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  U.K. prime minister calls national election for July 4

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a national election on Wednesday, naming July 4 as the date for a vote his governing Conservatives are widely expected to lose to the opposition Labour Party after 14 years in power.

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  'Happy tears' of victim's sister after prison attack on serial killer Robert Pickton

  Cynthia Cardinal said she was 'overwhelmed' with happiness when she received a text message on Monday with the news that serial killer Robert Pickton, who murdered her sister, was attacked in prison. She called it 'karma.'

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  Montreal photographer captures dramatic Canada goose vs. fox fight on video

  A Montreal photographer captured the moment a Canada goose defended itself from a fox at the Botanical Garden.

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  'On the edge of failing': Most of Canada gets a 'D' on poverty report cards

  Poverty and food insecurity have worsened in most of Canada in the past year and most provincial governments aren't doing enough to address the problem, according to a just-released series of report cards.

• Blood vial delivery prompts evacuation of Republican headquarters in Washington

  The Republican National Committee's headquarters in Washington was briefly evacuated on Wednesday morning after a suspicious package containing two vials of blood was delivered to the building, the police and the RNC said.

• World's most expensive feather sells at New Zealand auction

  A feather from a long-extinct New Zealand bird has set a record after selling for $46,521 NZD (about US$28,400), the auction house handling the sale has said.

• Interpol says more than 1,500 stolen Canadian vehicles identified since February

  Interpol says more than 200 stolen Canadian vehicles have been found each week across the globe since February.

• Indian international students most likely to live in unsuitable housing, StatCan says

  A new Statistics Canada report finds international students were more likely to live in unsuitable housing in 2021 than Canadian-born students.

• Thunderstorms with tornado risk in some areas in Ontario, snow elsewhere in Canada

  Canadians can expect a mixed bag of weather, with forecasts warning of thunderstorms, heavy rain and snow in some areas across western Canada.

• Judge in Tennessee blocks effort to put Elvis Presley's former home Graceland up for sale

  A Tennessee judge on Wednesday blocked the auction of Graceland, the former home of Elvis Presley, by a company that claimed his estate failed to repay a loan that used the property as collateral.

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  opinion | Biden steals debate issue from Trump campaign, makes it his own

  Donald Trump had spent weeks needling U.S. President Joe Biden for his refusal to commit to a debate. But Washington political columnist Eric Ham describes how in one fell swoop, Biden ingeniously stole the issue from the Trump campaign and made it his own.

• 'All hell broke loose': Passengers on Singapore Airlines flight describe nightmare at 37,000 feet

  Passengers on a Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence on Tuesday described a sudden, dramatic drop as 'all hell broke loose' on board the Boeing airliner carrying 229 passengers and crew.

• 3 people dead after stabbing in Plateau-Mont-Royal: Montreal police

  Three people are dead after they were stabbed in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough Tuesday evening, police say.

• How to remove ticks and what to know about these bloodsuckers

  Ticks are parasitic bloodsuckers, capable of spreading deadly disease, and they’re becoming increasingly common. Here’s what you need to know about them.