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Running back to Saskatchewan: Morrow signs extension with Riders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have locked up a starter who could have become a CFL free agent in February.The Roughriders announced Wednesday they've signed running back Jamal Morrow to a one-year cont...
Dec 07, 2022
Poulin first female hockey player to win Canada's athlete of the year honour
TORONTO - Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin has won the 2023 Northern Star Award, making her the first female hockey player to claim the honour given annually to Canada's athlete of the year. The 31-...
Dec 07, 2022
Police call not to search for women's remains "a breach of human dignity," AFN hears
OTTAWA - A Mohawk official tasked with helping Indigenous communities investigate unmarked graves says Winnipeg police's refusal to search for the remains of missing women in a landfill is a "breach o...
Dec 07, 2022
Nearly 130 job offers made during Sask. recruitment mission to Philippines
The Saskatchewan government says its recruiting trip to the Philippines to add health-care workers resulted in nearly 130 job offers being made.In a media release Wednesday, the government said the Sa...
Dec 07, 2022
Croatia soccer federation fined after fans verbally abuse Canadian 'keeper
DOHA, Qatar - FIFA has fined the Croatian soccer federation 50,000 Swiss francs (C$72,500) for after the team's fans verbally abused and taunted Canada goalkeeper Milan Borjan during a game at the Wor...
Dec 07, 2022
Mint issues black-ringed toonie in memory of Queen Elizabeth II
The Royal Canadian Mint is issuing a new black-ringed toonie to honour Queen Elizabeth II. The mint says the coin's black outer ring is intended to evoke a "mourning armband" to honour the queen, who ...
Dec 07, 2022
Duke Energy: All equipment damaged in NC shooting now fixed
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Duke Energy said Wednesday that it has completed repairs on substation equipment damaged when it was shot up and that it expects power to be fully restored by the evening. In a st...
Dec 07, 2022
Watchdog finds many failures before Whitey Bulger's killing
WASHINGTON (AP) - A series of missteps by federal Bureau of Prisons officials preceded the October 2018 beating death of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, the Justice Department's inspe...
Dec 07, 2022
Canada commits $800 million to support Indigenous-led conservation projects
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will spend up to $800 million to support four major Indigenous-led conservation projects across the country covering nearly one mil...
Dec 07, 2022
Information on Coping with Lack of Children's Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen Products
Health Canada is working with the companies that supply pediatric/infant and children's acetaminophen and ibuprofen products to address the shortage of children's fever and pain medications.DO NOT use...
Dec 07, 2022