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'They never quit': Carpenter High's Spartans fall 49-6 to Kindersley Kobras in home opener
The helmets were gleaming under the sunlight at Lion Park on Sept. 5, the crowd at over 150, and for the first time in six years, Carpenter High's Spartans charged onto the football field. It wasn't t...
Sep 08, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney details tariff relief funding for Atlantic businesses
ST. JOHN'S - Prime Minister Mark Carney says businesses in Atlantic Canada will be able to access $80 million of the tariff relief fund set up by the Liberal government. Ottawa has set aside $1 billio...
Sep 08, 2025
System failed Quebec girl whose 2019 killing led to youth protection reforms: coroner
MONTREAL - A seven-year-old girl from Granby, Que., whose death in 2019 galvanized the province into reforming the youth protection system, was failed by both individuals and institutions, a coroner s...
Sep 08, 2025
Police update expected on double-murder fugitive who escaped B.C. jail
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are set to announce an update on a fugitive twice convicted of first-degree murder who has been on the lam for more than three years. The RCMP's Federal Policing Pacif...
Sep 08, 2025
Canada's transportation safety board to investigate St. Maarten WestJet hard landing
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is sending a team of investigators to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten to investigate the rough landing of a WestJet plane yesterday. The safety bo...
Sep 08, 2025
Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds
SEATTLE (AP) - For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacter...
Sep 08, 2025
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles, the latest victory for President Donald Trump's administrati...
Sep 08, 2025
Joly expects aluminum sector to receive 'hundreds of millions' in tariff relief
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mlanie Joly says Quebec's aluminum sector is likely to receive "hundreds of millions of dollars" from a $5 billion fund to help sectors slammed by U.S. tariffs. Nearly all o...
Sep 08, 2025
Appeals court upholds E. Jean Carroll's $83.3 million defamation judgment against President Trump
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a civil jury's finding that President Donald Trump must pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll for his repeated social media attacks against the longti...
Sep 08, 2025
Trump asks Supreme Court for emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen. The crux of the legal fight is over nearly $5 bil...
Sep 08, 2025