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Quebec premier to attend Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening Saturday in Paris
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault will attend the inauguration and reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday. The historic church was renovated and rebuilt after being ravaged by a f...
Dec 5, 2024
NHL stars relish chance to play best-on-best hockey at 4 Nations Face-Off
Brady Tkachuk remembers skipping school to watch his dad play in the 2006 Olympics. Now it's his turn - finally - to play international hockey against the best players in the world. The Ottawa Senator...
Dec 5, 2024
Junior Winter Games host school become overall gold champion
The 2024 Junior Winter Games has wrapped up in Cumberland House with the local Ministik Community School emerging as the gold overall champions. The four-day competition brought together approximately...
Dec 5, 2024
Three arrested after drone caught towing drugs into Sask Pen
A drone used to transport drugs into Saskatchewan Penitentiary, was observed carrying a package by way of a tow rope.That's according to Saskatchewan RCMP who noted that as a result of their investiga...
Dec 5, 2024
Chief 'disappointed' to see clean water used as a political 'tactic' by Conservatives
OTTAWA - Cowessess First Nation Chief Erica Beaudin says she is "disappointed' that Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer used clean drinking water legislation as a political "tactic." Bill C-61 rec...
Dec 5, 2024
NASA delays Artemis mission featuring Canadian astronaut to 2026
MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen's trip to the moon has been delayed once again. NASA announced Thursday that the next mission in the Artemis program - sending four astronauts around the mo...
Dec 5, 2024
School bus driver charged with impaired driving in Northern Sask.
A Northern Saskatchewan school bus driver is behind bars after being caught driving drunk while on the job. The incident happened on Nov. 19 at around 3:45 p.m. when Buffalo River Dene Nation security...
Dec 5, 2024
B.C. children's minister stepping away from role after colorectal cancer diagnosis
British Columbia's Minister of Children and Family Development Grace Lore says she has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and is temporarily stepping away from her role as minister. Lore says in a ...
Dec 5, 2024
Jack Eichel says Team USA seeks to prove it has closed the gap on Canada at 4 Nations Face-Off
It didn't take much to stir Jack Eichel's national pride in looking ahead to representing the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. Appearing on a Team USA Zoom call on Thursday, the Veg...
Dec 5, 2024
Feds outlaw another 324 types of firearms, propose donating guns to Ukraine
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has outlawed another 324 firearm varieties - guns it says belong on the battlefield, not in the hands of hunters or sport shooters. The move follows the May 2020 ban of...
Dec 5, 2024