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Poland plans to grant Ukraine's request for fighter jets
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's president says his country plans to give Ukraine a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the first NATO member country to fulfill the Ukrainian government's increasingly u...
Mar 16, 2023
U Sports hockey and volleyball championships this weekend, Peace Region athletes chasing national titles
HOCKEY UPDATE:Two third period goals gave the Mount Royal University Cougars a 3-2 win over the University of Toronto to open the U Sports Women's Hockey Championship.Mount Royal had trailed 2-1 going...
Mar 16, 2023
NWP to host first 'NWP Business Conference' next week
The 30th annual NWP Business Conference is set to take place at NWP on Tuesday, March 21. This is the first one to be held under the name Northwestern Polytechnic nameThe conference will feature some ...
Mar 16, 2023
Yellen to tell Congress US banking system 'remains sound'
WASHINGTON (AP) - A week after the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to tell the Senate Finance Committee that the nation's banking system "remains s...
Mar 16, 2023
Pentagon shows footage of aircraft dumping fuel on US drone
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Bl...
Mar 16, 2023
Legault to visit Quebec town reeling from vehicle attack : In The News for Mar. 16
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Mar. 16 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 16, 2023
Temporary closure of Iqaluit centre highlights need to address food insecurity
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The executive director of a Nunavut food charity says there's a need to address the root causes of food insecurity after 500 people in the territorial capital went without a daily m...
Mar 16, 2023
Legault, party leaders to visit Quebec town reeling after pedestrians killed by truck
AMQUI, Que. - Quebec Premier Franois Legault will today visit the eastern Quebec town where a pickup truck plowed into groups of pedestrians, killing two. Legault will be joined by opposition leaders ...
Mar 16, 2023
Some federal public servants get remote-work extension as others face deadline
OTTAWA - Some federal government workers will be able to continue remote work for another year, as most face a March 31 deadline to return to the office at least two days a week. A spokesperson for Tr...
Mar 16, 2023
'Worse than an animal': Mother enraged as killer claims Amanda Zhao might be alive
In 2002, Yang Baoying flew from China to Vancouver to identify her daughter Amanda Zhao's body. The 21-year-old English student's remains had been found stuffed in a suitcase in Mission, B.C., and Yan...
Mar 16, 2023