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Panda wins the 2025 Palm Dog award at Cannes - and a look-alike accepts

Panda wins the 2025 Palm Dog award at Cannes - and a look-alike accepts

CANNES, France (AP) — It's called the Palm Dog contest, but Friday's winner of the annual Cannes Film Festival tradition was a Panda.
Ontario to require defibrillators on construction sites

Ontario to require defibrillators on construction sites

Ontario is planning to require certain construction sites to have automatic external defibrillators.
Three months after his release, former Israeli hostage deals with guilt of enjoying everyday life

Three months after his release, former Israeli hostage deals with guilt of enjoying everyday life

BOSTON (AP) — Three months after his release from Hamas captivity, Omer Shem Tov stood on the pitcher's mound at a Boston Red Sox game. Surrounded by supporters, he tossed out the first pitch, then raised his arms in celebration.
Movie Review: Tom Cruise goes for broke in ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’

Movie Review: Tom Cruise goes for broke in ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’

Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is getting a bit of a god complex. It’s not exactly his fault after defying death and completing impossible missions time and time again.
Statistics Canada reports retail sales up 0.8 per cent in March at $69.8 billion

Statistics Canada reports retail sales up 0.8 per cent in March at $69.8 billion

OTTAWA — Retail sales rose 0.8 per cent to $69.8 billion in March, helped by an increase in new car sales as Canadians looked to get behind a new set of wheels before tariffs started to raise prices.
PHOTO COLLECTION: Best of the Cannes Film Festival

PHOTO COLLECTION: Best of the Cannes Film Festival

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors. The Associated Press
Vermilion Energy selling assets in Saskatchewan and Manitoba for $415 million

Vermilion Energy selling assets in Saskatchewan and Manitoba for $415 million

CALGARY — Vermilion Energy Inc. has signed a deal to sell a group of assets in Saskatchewan and Manitoba for $415 million. The company says it will use the net proceeds from the sale to repay debt.
China criticizes US ban on Harvard's international students

China criticizes US ban on Harvard's international students

BANGKOK (AP) — The Chinese government said Friday that the Trump administration's move to ban international students from Harvard would harm America's international standing, as anxious students and parents overseas fretted over what would come next.
Homeowners spend on renovations and repairs despite the uncertain economy and higher prices

Homeowners spend on renovations and repairs despite the uncertain economy and higher prices

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. homeowners are spending more on home renovation projects, bucking a broader pullback by consumers amid diminished confidence in the economy . Sales at building materials and garden supply retailers rose 0.
Ottawa has to allow home prices to fall to make housing more affordable, experts say

Ottawa has to allow home prices to fall to make housing more affordable, experts say

OTTAWA — Housing experts are pushing back against a federal cabinet minister's recent claim that home prices don't need to go down in order to restore housing affordability.
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