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GPRC Women’s Soccer welcoming new recruits for 2019-20 season
Some local soccer players will be suiting up for the GPRC Wolves Women's Soccer team next season. The team has signed five new players for the 2019-2020 season, including two from the Swan City. Brook...
Mar 15, 2019
Canadian Maude-Aimee Leblanc grabs early lead at Symetra Tour event
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Canada’s Maude-Aimee Leblanc leads the way after the opening round of the Symetra Tour’s Natural Charity Classic. The Sherbrooke, Que., golfer carded a 7-under 65 on F...
Mar 15, 2019

The Latest: Family is helping Australian police investigate
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The Latest on shootings at mosques in New Zealand (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Australian police say the family of the suspect in the New Zealand mosque shootings is helpi...
Mar 15, 2019

Council of Saskatchewan city apologizes for comments in group home debate
WEYBURN, Sask. - City council in Weyburn, Sask., has apologized to residents and other Canadians for using insensitive words after a controversial decision to reject a care home for people with disabi...
Mar 15, 2019
Rock star Burton Cummings tells Saskatchewan dance studio to turn down the music
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Burton Cummings used to play some of the loudest rock in Canada, but now he’s trying to get a neighbouring dance studio in Saskatchewan to turn down its tunes. Kyra Klassen ow...
Mar 15, 2019

Ottawa, B.C. announce five-year salmon restoration fund to rebuild wild stocks
VICTORIA - The federal and British Columbia governments are preparing to cast a net to find new ways of protecting wild salmon habitat and restoring stocks. Federal Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkins...
Mar 15, 2019

Hockey wife's blog post highlights concerns over vaccine misinformation: experts
MONTREAL - An online post by the wife of an NHL star describing her children’s “alternative” vaccine schedule highlights how easily misinformation about vaccines can be spread over s...
Mar 15, 2019
Quebec government doesn't rule out buying SNC-Lavalin shares, Legault says
BROMONT, Que. - Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government isn’t ruling out buying shares in SNC-Lavalin in order to prevent the company from being sold or dismantled. Legault said Frid...
Mar 15, 2019

Golden Globe Awards to kick off awards season on Jan. 5
LOS ANGELES - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association says it has chosen a date for next year’s Golden Globe Awards. The association said Friday the 77th annual awards will be held Jan. 5. The c...
Mar 15, 2019

Alberta creating provincial hate crimes unit: Notley
Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta is creating a provincial hate crimes unit. She says the unit of police and Crown prosecutors will focus exclusively on investigating the proliferation of hate groups...
Mar 15, 2019