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Ontario First Nations mull next steps on child welfare amid various legal opinions
OTTAWA - First Nations leaders are split over next steps after a landmark $47.8 billion child welfare reform deal with Canada was struck down, prompting differing legal opinions from both sides. The A...
Dec 09, 2024
Saskatchewan hockey player recovering after neck gashed by skate during game
ESTERHAZY, Sask. - A Saskatchewan hockey player is out of hospital after he was cut in the neck by a skate during a game. The Sask East Hockey League says captain Cole Cusitar of the Churchbridge Impe...
Dec 09, 2024
2024 volunteer award recipients named
The City of Grande Prairie and the Grande Prairie Regional Association of Volunteer Organizations have named the recipients of their 2024 volunteer awards.The awards were presented at the Internationa...
Dec 09, 2024
World Junior A Challenge starts Monday
Canada West will play Sweden Monday night in its first game at the Wold Junior A Challenge in Camrose.Storm players Max Algajer and Matthew Gillard are with the Canada West squad.Canada West will also...
Dec 09, 2024
Wait times grow amid Canada Post strike as backlogs and frustration build
It's almost two weeks since Darren Solomon had a working fridge. The appliance's compressor conked out on Nov. 26 and he's been waiting for a replacement part ever since. The supplier he spoke with la...
Dec 09, 2024
'Looking for the Weinstein of Quebec': impresario Gilbert Rozon's civil trial begins
MONTREAL - Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon's civil trial for sexual assault opened today at the Montreal courthouse with his lawyer portraying him as the scapegoat in a hunt to find Quebec's Har...
Dec 09, 2024
Critics raise eyebrows over plan to send prohibited firearms to Ukraine war effort
OTTAWA - Ottawa's new plan to send prohibited firearms to Ukraine to help in its war against Russia has some experts scratching their heads. The Liberal government announced last week it will work wit...
Dec 09, 2024
North anxious over dwindling necessities, no Christmas gifts, due to postal strike
HALIFAX - Community leaders in Northern Canada say the postal strike is starting to choke off the supply of some necessities and could mean children in more remote regions don't receive Christmas gift...
Dec 09, 2024
Panthers' Tkachuk, Bolts' Point, Knights' Hill named NHL stars of the week
NEW YORK - Florida left-wing Matthew Tkachuk, Tampa Bay centre Brayden Point and Vegas goaltender Adin Hill have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Tkachuk led the league with five goals an...
Dec 09, 2024
Summer McIntosh leads deep Canadian swim team into world short course championship
Summer McIntosh relishes swimming a race that she couldn't squeeze into her ambitious schedule at the Olympic Games in Paris. The reigning Olympic champion in two individual medleys and the 200-metre ...
Dec 09, 2024