent company chairman Chung Yong-jin asked the public not to take their anger out on Starbucks employees and front-of-house workers.

Spain's Ministry of Health said that a new positive hantavirus case has been confirmed in one of the individuals remaining in preventive quarantine at Gómez Ulla Hospital.

Further details were not immediately available, including more specifics on the threats from Iran and what this means for negotiations

The accusations were first presented to Channel 4 'against a small number of past contributors' in April. The broadcaster says those cast members have denied the allegations.

India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is in Canada for meetings on trade and investment this week, as the two countries work toward a new free trade agreement.

The gunfire attack was the third violent incident within four days at Congo health facilities amid the rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak.

The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that the fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda was outpacing response efforts.

The U.K. rarely sees such scorching heat, especially in spring and even in summer, when average temperatures in the south of England linger between the high teens and low 20s C.

Officials blamed 'chaotic' scenes in the aftermath and inaccurate information provided by the mine operator for the revised death toll.

The ways it set up its board and Mr. Musk’s pay appear to benefit him at the expense of other shareholders, corporate governance experts said.

Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would likely cost Democrats a majority-Black district.

Haitian women are having babies in squalid, unsupervised settings after the Dominican Republic started sending immigration agents to detain migrants at hospitals.

Burt Jones, the leading G.O.P. candidate for governor, worked with Trump allies to try to overturn the election, and even talked to the president himself.

Michael Bay wasn’t remotely worried about the science in his 1998 science-fiction action hit that launched an elite ensemble cast to space.

President Trump, whose health has been a subject of public scrutiny, will turn 80 next month.

At the prestigious garden show, attendees jockeyed to buy prizewinning blooms and debated the role of whimsy as a ban on garden gnomes was temporarily lifted.

Eight days of legal arguments at Guantánamo have brought the long-running terrorism case to a moment of truth in the long wait for justice.

Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.

President Trump’s proposal to end the war with Iran would delay tackling the most contentious issues — a tactic that has had mixed results in Gaza.

A global memory shortage driven by AI is spiking demand for chipmakers like Micron.

Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, who started the cloud storage company when he was 24, plans to step down and assume the role of executive chairman.

Shares of luxury carmaker Ferrari fell sharply on Tuesday morning, shortly after the company launched its first fully electric vehicle.

Medical supply company Gentell sources raw materials from around the world, and the crisis at the Strait of Hormuz is causing volatility for its business.

Donald Trump had said negotiations with Iran were "proceeding nicely," while warning that the U.S. could resume military action if discussions were to collapse.

Asia-Pacific markets were set to open broadly higher Tuesday, amid hopes for a breakthrough in the U.S.-Iran peace negotiations.

The board of British energy major BP on Tuesday announced it had unanimously decided to remove Chairman Albert Manifold with immediate effect.

The deals are part of Eli Lilly’s effort to expand into infectious disease research and development.

Ex-CIA director David Petraeus said that an initial successful peace deal with Tehran would see the Strait opened without any conditions.

The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — fell more than 6 basis points to 4.510%.

The attacks prompted Tehran to warn that it would “leave no act of hostility unanswered,” complicating negotiations to end the war.

President Donald Trump’s seeming ambivalence about the value of allies has created a sense of urgency among nations with close U.S. ties.

GOP lawmakers warned against concessions to Iran in any deal to end the war, while doubts greeted Trump’s push to expand pacts between Israel and Muslim-majority nations.

At least two people died in Kyiv, which faced the brunt of the attack, Ukrainian officials said. It was one of the biggest overnight aerial assaults since the beginning of Russia's invasion.

There is a growing expectation Elliot Anderson will leave the City Ground this summer.

The attacks took place while Iranian and Qatari negotiators were in Doha for peace talks.

International internet access has been cut off in the country since the start of the war in late February.

BP declined to comment on whether bullying behaviour was part of the reason for his immediate dismissal.

Rhun ap Iorwerth said schools would be empowered to make their own decisions, with a ban expected for England.

DR Congo fans hoping to watch their side's return to the World Cup face a major hurdle as the US imposes travel restrictions following the latest Ebola outbreak.

The United Arab Emirates has denied any involvement in the civil war and says it investigates alleged links.

A Sudanese national admits endangering others after an incident off the coast of France.

Cameron Norrie suffers heartbreak at the French Open as he retires injured from his first-round match - the first time he has done so at a Grand Slam.

Isle of Man TT organisers say all other spectators and the rider have been discharged from hospital.

Albert Manifold, who has been dismissed following ‘serious concerns’, is the latest member of senior personnel leaving the company abruptly over the past 20 years – and the shareholders don’t like it, writes Simon English

The Supreme Court has refused to intervene in a discrimination lawsuit led by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores against the NFL, allowing the case to proceed toward trial

The Hong Kong government has proposed issuing 10,000 new vehicle permits for online ride-hailing services like Uber

A meteor flew through the sky right next to an erupting volcano in the Philippines.

The remarkable discoveries include the best-preserved early image of Jesus discovered near the Turkish city of Iznik

SNP first minister facing demands for inquiry amid questions over what Sturgeon knew about her estranged husband’s crimes

Donna Barnhardt and Darrell Noles were shot and killed at the Sun Drop facility on June 13, 2008

Parents’ groups in France are calling for more attention to child abuse scandals as a rare public trial opens in Paris

Five children were taken to hospital in a serious condition

Thursday’s showdown in the Senate was significant, writes John Bowden, but would the majority leader dare being labeled disloyal to King MAGA?