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La Ronge council approves Water Treatment Plant automation funding
La Ronge council approved $26,250 to the Lac La Ronge Regional Water Corporation as their portion to fund Water Treatment Plant automation upgrades. The decision to do so was made at a regular meeting...
Mar 11, 2025

La Ronge RCMP seize eight ounces of crack cocaine
Two people are facing charges after a drug bust on Monday.According to an RCMP media release, just after midnight on March 10, an officer observed a running vehicle parked in the Bigstone Landing area...
Mar 11, 2025

B.C. shop fined $1m for selling 'natural' health products containing Cialis, Viagra
RICHMOND, B.C. - A Metro Vancouver adult store operator has been fined $1.07 million for selling sexual enhancement products advertised as natural but that actually contained prescription drugs. Healt...
Mar 11, 2025
Ontario pulls back electricity surcharge on U.S. exports after Trump threat
WASHINGTON - Ontario has agreed to suspend a surcharge on electricity exports to the United States after President Donald Trump escalated his trade war Tuesday by vowing to double threatened tariffs o...
Mar 11, 2025

Tiger Woods says he ruptured his Achilles tendon, an injury likely to keep him out of the Masters
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods announced he had a less invasive surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon on Tuesday, yet another injury that would seem likely to keep him out of the Masters ...
Mar 11, 2025

B.C. takes advantage of U.S. 'chaos,' trade war to attract more doctors and nurses
British Columbia's health minister says "now is the time" for American doctors and nurses to move to the province as it fast tracks recognition of their credentials during an escalating trade war betw...
Mar 11, 2025

Blue Jays win fourth straight with 3-2 victory over Twins in spring training
DUNEDIN - Josh Rivera hit the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-2 in spring training action on Tuesday. Rivera's RBI ca...
Mar 11, 2025

U Sports changes rule, removing one-year wait for former pro hockey players
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - U Sports will allow incoming student-athletes who have played professional hockey to participate immediately in men's hockey without a waiting period. The change starts with the ...
Mar 11, 2025

Trump administration to resume military aid to Ukraine and intelligence sharing
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would immediately lift its suspension of military aid to Ukraine and its intelligence sharing with Kyiv, more than a week afte...
Mar 11, 2025

Portugal’s minority government loses confidence vote in parliament triggering early general election
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portugal's minority government lost a confidence vote in parliament Tuesday, forcing its resignation and bringing the European Union country's third general election in three y...
Mar 11, 2025