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Buhler Versatile to acquire all assets of Atlas Group

Free Press staff 2 minute read Saturday, Jun. 13, 2026

Winnipeg-headquartered Buhler Versatile Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire German construction machinery manufacturer Atlas Group.

The deal covers all Atlas Group assets, including Atlas GmbH, Atlas Spare Parts GmbH, Atlas Group Services GmbH, Atlas Kompakt GmbH, and the shares held in the British company Atlas Cranes UK Ltd.

Terms were not made public. Atlas had entered restructuring proceedings under self-administration in February.

The acquisition will combine Buhler Versatile’s manufacturing expertise and international dealer network with Atlas’s longstanding reputation in construction machinery, material handling equipment and crane technology, the company said in a news release Friday.

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Indiana Fever forward Makayla Timpson (21) defends Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese (5) in the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Reese has 21 points, 11 rebounds, and all Dream starters score 16-plus in 108-101 win over Fever

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Reese has 21 points, 11 rebounds, and all Dream starters score 16-plus in 108-101 win over Fever

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Angel Reese had 21 points and 11 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the season, Jordin Canada added 18 points, and the Atlanta Dream beat the Indiana Fever 108-101 on Thursday night.

Naz Hillmon and Allisha Gray each scored 17 points and Rhyne Howard added 16 as all five Atlanta starters scored in double figures.

Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana (9-6) with 26 points apiece. Aliyah Boston had 23 points and eight rebounds, missing her fifth straight double-double. Mitchell became the eighth player in WNBA history to make 700 career 3-pointers.

Atlanta (10-4) led by as many as 13 points in the second half.

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Camryn Rogers (2542) competes in the senior women's hammer throw final during the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Ottawa on Thursday, June 18, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Camryn Rogers wins fifth straight women’s hammer throw national title

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Camryn Rogers wins fifth straight women’s hammer throw national title

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OTTAWA - Camryn Rogers won her fifth straight national title with a victory in the women's hammer throw at the Canadian track and field championships on Thursday.

The Richmond, B.C., native threw 76.17 metres to handily win the event.

Jillian Weir (69.50) and Jinaye Shomachuk (69.27) finished second and third.

Rogers, a two-time world champion and Olympic gold medallist, has a personal best of 81.13 metres that she set on April 2.

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FILE - Australia's James Slipper is cheered from the field following the Bledisloe Cup rugby test between the All Blacks and the Wallabies in Perth, Australia, on Oct 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Gary Day, File)

Veteran Australia prop Slipper returns to international rugby for the Nations Championship

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Veteran Australia prop Slipper returns to international rugby for the Nations Championship

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SYDNEY (AP) — Veteran prop James Slipper has officially returned to international rugby after being named in the Australia squad Friday for the first three Nations Championship matches in July.

Slipper, who foreshadowed his return earlier this week, was joined by the uncapped trio of Declan Meredith, Lachlan Shaw and Miles Amatosero in Joe Schmidt's 37-man squad.

The 37-year-old Slipper, who is Australia’s most-capped international player with 151 test appearances, played Super Rugby for the ACT Brumbies this season and has signed on for 2027. In March, he became the most-capped Super Rugby player after his 203rd match in the southern hemisphere tournament.

The Wallabies will begin the season in front of a sold-out crowd against Ireland in Sydney on July 4 before taking on France at Brisbane on July 11 and Italy in Perth on July 18.

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New Minister of Tourism and Sport, Andrew Boitchenko, swears the oath of office in Calgary, Alta., Friday, May 16, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Alberta gives transition funding to 119-year-old historical society after budget cut

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Alberta gives transition funding to 119-year-old historical society after budget cut

Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 6:36 PM CDT

EDMONTON - Alberta's government is now giving a 119-year-old historical society some transitional funding after the group was left out of the latest budget.

The government's February budget was tabled and passed without the $76,000 that for years went to the Historical Society of Alberta. Arts and Culture Minister Tanya Fir said at the time that it was a "tough budget."

Society president Lorien Johansen had said the group wasn't at risk of folding, but questioned why it was the one on the chopping block.

On Thursday, the society announced the government has agreed to provide it with funding for the next three years to help it transition from government support.

