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‘We just need a break:’ Former Brier champ reflects on Sask. title drought
Jim Wilson and his teammates can still say they're the most recent Brier champions from Saskatchewan after Mike McEwen lost to Team Canada's Brad Gushue in the final of the 2024 Montana's Brier on Sun...
Mar 12, 2024

Special counsel Hur is set to testify before a House committee over handling of Biden documents case
WASHINGTON (AP) - The special counsel who impugned the president's age and competence in his report on how Joe Biden handled classified documents after his years as vice president is set to be questio...
Mar 12, 2024

Trudeau speaks with Haiti's outgoing PM about crisis, need for political agreement
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken with Haiti's now-departing prime minister about the ongoing humanitarian, security and political crises in that country. A readout issued by the PMO l...
Mar 12, 2024

In the news today: Haiti's Prime Minister to resign after transitional council formed
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ariel Henry bows to pressure, saying he'll resign once a council is formed to l...
Mar 12, 2024

Quebec to present 'restrained' budget today amid economic stagnation
Quebec's finance minister says the budget he is expected to present later today will be "restrained" amid what he describes as a provincial economy in stagnation. On Monday Eric Girard told reporters ...
Mar 12, 2024

Coral reef that 'shouldn't exist' thrives off B.C.'s Pacific Ocean, biologist says
VANCOUVER - It started with a tip from the local First Nation of a "bump on the sea floor" where the fish liked to be and led to the discovery of Canada's only known live coral reef. Deep sea ecologis...
Mar 12, 2024

This B.C. farm can grow softball-sized peaches. This year they'll rely on vegetables
One of the first indicators of how bountiful a fruit harvest will be in British Columbia comes months before any peaches, apricots or nectarines start fattening on trees. Like many other farmers, Jenn...
Mar 12, 2024

Food charity says aid ship bound for Gaza has set sail from Cyprus
JERUSALEM (AP) - An international charity says its aid ship bound for Gaza has set sail from Cyprus. Associated Press live footage showed the ship being towed out of the harbor in Cyprus. World Food K...
Mar 12, 2024

Dabrowski, Routliffe upset in women's doubles at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - On a day of big upsets at the BNP Paribas Open, second-seeded Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and her partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand were bounced out of the women's doubles ...
Mar 11, 2024

Haiti's premier to resign once transitional council created and interim leader named, official says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Caribbean leaders said late Monday that they "acknowledge the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry" once a transitional presidential council is created and an...
Mar 11, 2024