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Canadian-born midfielder Marcelo Flores chooses Mexico over Canada and England
TORONTO - Canadian-born Marcelo Flores, who plays for Arsenal's under-23 side, says he wants to play internationally for Mexico. Canada had hoped to secure the services of the 18-year-old attacking mi...
May 16, 2022
Saskatchewan First Nation asks for Army Rangers to help in search for missing boy
PRINCE ALBERT - A Saskatchewan First Nation says it has asked the federal government to send in the Canadian Rangers to help search for a missing five-year-old boy. Chief Fabian Head of Red Earth Cree...
May 16, 2022
Tory leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre denounces 'white replacement theory'
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is denouncing the "white replacement theory" believed to be a motive for a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., as "ugly and disgusting hate-mongering." In a statement today, the ...
May 16, 2022
Canada prepared to send ships to Romanian ports to help export Ukraine's wheat — Joly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada is prepared to send ships to help Ukraine export its wheat to the developing world. Joly says she has held talks with other G7 and European na...
May 16, 2022
Advisory board for next top court judge to include Indigenous Bar Association member
OTTAWA - For the first time, the Indigenous Bar Association has nominated a member of the independent advisory board that will help choose the next Supreme Court justice. The chosen board member, Davi...
May 16, 2022
Raptors guard VanVleet named finalist for NBA social justice award
Toronto Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet has been named one of five finalists for the NBA's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award. The award recognizes a current NBA player for working to...
May 16, 2022
'Wagatha Christie' offers her side in whodunnit libel case
LONDON (AP) - The woman known to British tabloid readers as Wagatha Christie testified Monday about the sleuthing techniques that led to her nickname, saying she posted fake news about herself on soci...
May 16, 2022
Military failing to remove barriers to diversifying ranks: ombudsman
OTTAWA - Canada's military ombudsman is joining the chorus of those accusing the Canadian Armed Forces and Defence Department of having failed to address long-standing barriers to recruit and retain m...
May 16, 2022
Coroner says Quebec Health Department chose to ignore COVID-19 risk in long-term care
MONTREAL - A long-awaited report from the Quebec coroner says residents of long-term care homes were kept in a blind spot while the provincial government reacted to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic....
May 16, 2022
Northern and central schools well represented at provincial badminton
Several Saskatchewan high schools finished their badminton season with trips to provincials in Rosthern this past weekend.Central and northern schools were no exception with representatives in all fiv...
May 16, 2022