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SaskPower planning for electric vehicles
As Teslas, IONIQs, and LEAFs become more popular in Saskatchewan, SaskPower is working on how to incorporate electric vehicles (EVs) into its plans for the future.Nathan Hoffart, manager of customer s...
Aug 12, 2022

Rory MacDonald ready for anything, anyone as PFL switches opponent at last minute
In the leadup to Saturday's Professional Fighters League semifinal against (Prince) Magomed Umalatov in Cardiff, Wales, Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald pointed to a priority in his tra...
Aug 12, 2022

Police reopen investigation into sexual assault allegation against Olympiques players
QUEBEC - Police in Quebec City have reopened an investigation into a 2014 allegation of sexual assault involving players from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Gatineau Olympiques. The QMJHL sai...
Aug 12, 2022

Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) - Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. An Associated P...
Aug 12, 2022

Polio detected in NYC's sewage, suggesting virus circulating
NEW YORK (AP) - The virus that causes polio has been detected in New York City's wastewater weeks after a case of polio was identified in Rockland County north of the city, health officials announced ...
Aug 12, 2022

Whitecaps head to Los Angeles looking for fast start against Galaxy
VANCOUVER - For a change of pace, Jake Nerwinski wants the Vancouver Whitecaps to land the first blow when they face the Los Angeles Galaxy in a Major League Soccer road game Saturday night. The White...
Aug 12, 2022

Push for public release of warrant used to search Trump home
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump has called for the "immediate" release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his Florida estate, hours after the Justice Department had asked a ...
Aug 12, 2022

Alberta U-C-P membership drive and Heche on death's door: In The News for Aug. 12
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 Friday, August 12, 2022 ... What we are watchi...
Aug 12, 2022

Equal pay deal for US women's soccer approved by judge
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The proposed $24 million settlement between U.S. women soccer players and the sport's American governing body was approved Thursday by a federal judge, who scheduled a Dec. 5 hearin...
Aug 11, 2022

Set pieces cost Canada in 2-0 loss to South Korea at FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
SAN JOS, Costa Rica - South Korea took advantage of set pieces to hand Canada a 2-0 loss in its opening game Thursday at the FIFA under-20 Women's World Cup. The first goal came in the 53rd minute aft...
Aug 11, 2022