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The Canadian team poses for a photo after winning the gold medal with a 3-1 win over Sweden during the third period the title game of the IIHF world junior hockey championships, Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, in Buffalo, N.Y. Five players from Canada's 2018 world junior team have taken a leave of absence from their respective clubs in recent days amid a report that five members of that team have been asked to surrender to police to face sexual assault charges. New Jersey’s Michael McLeod and Cal Foote, Philadelphia’s Carter Hart, Calgary’s Dillon Dube and former NHL player Alex Formenton have all been granted indefinite leave, with the absences announced this week. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Five players from 2018 Canada world junior team take leave of absence from their clubs

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

A protester waves a Canadian flag in front of parked vehicles on Rideau Street at a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest, in Ottawa, Ontario, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada’s use of Emergencies Act to quell truckers’ COVID protests was unconstitutional, judge rules

By Rob Gillies - Associated Press

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media during the federal Cabinet retreat, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, in Montreal. During the Cabinet retreat, Trudeau said Canada's government is preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump could reach the White House again and the “uncertainty” that would bring. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada is preparing for a second Trump presidency, Trudeau says

By Rob Gillies - Associated Press

Norman Jewison, center, director of the 1967 film "In the Heat of the Night," appears with his wife Lynne St. David before a 50th anniversary screening of the film at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles on April 6, 2017. Jewison, a three-time Oscar nominee who in 1999 received an Academy Award for lifetime achievement, died “peacefully” Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, according to publicist Jeff Sanderson. He was 97. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Norman Jewison, acclaimed director of ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and ‘Moonstruck,’ dies at 97

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

In this undated photo, pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass. Florida sued federal health officials on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, over what the state alleges is the stalling of its plan to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Canada frets over FDA allowing Florida to import prescription drugs

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - Hundreds of Palestinian refugees waving Palestinian and Canadian flags request asylum at a rally outside the the Canadian Embassy, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. People in the Gaza Strip who have Canadian relatives may apply for temporary visas to Canada, Canada’s immigration minister said Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. However, the federal government cannot guarantee them safe passage out of the besieged Palestinian territory. Immigration Minister Marc Miller expects the program to be up and running by Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Canada announces temporary visas for people in Gaza with Canadian relatives

Associated Press

A Christmas tree stands in front of the west steps of the California Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. California will not have an in-person tree lighting ceremony this year. Instead, Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife will host a pre-recorded ceremony that will be released Wednesday. Demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in Gaza have protested at the California Capitol and other public places. The Governor's Office said it was concerned about security. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

Christmas is racist? Canada latest to dig at Christianity

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

What to know about Sikh independence movement following U.S. accusation that activist was targeted

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

Members of Parliament and reporters listen as Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge speaks about a deal with Google, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in the Foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa, Ontario. Pascale St-Onge said that Google will contribute $100 million Canadian (US$74 million) — indexed to inflation — in financial support annually for a wide range of news businesses across the country. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law

By Rob Gillies - Associated Press

Pittsburgh Steelers running back coach Eddie Faulkner watches on the sideline during NFL football practice, Saturday, May 11, 2019, in Pittsburgh. Faulkner was promoted to interim offensive coordinator on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023 following the firing of Matt Canada (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

New Steelers offensive coordinator Eddie Faulkner is focusing on the present

By Will Graves - Associated Press

FILE- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau for a ceremonial welcome in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. India restored electronic visa services for Canadian nationals, an Indian foreign ministry official said Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, two months after Canada alleged India was involved in the assassination of a Sikh separatist in Canada. A diplomatic spat erupted between the two countries after Trudeau said in September that there were “credible allegations” of Indian involvement in the killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar in suburban Vancouver in western Canada. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

India restores e-visa services for Canadians. The move could ease diplomatic tensions

By Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada stands on the sidelines during an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. Canada was fired by the Steelers on Tuesday, Nov. 21, after two-plus seasons in which the team struggled to consistently generate offense. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Steelers fire offensive coordinator Matt Canada after 2-plus seasons of largely ineffective play

By Will Graves - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, as he begins to board his plane to travel home to Washington from Palam Air Base in New Delhi, India, Friday Nov. 10, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Antony Blinken calls on India to work with Canada on investigation into Sikh activist’s murder

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A truck carries oil sand at Suncor's facility near Fort McMurray, Canada, on Friday, Sep. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Canada says it can fight climate change and be major oil nation. Massive fires may force a reckoning

By Suman Naishadham and Victor Caivano - Associated Press

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. The Biden administration is nervously watching a dispute between Canada and India, with some officials concerned it could upend the U.S. strategy toward the Indo-Pacific that is directed at blunting China’s influence there and elsewhere. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

India eases a visa ban a month after Canada alleged its involvement in a Sikh separatist’s killing

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

FILE - A photograph of late temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen on a banner outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Sept. 18, 2023, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June. Indian and Canadian officials have been in contact “at various levels” following a confrontation over Canadian accusations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban Vancouver, an official in New Delhi said Thursday Oct. 12, 2023. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Canada removes 41 diplomats from India after New Delhi threatens to revoke their immunity

By Rob Gillies - Associated Press

FILE - Fishermen work on nets as they spend time on the shores of their coastal village in Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines, on May 7, 2020. Canada will help the Philippines detect illegal fishing with its satellite surveillance system under a new agreement, Philippine officials said Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Canada forges agreement to help Philippines track illegal fishing vessels using satellite technology

Associated Press

Demonstrators hold pictures of people they say disappeared in Syria outside the World Court, where preliminary hearings opened in a case in which the Netherlands and Canada are suing Syria at the International Court of Justice, or World Court, the United Nations' highest judicial organ, in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, accusing Damascus of massive human rights violations against its own people. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Canada and the Netherlands take Syria to top U.N. court, accuse Damascus of widespread torture

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Youths wear protective glasses to watch a hybrid solar eclipse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 20, 2023. On Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse _ better known as a ring of fire _ will briefly dim the skies over parts of the western U.S. and Central and South America. Proper protection is needed throughout the eclipse, from the initial partial phase to the ring of fire to the final partial phase. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse to slice across Americas on Saturday

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens (14) runs into the endzone for a touchdown in the second half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

The Steelers are winning in spite of the offense. At some point, they’ll need to win because of it

By Will Graves - Associated Press