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Retired general Jonathan Vance loses military honour at his own request
OTTAWA - Retired gen. Jonathan Vance, Canada's former chief of the defence staff, has terminated his appointment to a major Canadian military honour. A notice posted in the Canada Gazette, the federal...
May 07, 2022
Forced to relocate to a flood plain: Manitoba First Nation says protection is overdue
WINNIPEG - The marshy delta of Manitoba's Fisher River was not the original home of Peguis First Nation. But having been relocated there more than a century ago after an illegal land transfer, and fac...
May 07, 2022
South Korea says North Korea fired projectile toward sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired at least one unidentified projectile toward its eastern sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, in its second launch this week, apparently continuing ...
May 07, 2022
Estevan beats Flin Flon 2-0 in Game 7 to win first SJHL title in 23 years
The Estevan Bruins turned back the clock to 1999 on Friday when they hoisted the Canalta Cup as SJHL champions.The Bruins, who finished atop the 2021-22 regular-season standings with 91 points, defeat...
May 07, 2022
Forced to relocate to a flood plain: Manitoba First Nation says protection is overdue
WINNIPEG - The marshy delta of Manitoba's Fisher River was not the original home of Peguis First Nation. But having been relocated there more than a century ago after an illegal land transfer, and fac...
May 07, 2022
Five Things To Know about the NHL playoffs
Friday night in the Stanley Cup playoffs saw the Leafs abuse Vasilevskiy again, the Oilers drown the Kings in a deluge of goals once again and a modern NHL legend add to his legacy. Here are five thin...
May 07, 2022
Afghanistan's Taliban order women to wear burqa in public
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public, a sharp hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights a...
May 07, 2022
Chelsea sold to group fronted by LA Dodgers part owner
LONDON (AP) - Chelsea is being sold to a consortium fronted American sports investor Todd Boehly, ending 19 years of ownership and lavish investment by Roman Abramovich until the Russian oligarch was ...
May 07, 2022
South Korea says North Korea fired projectile toward sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired at least one unidentified projectile toward its eastern sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, in its second launch this week, apparently continuing ...
May 06, 2022
Evacuation efforts go on at sprawling Ukrainian steel mill
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) - Efforts to evacuate more civilians from the tunnels beneath a sprawling steel mill were to go on Saturday as Ukrainian fighters make their last stand in Mariupol to preven...
May 06, 2022