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Learn about the Community Foundation and Apply for a Grant
The Canada Post Community Foundation provides grants to Canadian schools, charities and community organizations that make a difference in the lives of children and youth (up to age 21). Since 2012, th...
Feb 20, 2024
The US vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States vetoed an Arab-backed U.N. resolution Tuesday demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip. The vote in th...
Feb 20, 2024
Nikki Haley hasn't yet won a GOP contest. But she's vowing to keep fighting Donald Trump
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - There are no wins on the horizon for Nikki Haley. Those close to the former United Nations ambassador, the last major Republican candidate standing in Donald Trump's path to...
Feb 20, 2024
She's not quitting. Takeaways from Nikki Haley's push to stay in the GOP contest against Trump
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Nikki Haley's team is bracing for a home state embarrassment in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary on Saturday. Conventional wisdom suggests she'll be forced t...
Feb 20, 2024
Trout says he wants to stay with Angels. Rendon discusses where baseball ranks on his priority list
Mike Trout discussed his future and Anthony Rendon talked about his priorities as the Los Angeles Angels stars spoke Monday when position players started workouts at spring training camps across Arizo...
Feb 20, 2024
French teenager dies after dog sled crash northwest of Montreal
SAINT-MICHEL-DES-SAINTS, Que. - A 13-year-old French tourist has died after he crashed into a tree during a dog sled ride northwest of Montreal. Quebec provincial police say they were called to a prop...
Feb 20, 2024
Things to know about the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Members of the Kansas City community gathered Saturday afternoon to "demand a future free from gun violence" a day after authorities announced that two juveniles had been detai...
Feb 20, 2024
Mental health minister says 'safer supply' drug concerns rooted in 'stigma and fear'
Canada's mental health and addictions minister believes fear and stigma are driving criticism of the government's decision to support prescribing pharmaceuticals to drug users to combat the country's ...
Feb 20, 2024
Davidson house fire that killed five deemed ‘non-suspicious:’ RCMP
A house fire in Davidson that killed three children and two seniors on Sunday has been deemed non-suspicious by investigators.The weekend blaze caused major damage to the home in Davidson, a community...
Feb 20, 2024
Hundreds are set to descend on Tahiti for Olympic surfing. Can locals protect their way of life?
TEAHUPO'O, French Polynesia (AP) - Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as "mana" when he surfed Teahupo'o's waves on a piece of plywood for the first time, rushing down a crumbling...
Feb 20, 2024