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Canadian cricketers defeat Oman for second straight win in World League 2 play
KING CITY, Ont. - Harsh Thaker scored 93 runs and captain Nicholas Kirton added 57 to help Canada defeat Oman by 59 runs Friday in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 play. It marked a second straight half...
Sep 20, 2024

Vancouver Canucks goalie Silovs confident, calm heading into new season
PENTICTON, B.C. - Arturs Silovs was the Vancouver Canucks breakout star during last season's playoffs - and not only for his fashion sense. Now, with Vancouver's leading goalie Thatcher Demko sideline...
Sep 20, 2024

NDP promises to apologize to survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse and Timber Bay residential schools
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has committed that an NDP government would apologize and take ownership for the damage caused to First Nations and Mtis people at the le--la-Crosse and Timber Bay re...
Sep 20, 2024

Joly says around 45,000 Canadians are in Lebanon as violence escalates
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says close to 45,000 Canadians are in Lebanon months after warning there is no guarantee Ottawa can evacuate them if the situation deteriorates further. J...
Sep 20, 2024

'A Barber's Collection' a love letter to North Battleford
In the mid-1950's, a British psychiatrist took part in a ceremony with members of Red Pheasant Cree Nation; a followup to work being done further south in Saskatchewan that saw the creation of a term ...
Sep 20, 2024

Canada announces $151 million for polio eradication, after outbreak in Gaza Strip
OTTAWA - Canada is setting aside $151 million for the fight to eradicate polio worldwide. International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen announced the news at a Rotary International conference in Tor...
Sep 20, 2024

RCMP officers face firing over 'atrocious' racist behaviour, harassment
VANCOUVER - Three RCMP members from a Metro Vancouver detachment could be fired over alleged "atrocious," "racist" and "horrible" behaviour detailed by a fellow officer. A schedule from the RCMP shows...
Sep 20, 2024

NLSD issues call for nominations to serve on board
The Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) has opened its call for nominations for board members. The public has until Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. to submit their nomination if interested in serving. In total, t...
Sep 20, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Three men injured after man enters Quebec mosque bearing a knife
MONTREAL - Three men have been injured after a 24-year-old man entered a mosque southwest of Montreal armed with a knife. Police in Chteauguay, Que., on Montreal's South Shore, say the three men were ...
Sep 20, 2024

Hobbled Redblacks look to clinch playoff spot with win over league-leading Alouettes
OTTAWA - Playoff hopes are on the line as the Ottawa Redblacks host the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday. The Alouettes (10-2-1) have already secured a playoff berth, but a win, coupled with a Toronto l...
Sep 20, 2024