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KANANASKIS — Escalating violence in the Middle East overshadowed movement on trade deals within the G7 on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump departed the summit in Alberta a day early because of the crisis in Israel and Iran.

EDMONTON — Lauren Kyle McDavid plans to stand by the fireplace in her downtown Edmonton bar while watching Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.

OTTAWA — Canada is hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta. Prime Minister Mark Carney has two days of meetings scheduled with world leaders, with discussion topics likely to include trade, the war in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East.

CALGARY — More than 100 Sikhs waved blue and yellow Khalistan flags and held up posters Monday condemning Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit to the G7 leaders' summit.

LETHBRIDGE — A police oversight board says it has dismissed a complaint that a southern Alberta police chief allegedly broke public health restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

EDMONTON — Two of Alberta's health-care workers' unions are calling on Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government to reverse its policy forcing many -- including front-line medical staff -- to pay for a COVID-19 vaccination.

CALGARY — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is pitching the idea of a "port-to-port corridor" that would connect energy and other goods to Canada's northern Pacific and Arctic coasts.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Connor McDavid chose his words carefully. The Oilers captain — undoubtedly hockey's best player — had just been asked about the pressure on himself in his team's moment of need.

EDMONTON — Alberta has surpassed 900 cases of measles since the beginning of March. Data from the provincial government's dashboard shows 53 more cases were confirmed over the weekend, bringing Alberta's total to 932.

EDMONTON — An Alberta judge has convicted a man of manslaughter in the 2023 killing of a woman who was stabbed in the head with a steak knife.