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TORONTO — Canada's main stock index closed down along with U.S. markets Friday as investors turned cautious following Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear and military targets.

MONTREAL — In early 2002, Glenn Cowan touched down in Kandahar as part of the first wave of regular Canadian Army troops deployed to Afghanistan, serving in a U.S.-led brigade combat team.

FREDERICTON — A group of Canadian premiers appears to be setting high expectations as they pursue negotiations with American governors to mitigate the impacts of United States-imposed tariffs on their economies.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada said Friday that manufacturing sales fell 2.8 per cent in April, the largest monthly drop since October 2023, as the tariff dispute with the United States hit the industry. StatCan said manufacturing sales stood at $69.

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — The flight data recorder from the crashed Air India flight was recovered Friday in what likely will lead to clues about the cause of the accident that killed 241 people on the plane and a number of others on the ground.

EDMONTON — Three American TV weather presenters say their viewers' appetite is soaring for information on the swaths of wildfire smoke drifting in from the Canadian Prairies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer sentiment increased in June for the first time in six months, the latest sign that Americans’ views of the economy have improved as inflation has stayed tame and the Trump administration has reached a truce in its trade fig

VANCOUVER — CN Rail warns flooding could have "catastrophic impacts" on cross-country services in legal action it has filed to force Parks Canada to consider a protective barrier for its main line through Jasper National Park.

OTTAWA — The federal government is asking unionized Canada Post employees to vote directly on the latest offers from the postal service — a rare intervention in labour negotiations that one expert said could give the employer the "upper hand" in its

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — An Air India plane bound for London crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board, the airline said. One passenger who was thrown from the plane survived.