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$65 million jackpot up for grabs in Friday's LOTTO MAX draw
One Canadian, or maybe a few, could go into the weekend a multi-millionaire.The Western Canada Lottery Corporation says the jackpot in the LOTTO MAX draw on Friday, November 15 is an estimated $65 mil...
Nov 15, 2024
Regulators approve North Dakota section of planned 5-state Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota utility regulators granted approval on Friday for a span of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five Midwestern states - a key victory for the compan...
Nov 15, 2024
Federal government overestimating immigration impact on housing gap: PBO
OTTAWA - Canada's parliamentary budget officer says the federal government is overestimating the impact its new immigration plan will have on the country's housing shortage. In October the Liberal gov...
Nov 15, 2024
Doctors in northern Saskatchewan treat 27 scurvy cases, highlight food insecurity
LA RONGE, Sask. - Doctors in La Ronge, Sask., have treated 27 cases of scurvy within the last six months, bringing to light the severe impact of food insecurity in the province's North. Dr. Jeff Irvin...
Nov 15, 2024
Toronto FC 2 makes roster moves, with no current place for leading scorer Altobelli
TORONTO - Toronto FC 2, TFC's reserve side which plays in MLS Next Pro, has started reshaping its 2025 roster with question marks over the future of captain and leading scorer Julian Altobelli, forwar...
Nov 15, 2024
Blondin makes two trips to the podium as Canada earns three medals at Four Continents
HACHINOHE - Ivanie Blondin helped Canada to a team sprint gold medal before picking up an individual bronze Friday as the season-opening ISU Four Continents speedskating championships got underway. Ot...
Nov 15, 2024
A French student who was arrested and detained in Tunisia returns to Paris
PARIS (AP) - A French doctoral student detained in Tunisia returned to Paris on Friday after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions. Victor Dupont, a 27-year-old pursuing a Ph.D. at Aix-Marseille U...
Nov 15, 2024
Germany's Scholz discusses Ukraine with Russia's Putin in first such call in 2 years
BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the war in Ukraine in a phone call Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the German government said, in the first such conversation in two...
Nov 15, 2024
Foreign interference inquiry's final report now due by end of January
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving an inquiry into foreign interference an extra month to complete its work. Commissioner Marie-Jose Hogue's final report is now due by the end of January, a mon...
Nov 15, 2024
MLA Dyck kicks off Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign
The Salvation Army launched its Christmas Kettle Campaign in Grande Prairie on Thursday with Grande Prairie MLA Nolan Dyck as the first official donor.Executive Director of the Grande Prairie branch, ...
Nov 15, 2024