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Police may never be able to talk to driver of bus in deadly collision in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Manitoba RCMP say they may never be able to talk to the driver of a bus involved in a crash that killed 17 people a year ago. Supt. Rob Lasson says the driver continues to suffer severe med...
Jun 13, 2024

Washington state's Makah tribe clears major hurdle toward resuming whale hunts
SEATTLE (AP) - The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. The Makah, a...
Jun 13, 2024

NunatuKavut Community Council celebrates Federal Court decision in identity case
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has weighed in on the increasingly controversial issue of so-called Indigenous identity theft that has caused a rift in Labrador - or, at least, that's how the group at the ...
Jun 13, 2024

Double take: 23 sets of twins graduate from a single Massachusetts middle school
NEEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a Massachusetts middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade class. The identical and fraternal twins graduated from Poll...
Jun 13, 2024

Canada beats Japan, sets up key match Volleyball Nations League match with Dutch
FUKUOKA - Canada came back from two sets down to post a 3-2 win over Japan on Thursday in Volleyball Nations League action. Calgary's Alexa Gray led Canada with 30 points as Canada won with set scores...
Jun 13, 2024

Blues name Alexander Steen as GM in waiting with plan to succeed Doug Armstrong in 2026
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Alexander Steen is in line to become the first Swede to serve as an NHL general manager after the St. Louis Blues announced their front office succession plan Thursday. Steen was name...
Jun 13, 2024

OHL board approves Steelheads' move from Mississauga to Brampton
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League's board of governors has approved the relocation of the Mississauga Steelheads to neighbouring Brampton, Ont. The league said in a release that the team would retai...
Jun 13, 2024
Feds release carbon pricing impact data ahead of Conservative motion demanding it
Newly released federal modelling data suggest that carbon pricing for consumers and big industry will together lower greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 12 per cent a year by 2030 and shave 0.9 per ...
Jun 13, 2024
Bryan Cox Jr. ready to show potential with Riders in 2nd CFL season
It meant a lot to Bryan Cox Jr. to be back on the football field.The Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive end missed 12 games last season with an MCL injury."It was tough for me. Football is my sanctuar...
Jun 13, 2024

Pro-Palestinian encampment members say McGill's latest offer is 'laughable'
MONTREAL - Members of a pro-Palestinian encampment who have been occupying part of McGill University's downtown Montreal campus since April say the school's latest offer falls far short of what's need...
Jun 13, 2024