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Canada's interim import ban on handguns takes effect today
OTTAWA - As of today, individuals and businesses are no longer able to import restricted handguns into Canada, with limited exceptions. The move announced earlier this month is aimed at expediting a k...
Aug 19, 2022

Prime Minister's summer tour stops today in the Magdalen Islands
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel today to the beautiful Magdalen Islands in Quebec. Trudeau's office says he is the first prime minister in two decades to visit the small archipelago...
Aug 19, 2022

Canadian veterans in France to mark 80th anniversary of disastrous Dieppe Raid
OTTAWA - Canadian flags hang alongside French and British on the streets of Dieppe, France, each August as the city marks the anniversary of an important and disastrous day during the Second World War...
Aug 19, 2022

Springer, Guerrero lead Jays to 9-2 rout of slumping Yanks
NEW YORK (AP) - George Springer went 5-for-5, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run second inning off Frankie Montas, and the Toronto Blue Jays routed the slumping New York Yan...
Aug 18, 2022

Bradley off to fast start in bid to make FedEx Cup finale
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Keegan Bradley hasn't been to the FedEx Cup finale in four years, and he started the BMW Championship on Thursday like he was in a hurry to get back. Bradley matched a career l...
Aug 18, 2022

Hughes: Price could miss upcoming season, news on knee injury 'discouraging'
Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes says news of Carey Price's knee is "discouraging" and that the star goaltender may not play this coming season. Speaking to reporters after the Canadiens...
Aug 18, 2022

Canada not counting out underdog Czechs in world juniors semifinals
EDMONTON - Nathan Gaucher has been having a pretty special summer. In early July, the 18-year-old from Chambly, Que., heard his name called 22nd overall by the Anaheim Ducks at the NHL entry draft. No...
Aug 18, 2022

La Ronge council discusses results from daycare survey
Results are in from a recent daycare survey issued by La Ronge council. The survey was released to the public last month and it was designed to assess the current and future needs for daycare levels i...
Aug 18, 2022

Wolf found dead by roadside, another missing after B.C. zoo escape
ALDERGROVE - The Greater Vancouver Zoo says one of the wolves that escaped their enclosure this week has been found dead on a roadside, and a second wolf is still missing. The zoo in Aldergrove, B.C.,...
Aug 18, 2022

Vatican shelves assault probe into Canadian cardinal claims
ROME (AP) - The Vatican said Thursday that a preliminary church investigation into sexual assault allegations by a Canadian woman against a top cardinal, Marc Ouellet, has determined the case doesn't ...
Aug 18, 2022