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Minor league team forfeits Pride Night game after some players refuse to wear special jersey

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YORK, Pa. (AP) — An independent minor league baseball team says it is forfeiting a game because some of its players refused to wear a special Pride Night jersey.

The Atlantic League Pro Baseball’s York Revolution were planning to hold their 11th annual Pride Night event Thursday for a game against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.

But the Revolution announced the day of the game that it wouldn’t be played.

“This decision was not reached lightly,” the Revolution announced in a statement. “Unfortunately, several of our players have refused to wear the scheduled Pride Night jersey and the club decided that hosting the event is more important than forcing players to wear jerseys they are not comfortable with and playing the game.”

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Canadian Mac Hughes who was injured by a Russian drone attack while fighting for Ukraine in July of 2025 is pictured in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. He is receiving the sacrifice medal from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Ukrainian Canadian Congress awards sacrifice medal to wounded Calgary fighter

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Ukrainian Canadian Congress awards sacrifice medal to wounded Calgary fighter

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CALGARY - A Calgary man who has been fighting for Ukraine and suffered burns to nearly 30 per cent of his body in a Russian drone strike on Canada Day last year is receiving a medal from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress.

Mac Hughes initially joined his father, Paul, in doing volunteer work in the war-torn nation, but he joined the Ukrainian military after a close friend died in the fighting.

On July 1, 2025, Hughes jumped behind a car during a drone attack and was pinned to a wall. After the vehicle caught fire and he was unable to free himself, he begged his comrades to shoot him rather than die a painful death.

They refused and pulled him to safety. He later underwent several surgeries and skin grafts.

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Ontario man accused of stealing Texas Republican Party data pleads guilty in Canada

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Ontario man accused of stealing Texas Republican Party data pleads guilty in Canada

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NEWMARKET - Lawyers for an Ontario man accused of stealing and leaking Texan Republican Party data in 2021 say he has pleaded guilty before a Canadian court.

In a statement released this afternoon, Arash Ghiassi and Riaz Sayani say Aubrey Cottle has “formally accepted his role” in the hacking of the party’s website five years ago.

Ghiassi said in an email that Cottle pleaded guilty in a Newmarket, Ont., courthouse to unauthorized use of a computer, mischief to computer data, and failure to comply with a release order.

U.S. authorities announced the arrest of a man from Oshawa, Ont., in April of last year and said the suspect was facing charges under Canadian law.

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FILE - Iona's Adam Njie Jr., right, makes his move as Mount St. Mary's Jedy Cordilia watches during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament, March 15, 2025, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File)

Former Iona player made permanently ineligible as part of NCAA point-shaving investigation

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Former Iona player made permanently ineligible as part of NCAA point-shaving investigation

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Former Iona basketball player Adam Njie Jr. has been made permanently ineligible for NCAA competition for agreeing to participate in a point-shaving scheme, even though he said he never actually went through with it.

An NCAA Division I infractions committee panel released the agreement announcing Njie’s violations and punishment on Thursday. Hampton announced last month that it had signed Njie out of the transfer portal.

According to the NCAA, Njie confirmed that he told a bettor he would throw the first half of an Iona-Rice game on Dec. 1, 2024, but he said he didn’t actually do it.

The NCAA’s report on the matter said the bettor had placed three bets totaling $15,500 on Rice covering the first-half point spread against Iona.

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FILE - Jenny Simpson smiles after the finals of the women's 1500-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials June 21, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Olympian Jenny Simpson shows ‘encouraging improvement’ after collapsing at a Raleigh track event

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Olympian Jenny Simpson shows ‘encouraging improvement’ after collapsing at a Raleigh track event

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Olympic 1,500-meter bronze medalist and world champion Jenny Simpson remains under medical care Thursday but shows “encouraging improvement" after collapsing while pacing a mile group at an event in Raleigh earlier this week.

In a post on Instagram, Fleet Feet, the company where Simpson serves as its chief running officer, wrote she “continues to exhibit the strength and resilience that have long defined her. True to form, she has already asked about her mile time and whether she won.”

