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Only competitions involving professional athletes will be held, with all other activities cancelled.Published On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026This weekend’s Diamond League track and field meeting in Paris will go ahead as planned despite the historic heatwave gripping the country and stretching emergency services, organisers said.Hours after Paris police authorities said they wanted the event cancelled, the French Athletics Federation (FFA) confirmed on Friday that it would take place on Sunday at Charlety Stadium, in agreement with the police prefecture.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listCiting the exceptional heat that has affected Paris since June 21, the police prefecture…

The Okanagan’s water crisis didn’t begin with the scorching summer heat. It began months ago, high in the mountains, where winter failed to deliver enough snow. Now, the consequences are flowing downstream. The okanagan lake will not fluctuate much but the water downstream will be greatly effected. Cohan Sassaman The valley is entering its fourth consecutive year of drought, with the province declaring a Level 5 drought, the highest warning on British Columbia’s scale. Story continues below advertisement Calculations from the Okanagan Basin Water Board show water flowing into Okanagan Lake this year is less than half of what is…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The 2026 NHL Draft got underway on Friday night at KeyBank Center in Buffalo — home of the Buffalo Sabres — and while drafts usually provide their share of surprises, the first overall pick was not one.The Toronto Maple Leafs “earned” the top pick after an abysmal 2025-26 campaign, and they used it to select Penn State star Gavin McKenna.The 18-year-old from Whitehorse, Yukon, has been the presumptive top dog in the 2026 NHL Draft class for years at this point.TOP NHL PROSPECT GAVIN MCKENNA CHARGED WITH ASSAULT IN DOWNTOWN PENN STATE…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The teenager accused of killing two 17-year-old girls in an alleged hit-and-run crash in New Jersey last year has been publicly identified after prosecutors announced Friday that he will be tried as an adult.The Union County Prosecutors Office announced that 18-year-old Vincent Battiloro of Garwood has been waived up to adult court and will be tried as an adult in connection with the murder of the two juvenile females.Vincent Battiloro, 18, of Garwood, will now face counts of first-degree murder in the Criminal Part of Superior Court in Union County after his…

NewsFeedThe US has struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites in retaliation for what it says was an Iranian attack on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The tit-for-tat has raised doubts about the stability of the US-Iran agreement, as Kimberly Halkett reports.Published On 27 Jun 202627 Jun 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

A Nova Scotia MP and provincial MLA are at odds over the future of the Nappan Research Farm’s cattle herd. The Nappan experimental farm just south of Amherst, N.S., has been Eastern Canada’s leading federal facility in agriculture research for nearly 140 years.Founded in 1887, it has historically served the Maritimes by improving livestock management and forage production.Earlier this year, the federal government announced it would be closing the facility, alongside four others nationwide, to cut down on public service spending.“I was gutted when I found out in January that the farm was going to be closed,” said Cumberland-Colchester Liberal…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., lashed out at President Donald Trump during a recent local television interview, labeling him a “man-child” throwing a “tantrum” over his refusal to sign a sweeping bipartisan housing package.Appearing on WCVB’s “On the Record,” the left-wing senator did not hold back her frustration over the stalled legislation, delivering a blunt message to the president: “Sign the damn bill.””If he cared about the American people, he’d have already signed the damn thing,” Warren said during the interview, arguing that Trump “does not care about the economic survival of America’s…

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