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PWPSD celebrates 2024 Academic Excellence Awards
Peace Wapiti Public School Division recognized 16 2024 graduates Thursday with the annual Academic Excellence Awards.The awards are given out to students who either had an average of at least 90 per c...
Feb 21, 2025
Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King to resign today, Rob Lantz to replace him
CHARLOTTETOWN - Today is the last day in office for Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King, who announced Thursday he is stepping down in the interest of his family and the people of the Island. The...
Feb 21, 2025
Ex-coroner says B.C.'s drug policy overhaul looks like 'impulsive political decision'
British Columbia's former chief coroner says she's disappointed by the province's overhaul of its program that provides prescription alternatives to toxic street drugs, a shift she says "feels like a ...
Feb 21, 2025
Internal military report blames botched shooter drill on poor organization
OTTAWA - An internal report blames a lack of communication for a debacle on a Canadian Armed Forces base last fall, when masked men taking part in active-shooter drill fired blanks at civil servants w...
Feb 21, 2025
70% of Canadians support retaliatory tariffs on United States: poll
OTTAWA - Seventy per cent of Canadians are in favour of dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on the United States, a new poll suggests. Nearly half of respondents to the Leger poll - 45 per cent - sa...
Feb 21, 2025
Ontario election: Leaders in final stretch of campaign, Ford returns to Washington
Ontario's main political party leaders are entering the final stretch of their campaigns, with less than a week left until election day. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is set to make an announcement in...
Feb 21, 2025
In the news today: Canada triumphs over US in 4 Nations final
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada triumphs over US in 4 Nations final Canada defeated its archrival the United States 3-2 in overtime in ...
Feb 21, 2025
Saprissa downs Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 in CONCACAF Champions Cup play
SAN JOS - The Vancouver Whitecaps opened their season with a 2-1 loss to Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa in a CONCACAF Champions Cup matchup on Thursday. Ariel Rodriguez came off the bench and sco...
Feb 20, 2025
Susanna Tapani's OT winner helps Fleet escape late scare from Charge
OTTAWA - Susanna Tapani scored on a breakaway with just 47 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Boston Fleet a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Charge in Professional Women's Hockey League action on Thurs...
Feb 20, 2025
Israel identifies remains of child hostages but says body Hamas returned was not their mother
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Forensic scientists identified the remains of two Israeli child hostages handed over by Hamas but another body said to be their mother was "an anonymous, unidentified body," th...
Feb 20, 2025