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Reports: Raptors send Birch, picks to Spurs in exchange for centre Poeltl
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have reportedly made their first move of the trade deadline - and it's for a familiar face. Toronto has sent Khem Birch, a protected 2024 first-round pick and two future ...
Feb 09, 2023
Suspicious vehicle investigation in southern Alberta leads to Bezanson man's arrest
On the morning of February 3, Strathmore RCMP General Duty and Crime Reduction Units responded to a suspicious vehicle in a field just outside of Strathmore that was stuck in the snow.Upon arrival, po...
Feb 09, 2023
Wanham-raised volleyball player named U Sports Player of the Week
An athlete from the Peace has been given some national recognition from U Sports, the body that oversees university sports in Canada.Wanham's Quinn Pelland has been named the Player of the Week in wom...
Feb 09, 2023
Canadian women’s rugby sevens team aims to get back on track at Vancouver tournament
VANCOUVER - After having their early expectations derailed, the Canadian women's sevens team hopes playing in front of a hometown crowd at the upcoming HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series event in Vancouve...
Feb 09, 2023
Zelenskyy wraps up European tour with visit to EU summit
BRUSSELS (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is wrapping up a whirlwind tour of his major European backers, already heading home with heaps of goodwill, promises of more military aid and, a...
Feb 09, 2023
In The News for Feb. 9 : Canada mourns victims of Montreal daycare bus attack
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 Feb. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 09, 2023
Quebec premier to visit Montreal suburb where daycare bus attack killed two children
LAVAL, Que. - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is to visit a Montreal suburb today where a transit driver crashed a bus into a daycare, killing two children and injuring six others. Legault says he will...
Feb 09, 2023
Trust in governments shows signs of life as pandemic starts to fade
OTTAWA - An annual survey on how trusting Canadians are suggests their faith in governments is rebounding as the COVID-19 pandemic begins to fade. The 2023 CanTrust Index published by Proof Strategies...
Feb 09, 2023
Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized after feeling lightheaded
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat who suffered a stroke during his campaign last year, was hospitalized Wednesday night after feeling lightheaded while attending a ...
Feb 08, 2023
Death toll in Turkey, Syria earthquake surpasses 15,000
GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) - The death toll from the catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria rose to more than 15,000 as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of collapsed homes in the stricke...
Feb 08, 2023