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Suspended Avs forward Valeri Nichushkin added to roster, will make season debut against Washington
DENVER (AP) - Suspended Colorado forward Valeri Nichushkin was added to the Avalanche's active roster and will make his season debut Friday night against Washington. Nichushkin recently returned to th...
Nov 15, 2024
CUPW Local 744 participating in Postal Worker Strike
Canada Post workers have gone on strikeAfter issuing a 72-hour strike notice Tuesday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are now on strike, including the members of the Peace Region's Local 744 who ...
Nov 15, 2024
Joly, Blinken push to get B.C. river treaty through Congress before Trump government
LIMA - Top officials in both Canada and the United States are pushing for the need to finalize the Columbia River Treaty to manage water flowing between the two countries before the administration cha...
Nov 15, 2024
Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps lead after pairs short program at Finlandia Trophy
HELSINKI - Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps led after Friday's pairs short program at the Finlandia Trophy, the fifth stop on the Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Stellato-Dudek, who is fr...
Nov 15, 2024
Charge laid in drowning death of 5-year-old on Wabamun Lake
Parkland RCMP have laid a charge in relation to a drowning that happened on Wabamun Lake earlier this fall.It was Oct. 13 when RCMP responded to the lake in Wabamun Provincial Park, west of Edmonton.I...
Nov 15, 2024
Three more cases of fraudulent overbilling, Ottawa says
OTTAWA - The federal government has referred three more cases of fraudulent overbilling in its procurement system to the RCMP. In July, a former federal consultant was charged with fraud for overbilli...
Nov 15, 2024
Québec solidaire member faces rebuke for saying fellow politicians target minorities
MONTREAL - Amid heavy criticism across party lines, an opposition member of the provincial legislature is not backing down from comments that his fellow lawmakers say painted them as racist. Haroun Bo...
Nov 15, 2024
Insurance bureau estimates $110 million in damages from October storms in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Intense flooding that hammered British Columbia's coast last month has led to more than $110 million in insured damage claims. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says insurers have been workin...
Nov 15, 2024
Cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault apologizes over Indigenous identity claims
EDMONTON - Canada's Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault is apologizing after shifting claims of his Indigenous identity came under scrutiny. The Edmonton Liberal member of Parliament says he's sorr...
Nov 15, 2024
Guatemalan court overturns order that freed journalist José Rubén Zamora, orders his return to jail
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A Guatemalan appeals court on Friday overturned the order freeing journalist Jos Rubn Zamora and ordered his return to jail. Zamora, founder of El Peridico newspaper, had spent m...
Nov 15, 2024