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New N.W.T. premier to focus on emergency readiness, working with Indigenous leaders
YELLOWKNIFE - Few understand better the need for communities to be prepared for weather emergencies and disasters than the new premier of the Northwest Territories. R.J. Simpson, elected premier by fe...
Dec 11, 2023

Kucherov, Hertl and Reinhart named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Tampa Bay right-wing Nikita Kucherov, San Jose centre Tomas Hertl and Florida Panthers centre Sam Reinhart have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Kucherov had four goals and thr...
Dec 11, 2023

DL Mustafa Johnson latest big piece to re-sign with CFL-champion Alouettes
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes are bringing back another big part of their Grey Cup-champion team. The Alouettes announced Monday that American defensive lineman Mustafa Johnson has re-signed with ...
Dec 11, 2023

Tories have 'successfully' scapegoated carbon price in affordability crisis: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Conservative party has been successful at "scapegoating" the carbon price as the reason everything is more expensive. Trudeau says in a year-end intervi...
Dec 11, 2023

AI systems 'can be weaponized,' warns top U.S. cyber official in promoting safeguards
OTTAWA - Top cybersecurity officials are urging technology firms to bake safeguards into the futuristic artificial intelligence systems they're cooking up, to prevent them from being sabotaged or misu...
Dec 11, 2023

Gilgeous-Alexander wins Northern Star award as Canada's top athlete
TORONTO - Basketball star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won the Northern Star Award as Canada's athlete of the year in 2023. He beat out Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid, RBC Canadian Open champ...
Dec 11, 2023

Federal sports minister Carla Qualtrough announces safe sport commission
OTTAWA - Canada's sports minister has announced a national commission to address safe-sport issues, but stopped short of calling a national inquiry. Carla Qualtrough unveiled a suite of measures, incl...
Dec 11, 2023

Blasting north of La Ronge expected during next two weeks
Blasting originally scheduled by Potzus Paving Ltd. in their quarry for on or around Dec. 15 related to the Highway 102 $28 million upgrade project has changed.That's according to an email from the Sa...
Dec 11, 2023

Montreal Lake Walleye Derby With Increased 2nd Place Prize
Montreal Lake's 16th Annual Walleye Derby is Saturday, March 23 at Montreal Lake, SK.This year the second place prize is 25,000.See the poster for details.
Dec 11, 2023

Man imprisoned as teen for flower shop killing is released after judge throws out his conviction
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A 35-year-old man who was sent to prison for the 2004 killing of a man in a Minneapolis flower shop was released Monday after a judge ruled the eyewitness evidence on which his conv...
Dec 11, 2023