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Explosion at rally celebrating birthday of Islam's prophet kills 21 people in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful bomb exploded near a mosque at a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 21 people and wounding ...
Sep 29, 2023

Nisga'a Nation celebrates return of totem after it was taken almost a century ago
LAXGALTS'AP, B.C. - A ceremony will be held today by the Nisga'a Nation in northern British Columbia for a memorial totem that has gone to Scotland and back over the last century. The 11-metre totem w...
Sep 29, 2023

Quakers greet P.A. Timberjaks into PJHL with 8-1 beat down
Family, friends, and fans packed Buckland Arena in Red Wing on Thursday to witness the Prince Albert Timberjaks play in their inaugural game in the Prairie Junior Hockey League (PJHL). The Jaks played...
Sep 29, 2023

Tolvanen scores twice as Kraken beat Canucks 3-1
SEATTLE - Eeli Tolvanen's unassisted power-play goal at 3:56 of the third period snapped a 1-1 deadlock and lifted the Seattle Kraken to a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL pre-season acti...
Sep 28, 2023

Bedard nets two points in first NHL exhibition game with Blackhawks
CHICAGO (AP) - Connor Bedard played in his first pre-season game with the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night, and fans of the Original Six franchise were ready. So was Bedard, who had two assists in...
Sep 28, 2023

Ryder Cup is finally here, Johnson says it's time to let thoroughbreds loose
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) - Big winners two years ago in Wisconsin, the Americans know a Ryder Cup victory away from home has been out of reach for the last 30 years. Among the challenges is a p...
Sep 28, 2023

B.C. issues certificate for contentious Roberts Bank terminal expansion project
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has issued an environmental assessment certificate for the contentious container port expansion project at Roberts Bank, saying the province "could not prohi...
Sep 28, 2023

State of emergency lifted in West Kelowna, B.C., after McDougall Creek wildfire
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Central Okanagan Emergency Operations has lifted the state of local emergency in West Kelowna, B.C., more than a month after the McDougall Creek wildfire devastated the area. It s...
Sep 28, 2023

Pelican Narrows now offering Bachelor of Education programming
Courtesy of the University of Saskatchewan (USask), the Northern Lights School Division (NLSD), and the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) Education Authority, aspiring teachers can now receive their...
Sep 28, 2023

N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane says she won't run for re-election in upcoming vote
YELLOWKNIFE - The premier of the Northwest Territories has announced she won't be running for re-election in November. Caroline Cochrane says representing the N.W.T. has been among the highest honours...
Sep 28, 2023