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Peace region non-profits receive over $265k through CIP grants
The provincial government has released the list of non-profits that applied for Community Initiatives Program grants in the 2023-24 budget year. $9.9 million dollars is going to 260 non-profits across...
Jan 25, 2024

U.K. suspends trade negotiations with Canada, as each accuse the other of not budging
OTTAWA - The United Kingdom is hitting the brakes on trade talks with Canada after Ottawa decided to not extend two temporary measures put in place after Brexit. London announced the pause in negotiat...
Jan 25, 2024

Scotiabank Arena to host PWHL's 'Battle on Bay Street' between Toronto and Montreal
TORONTO - The Professional Women's Hockey League is heading to Scotiabank Arena. The united North American circuit announced Thursday its Feb. 16 game between Toronto and Montreal will be played at th...
Jan 25, 2024

Study suggests oilsands pollutant release vastly higher than official estimates
Alberta's oilsands are releasing potentially hazardous compounds into the atmosphere at rates dozens of times higher than official estimates, newly published research suggests. The authors say the mas...
Jan 25, 2024

Manager in fatal B.C. rooming house fire calls for better fire safety training
BURNABY, B.C. - The manager of a Vancouver rooming house that was the site of a fatal fire in 2022 broke down in tears at an inquest, telling the jury that staff needed better training in fire safety....
Jan 25, 2024

Turkey formally ratifies Sweden's NATO membership, leaving Hungary as only ally yet to endorse it
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey published a measure approving Sweden's membership in NATO in an official gazette on Thursday, finalizing the ratification that brings the previously nonaligned country a s...
Jan 25, 2024

Senators general manager Steve Staios reflects on disappointing first half
OTTAWA - When Steve Staios joined the Ottawa Senators as president of hockey operations in September, he didn't expect his team would be sitting near the bottom of the Eastern Conference at the halfwa...
Jan 25, 2024

Donald Trump testifies in his defense in E. Jean Carroll defamation suit
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump began testifying Thursday in a New York defamation trial to determine how much he might owe the advice columnist E. Jean Carroll for disparaging her as a liar after she pu...
Jan 25, 2024

UBC lineman Benedet top-ranked Canadian university player on CFL winter scouting list
TORONTO - It's always good to have options, and Theo Benedet certainly does regarding a pro football career. The towering six-foot-seven, 305-pound offensive lineman from the University of British Col...
Jan 25, 2024

Murder of Quebec sergeant: No charges for officers who killed suspect after attack
Quebec provincial police officers won't face charges for killing a man moments after he had allegedly attacked and killed their colleague in March. Police shot dead Isaac Brouillard Lessard, 35, after...
Jan 25, 2024