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Peace Region speed skaters competing in national and international competitions
Four local athletes are hitting the track this weekend in both Canada and overseas in Europe.International competitionFort St. John speed skater Matthew Mitchell is set to compete Saturday, February 8...
Feb 07, 2025
CF Montreal beefs up defence with additions of Petrasso, Craig
MONTREAL - CF Montral has beefed up its defence ahead of the Major League Soccer season. The team announced Friday that it has added Canadian defender Luca Petrasso and American defender Brandan Craig...
Feb 07, 2025
As Ottawa explores new uses for AI in the public service, experts call for caution
OTTAWA - As the federal government explores new ways to use artificial intelligence, it's also being warned to keep the technology away from criminal justice, policy-making and hiring. Then-president ...
Feb 07, 2025
Three men in Quebec accused of smuggling people from the U.S. into Canada
MONTREAL - The RCMP say three men in Quebec have been charged for helping to smuggle people into Canada from the United States. During two separate events last year, the three men were intercepted in ...
Feb 07, 2025
Jays GM says Max Scherzer's arrival raises the bar for everyone in the organization
TORONTO - Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins says having veteran pitcher Max Scherzer, with his experience and compete level, raises the bar for the whole organization. Scherzer is coming off an in...
Feb 07, 2025
Ford urges Ottawa to move faster to satisfy U.S. border security demands
OTTAWA - Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is criticizing the federal government over the time it's taking to appoint what he calls a border czar. Ford says the Trump administration ha...
Feb 07, 2025
Parks Canada announces major step in redevelopment of Banff National Park 200-Block
Parks Canada announced Friday that the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada has been engaged to develop a new conceptual design in Banff National Park.RAIC will oversee an international design compe...
Feb 07, 2025
Ingram trade an ‘incremental step’ in Raptors’ rebuild, says GM Bobby Webster
TORONTO - It's not the type of trade rebuilding teams generally make. Yet the Toronto Raptors (16-35) flipped the script on Thursday, sending the New Orleans Pelicans a 2026 first-round pick from Indi...
Feb 07, 2025
Canada added 76,000 jobs in January as unemployment fell to 6.6 per cent
Canada's labour market added 76,000 jobs in January, beating economist expectations.Statistics Canada's labour force survey on Friday also said the unemployment rate ticked down 0.1 percentage points ...
Feb 07, 2025
Alberta-first eating disorders residential recovery centre opens in Calgary
A new eating disorders recovery centre -- the first of it's kind, according to the provincial government -- is now open in Calgary.The Government of Alberta provided an update on the project Thursday,...
Feb 07, 2025