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‘It’d be awesome’: Regina, Saskatoon excited about bid for 2023 world juniors
The cities of Regina and Saskatoon are looking at putting up as much as $350,000 each to support a bid for the 2023 world junior hockey championship tournament.For Regina Mayor Sandra Masters, it woul...
Mar 31, 2022

Scott Moe breaks from trade trip to meet with Ukrainian refugees
Premier Scott Moe is taking a detour on his trade mission to Europe.Moe is taking a break from his business meetings to meet with Ukrainian refugees at a shelter in Kassel, Germany on Thursday.Moe has...
Mar 31, 2022

Federal justice minister concerned by secret trial held in Quebec and kept off docket
MONTREAL - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says reports that a Quebec criminal trial involving a police informant was held entirely in secret and kept off the official court docket are deeply t...
Mar 31, 2022

Federal ministers cite need for international war crimes probe of Russia
OTTAWA - Canada's international development minister says Russia's blocking of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and its bombing of medical facilities should be the subjects of an international war crimes i...
Mar 31, 2022

Judge strikes down parts of Florida election law; cites race
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge struck down portions of a Florida election law passed last year, saying in a ruling Thursday that the Republican-led government was using subtle tactics to sup...
Mar 31, 2022

Marshall-Rutty to undergo knee procedure as TFC depth at fullback is further tested
Toronto FC's depth at fullback is being tested early in the MLS season. Canadian teenager Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty is scheduled to undergo a procedure Friday on his knee after a second scan turned up d...
Mar 31, 2022

Conservative party says membership data is safe after reports of alleged hack
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada says it's confident data about its members has not been compromised following reports of an alleged breach. A spokeswoman for Jean Charest's leadership campai...
Mar 31, 2022

Beijing bronze medallist and Brier champ Gushue to wear Maple Leaf again at worlds
Brad Gushue's team has unfinished business in Sin City. They'll try to keep the distractions to a minimum - including the end-of-season departure of Brett Gallant - as they try to win a world men's cu...
Mar 31, 2022

Canada edges farther away from NATO spending target in latest estimate
OTTAWA - New NATO figures suggest Canada is even farther from meeting the military alliance's spending target than previously believed. NATO estimated last June that Canada would spend about 1.39 per ...
Mar 31, 2022

U.S. government reviewing deaths of two belugas moved to Connecticut from Marineland
The U.S. government is reviewing the deaths of two beluga whales that were moved from Marineland in Canada to an American aquarium last year. Havana, a young female beluga, died last month at Mystic A...
Mar 31, 2022