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Judge lifts limit on number of workers who can picket in Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE - The Union of Northern Workers says it is pleased with a ruling by a Northwest Territories Supreme Court judge to lift restrictions on the number of people who can picket outside city fac...
Feb 17, 2023

6 fatally shot in small Mississippi town, suspect in custody
ARKABUTLA, Miss. (AP) - Six people were fatally shot Friday at multiple locations in a small town in rural Mississippi near the Tennessee state line, and authorities blamed a lone suspect who was take...
Feb 17, 2023

Medication gives Nipawin woman best oxygen levels of her life
For the first time in her life, Morgan Buyaki can almost breathe normally. A life-saving medication that the 23-year-old spent months convincing the province to pay for has made a world of difference ...
Feb 17, 2023

Montreal judoka Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard fights to gold at Tel Aviv Grand Slam
TEL AVIV, Israel - Montreal judoka Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard fought to a gold medal in the under-63-kilogram category on Friday at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam. Beauchemin-Pinard won her third career gol...
Feb 17, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Fisheries Department to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.'s coast
VICTORIA - Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray says the government will not renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around British Columbia's Discovery Islands. Murray says the Discovery Isla...
Feb 17, 2023

Former MP says Canada has become 'open market' for foreign interference in elections
RICHMOND, B.C. - A former British Columbia member of Parliament says he fears Canada has become an "open market" for foreign governments to sway elections after being named in a newspaper report as th...
Feb 17, 2023

Ottawa's Mirela Rahneva finishes third on World Cup skeleton circuit
SIGULDA, Latvia - Ottawa's Mirela Rahneva locked up third place overall on the World Cup women's skeleton standings with a sixth-place finish Friday in the final event of the season. Rahneva finished ...
Feb 17, 2023

Speedskaters Johnson, Dubreuil and Gélinas-Beaulieu help Canada win team sprint gold
TOMASZW MAZOWIECKI, Poland - Canada won its first men's team sprint gold medal in five seasons on Friday to kick off the final World Cup speedskating event of the 2022-23 campaign. Anders Johnson of C...
Feb 17, 2023

Quick Quotes: Canada reacts to report that says use of Emergencies Act was justified
OTTAWA - Nearly one year after the "Freedom Convoy" demonstrators blocked traffic at Canadian border crossings and occupied the nation's capital, an independent commission released a report saying the...
Feb 17, 2023

Canada's Rob Thomson reflects on World Series appearance with Phillies
DUNEDIN, Fla. - CANADIAN CLASSIC Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson has had a few months to reflect on his team's long post-season run last fall. The Canadian took over as skipper in June when ...
Feb 17, 2023