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Liberal convention 'essential' to help send optimistic message to Canadians: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are billing their party convention this week as a chance to contrast what they say is their more positive vision for Canada with the "politics of anger" being stoked by their...
May 04, 2023
Brandon Montour shining for surprising Panthers: 'I just wanted to run with it'
TORONTO - Brandon Montour unloaded a one-timer and watched the puck hit the back of the net before dropping to one knee and sweeping his glove over the ice in celebration. The third-period goal on a d...
May 04, 2023
B.C. flooding, mudslides prompt evacuation orders, highway closures in the Interior
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The first spell of summer-like weather in British Columbia has accelerated Mountain snowmelt, causing flooding and mudslides that have prompted evacuation orders and highway closur...
May 04, 2023
Canadian rider Derek Gee looks forward to testing himself at Giro d'Italia
Derek Gee feels a mix of emotions heading into Saturday's start of the Giro d'Italia. Gee, the lone Canadian rider in the field, is excited to be taking part in his first Grand Tour event (the other t...
May 04, 2023
Attorney general alerts online companies to B.C.'s new image-sharing law
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general has sent a letter to technology companies warning they could face orders to stop the distribution of intimate images of B.C. residents that have been sha...
May 04, 2023
Tyre Nichols died of blunt force injuries, autopsy shows
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tyre Nichols died of blunt force injuries to the head after he was beaten by Memphis police during a January arrest, an autopsy report released Thursday showed. The autopsy said ...
May 04, 2023
GOP Oregon state senators boycott 2nd day, prevent quorum
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Republican members of the Oregon Senate on Thursday extended their boycott of Senate proceedings into a second day, delaying action by the majority Democrats on bills on gun safety,...
May 04, 2023
'Hissy fit' fallout: trade minister speaks with U.S. envoy over tax-credit comment
WASHINGTON - International Trade Minister Mary Ng has talked to the U.S. envoy to Ottawa after he accused Canada of having a "hissy fit" about about electric vehicle tax credits. David Cohen made the ...
May 04, 2023
LLRIB members celebrate 2023 Treaty Days
Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre (JRMCC) is hosting Treaty Days on Thursday and Friday.Treaty Days for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) started on Monday at Hall Lake's Sally Ross School, f...
May 04, 2023
Environment Canada opens Fisheries Act investigation into Kearl tailings releases
EDMONTON - Environment Canada is opening an investigation into whether Imperial Oil broke federal laws with two releases of tailings from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The federal agenc...
May 04, 2023