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Governments, B.C. coastal First Nations endorse marine protection action plan
VANCOUVER - The federal and British Columbia governments, alongside 15 coastal First Nations, have officially endorsed the blueprint for a vast network of marine protected areas along Canada's west co...
Feb 5, 2023
Team Alberta North third in ulu standings at Arctic Winter Games
The Arctic Winter Games wrapped up Saturday and team Alberta North wound up third in the medal standings.Alberta has 144 ulus, with results from Saturday's competition still to be added in.That breaks...
Feb 5, 2023
Crosby remains hopeful of playing at another best-on-best international tournament
SUNRISE, Fla. - Sidney Crosby isn't giving up hope on one day playing at another best-on-best international tournament. At least not yet. The NHL skipped the 2018 Olympics for financial reasons before...
Feb 5, 2023
Newfoundland family finds hockey jerseys lost during post-tropical storm Fiona
Three tupperware bins hold all that remains of Peggy Savery's life and home since post-tropical storm Fiona ravaged her Newfoundland community and swept away most of her possessions last September. Bu...
Feb 5, 2023
Pope, Anglican, Presbyterian minister denounce anti-gay laws
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Pope Francis, the head of the Anglican Communion and top Presbyterian minister together denounced the criminalization of homosexuality on Sunday and said gay people shoul...
Feb 5, 2023
Ex-foreign minister heads to runoff for Cyprus presidency
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - An exit poll by Cyprus' state broadcaster showed Sunday that the country's former foreign minister will advance to a Feb. 12 runoff for the presidency, although who his opponent...
Feb 5, 2023
Canadian Kyle Nelson fights to a controversial draw on UFC Fight Night card
LAS VEGAS - Canadian featherweight Kyle (The Monster) Nelson fought (The Korean Superboy) Doo-ho Choi to a controversial majority draw early Sunday on a UFC Fight Night card. Choi, the fight favourite...
Feb 5, 2023
Canada sends military aircraft into Haiti's skies as gang violence escalates
Canada has sent one of its military planes to Haiti to help the country cope with escalating violence. A joint statement today from National Defence Minister Anita Anand and Foreign Affairs Minister M...
Feb 5, 2023
Five things to know about health-care talks Tuesday between Trudeau, premiers
OTTAWA - On Tuesday in Ottawa, Canada's 13 premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit around the same table in person for the first time since COVID-19 hoping to find a path toward a new long...
Feb 5, 2023
Grande Prairie man to race in 2023 Bridgestone Canadian Superbike National Championship
Paul Macdonnell has signed on with Ontariobased speed shop Acme Motorsports and will be racing in the 2023 Bridgestone Canadian Superbike National Championship on a Yahama YZF-R1.Macdonnell, who curre...
Feb 5, 2023