The 39-year-old Simpson underwent CPR at the track Tuesday night and an automated external defibrillator was also used before being transported to the hospital. She was taking part in a community track event hosted by Sir Walter Running, with runners of all levels in attendance.

Fleet Feet CEO Joey Pointer also happened to be attending the event and stayed with Simpson at the hospital while her family arrived.

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West Indies' Stafanie Taylor batting during the Women's T20 World Cup match between Scotland and West Indies in Leeds, England, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (Nigel French/PA via AP)

West Indies beats Scotland by 7 runs to stay unbeaten at the Women’s T20 World Cup

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West Indies beats Scotland by 7 runs to stay unbeaten at the Women’s T20 World Cup

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LEEDS, England (AP) — The West Indies overcame Scotland by seven runs and stayed unbeaten at the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup after a madcap match at Headingley on Thursday.

Scotland needed 154 to win, a record chase, and was in it at 132-5 with two overs left.

Then medium-pacer Aaliyah Alleyne came to the West Indies' rescue. She took three wickets in the 19th over, including Darcey Carter on 59. Scotland required 17 off the last over and was all out on the last ball for 146.

Only the West Indies and England were two for two in Group 2, with the top two making the semifinals.

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A firefighter works on a wild fire burning in West Kelowna, B.C. Wednesday, July 23, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Evacuation alert over West Kelowna wildfire lifted, state of emergency over

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Evacuation alert over West Kelowna wildfire lifted, state of emergency over

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WEST KELOWNA - Emergency officials in West Kelowna, B.C., say an evacuation alert covering 742 homes has been lifted and the community is no longer under a local state of emergency.

Central Okanagan Emergency Management says in an update that it was a "quiet night on the fire line" dealing with the Kalamoir Park wildfire.

The update says a group of local fire rescue staff are patrolling the area for hot spots.

It says BC Wildfire Service crews have finished up but left equipment in place, and people may still see "lingering smoke" in the area.

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A Durham Police Vehicle is shown in Bowmanville, Ontario on Sunday Feb. 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives

Child struck by falling tree in Oshawa, Ont., seriously injured: police

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Child struck by falling tree in Oshawa, Ont., seriously injured: police

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OSHAWA - Police say a falling tree struck a child in Oshawa, Ont., causing serious injuries.

Durham Region police say emergency crews responded to the area of Oxford Street and Dwight Avenue shortly after noon on Thursday.

They say a child under the age of 12 was without vital signs after being struck by the tree.

Police say the child regained consciousness after receiving medical help.

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FILE - North Carolina coach Mike Fox reacts following an NCAA super regional college baseball game against Stetson in Chapel Hill, N.C., June 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Mike Fox’s ties to Tar Heels strong as ever in retirement. CWS title would fulfill a lifelong dream

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Mike Fox’s ties to Tar Heels strong as ever in retirement. CWS title would fulfill a lifelong dream

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Mike Fox was part of almost every major milestone North Carolina has achieved in baseball, either as a player or coach. A national championship was all that eluded him.

He retired six years ago as the program's all-time wins leader, but his attachment to the Tar Heels remains strong as ever.

Fox, 70, watched from the Carolina fan section at Charles Schwab Field as the Tar Heels swept through three games at the College World Series to reach the championship round for the first time since he led them to their first two finals in 2006-07.

As he enjoyed some down time at the team hotel Thursday, his emotions began running high as he thought out loud about how he would react if Carolina beat Oklahoma in the best-of-three finals starting Saturday.

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Long-term care workers are seen on a picket line in Eastern Passage, N.S., on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Unionized long-term care workers resume strike as some local issues remain unsolved

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Unionized long-term care workers resume strike as some local issues remain unsolved

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HALIFAX - Hundreds of long-term care workers across Nova Scotia have resumed a strike that appeared to have ended earlier this month after a tentative agreement was reached with the province and employers.

Since then, some ratification votes have been held for 3,600 workers at 36 long-term care facilities.

But the Canadian Union of Public Employees now says the work stoppage has resumed because unionized employees at three facilities have failed to resolve some local issues.

When the tentative agreement was reached on June 6, ending an eight-week strike, the union said it was under the impression that any remaining local bargaining issues would be resolved quickly.

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