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Argos, Riders meet again in Touchdown Atlantic game as buzz for expansion team rises
HALIFAX - Touchdown Atlantic is back, and with plenty of buzz for an expansion team in Halifax. The Toronto Argonauts and Saskatchewan Roughriders will have a sold-out crowd of more than 10,000 fans r...
Jul 28, 2023
Stats Canada data shows RCMP workload increasing in La Ronge
The Crime Severity Index from Statistics Canada shows La Ronge has nearly five times the number of crime violations than the provincial average as reported by the RCMP. The data released earlier this ...
Jul 28, 2023
Mayor says body found in Quebec river where Ukrainian refugee went missing
SAINT-ANSELME, Que. - A mayor southeast of Quebec City says a body has been found in the river where a Ukrainian refugee was reported missing nine days ago. St-Anselme, Que., Mayor Yves Turgeon says p...
Jul 28, 2023
Charges dropped against 7 Oklahoma police officers in 3 separate fatal shootings
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The new prosecutor in Oklahoma's biggest county announced Friday she's dropping criminal charges against seven police officers in three separate fatal shootings from 2020. Distric...
Jul 28, 2023
'I think of my mushum': Families of residential school survivors gather for Delmas walk
As Sonia Pete started to walk Friday morning from Little Pine First Nation to the town of Delmas, nearly 40 kilometres away, she thought about her late father and grandfather."Part of the path we are ...
Jul 28, 2023
Paddling summer camps educating youth on canoes, kayaks
Youth from the tri-communities are gaining valuable outdoor skills through paddling camps offered by Canoe Kayak Saskatchewan.That's according to La Ronge community programmer Morgan Bell, who explain...
Jul 28, 2023
Hyun-Jin Ryu to return to Blue Jays rotation against Orioles on Tuesday
Hyun-Jin Ryu is set to make his long-awaited return to the Toronto Blue Jays rotation. Manager John Schneider says Ryu will be the Blue Jays' starting pitcher against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday....
Jul 28, 2023
US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is set to announce $345 million in military aid for Taiwan, two U.S. officials said Friday. It would be the Biden administration's first major package drawing on America's o...
Jul 28, 2023
Officer who put suspect in car hit by train guilty of reckless endangerment but not manslaughter
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train has been found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault. Jordan Steinke...
Jul 28, 2023
B.C. real estate agent fined $20,000 after being caught swigging milk at home showing
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia real estate agent has been fined $20,000 after being caught on camera drinking milk straight out of the jug at a home he was showing. A consent order released by the BC ...
Jul 28, 2023