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Interesting off-season and new quadrennial awaits after memorable curling campaign
A memorable curling season essentially comes to a close this weekend ahead of a new quadrennial that will see some interesting changes on the domestic scene. Most elite men's and women's teams will ha...
May 05, 2022
Crown alleges Jacob Hoggard violently raped teen girl, woman in 2016 incidents
TORONTO - Prosecutors allege Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard repeatedly and violently raped a teen girl and a young woman in two separate incidents months apart, leaving each of them bleeding, bruised...
May 05, 2022
Remains of young girl found in Toronto dumpster, area residents in shock
TORONTO - Shock and disbelief gripped residents of one of Canada's wealthiest neighbourhoods on Thursday as Toronto police revealed that the remains of a young girl had been discovered in a constructi...
May 05, 2022
Governor General Mary Simon to visit hometown while touring Nunavik
OTTAWA - Canada's first Indigenous Governor General is making a visit to a number of remote northern Quebec communities, including her own hometown. Mary Simon will make stops next week in Kuujjuaq, K...
May 05, 2022
No permission needed for controlled burns regardless of conditions: SPSA
There were two significant fires resulting from controlled burns that spiralled out of control in late April, but provincial law doesn't require anyone who wants to conduct a controlled burn in Saskat...
May 05, 2022
Committee tasked with promoting hockey in Quebec says game should be 'national' sport
MONTREAL - A committee established by the Quebec government to promote hockey in the province says the sport needs to be more affordable. The committee, headed by former Montreal Canadiens goalie Marc...
May 05, 2022
Province reports 766 new cases of COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting the Omicron variant BA.2 is the dominant strain of COVID-19 making up 83 per cent of the variants of concern in this weeks epidemiology (epi) report.A littl...
May 05, 2022
Ex-world champ Spencer says Boxing Canada boss should've been fired "a long time ago"
Three-time world boxing champion Mary Spencer is surprised that Daniel Trepanier still has his job. "He should have been fired a long time ago," Spencer said. "A long time ago." The eight-time nationa...
May 05, 2022
Israeli medics say 3 killed in stabbing attack near Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM (AP) - A pair of Palestinian attackers went on a stabbing rampage in a town near Tel Aviv on Thursday night, killing at least three people and wounding four others before fleeing in a vehicl...
May 05, 2022
Drama club director bids farewell to program
When the final curtain closes on Churchill Community High School's drama production of Frozen Jr. on Saturday, it will also mark the last time Connie Haugen leads the program from the director's chair...
May 05, 2022