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Local leaders get close up look at new RCMP drone
Tri-community leaders and members of the RCMP met in La Ronge on Wednesday for a demonstration of a new drone that could become a common sight in the sky in the coming years. Lac La Ronge Indian Band ...
Nov 01, 2023
Canada to return to Olympic team show jumping with Pan American Games silver
SANTIAGO - Canada will return to Olympic team showing jumping next year in Paris. Canada's riders and horses earned the team silver medal Wednesday at the Pan American Games to qualify for the 2024 Ol...
Nov 01, 2023
Player's death from a skate cut to the neck in England leads to more NHL talks on cut protection
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The death of American hockey player Adam Johnson from a skate blade to the neck in a game in England is leading to further discussions about cut-resistant protection in the NHL...
Nov 01, 2023
'Tough to describe': NHL players weigh in on what defines 'hockey sense'
Tage Thompson had one definition. Leon Draisaitl offered a slightly different interpretation. The same went for Troy Terry, Jack Hughes and a host of other NHL players. Ask a locker room to define "ho...
Nov 01, 2023
Covenant Chain: Mohawk men in tobacco smuggling case cite treaty, win in Quebec court
MONTREAL - Two Mohawk men from Kahnawake, near Montreal, have been granted a stay of proceedings in a tobacco smuggling case after a judge ruled their treaty rights were infringed. Derek White and Hun...
Nov 01, 2023
Collapse of Kentucky plant being demolished at abandoned mine leaves 1 worker dead, another trapped
INEZ, Ky. (AP) - One man has died after he and a coworker were trapped beneath tons of concrete and steel when an 11-story building being demolished collapsed at an abandoned eastern Kentucky mine's c...
Nov 01, 2023
Prince Albert dance instructor voted national ambassador
Prince Albert's Sarah L'Abbe has earned the right be the face and voice for a national dance organization.The 18-year-old has been voted the 2024 national ambassador for the Canadian Dance Teachers' A...
Nov 01, 2023
Connecticut judge orders new mayoral primary after surveillance videos show possible ballot stuffing
A state judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a new Democratic mayoral primary in Connecticut's largest city to be held after the Nov. 7 general election is completed. The decision comes after ...
Nov 01, 2023
‘Carbon jail': Duncan looking to shift responsibility to government on carbon tax
As it sets up a potential fight with the federal government over the carbon tax and home heating, Saskatchewan's government is also looking to make sure it's the only one in the crosshairs.Dustin Dunc...
Nov 01, 2023
Federal government to level out number of new permanent residents in Canada in 2026
OTTAWA - New targets tabled in Parliament show the government plans to level out the number of new permanent residents to Canada in 2026, forecasting an end to record-breaking year-over-year immigrati...
Nov 01, 2023