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Police say director of Montreal seniors home billed for services that weren't given
MONTREAL - The head of a private seniors residence in Montreal is facing fraud charges after he allegedly billed a regional health authority for resident services that were never provided. Quebec anti...
Apr 27, 2023

Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's...
Apr 27, 2023

Canada's Rebecca Marino loses to Belgium's Elise Mertens at Madrid Open
MADRID - Canada's Rebecca Marino is out of the Madrid Open in the Round of 64 after losing Thursday in straight sets to Elise Mertens of Belgium, 6-3, 6-1. Marino, of Vancouver, had five double faults...
Apr 27, 2023

Battle River Ride for STARS 14th Annual Trail Ride
To help raise money for STARS we are glad to announce our 14th annual ride. We have raised over $233,000.00 in 13 years. Please consider this a trail ride to attend when planning your summer trail rid...
Apr 27, 2023

Federal public service strike enters ninth day, no sign of back-to-work legislation
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is showing no hints it will end the strike of its largest public sector union by legislating 155,000 federal civil servants back to work. The workers with the Public Se...
Apr 27, 2023

The Latest on what RCMP say happened in the mass killing on James Smith Cree Nation
MELFORT, Sask. - The RCMP are releasing details on a stabbing rampage last year in Saskatchewan. Eleven people were killed and 18 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village ...
Apr 27, 2023

Saskatchewan may release inquiry into Prince Albert police after serious incidents
Saskatchewan's public safety minister says she is considering releasing a report that investigated Prince Albert police amid ongoing concerns from Indigenous leaders over serious incidents in the comm...
Apr 27, 2023

A new era in Gatineau: Red-hot Olympiques on impressive run heading into QMJHL semis
It was two games into a winning streak in January when Gatineau Olympiques coach and general manager Louis Robitaille leaned in to kiss his daughter, only to have her grumble about his prickly stubble...
Apr 27, 2023

First Canadian evacuation flight from Sudan has departed: Anand
OTTAWA - The first Canadian evacuation flight from Sudan took off Thursday and additional evacuations are planned over the next few days, Defence Minister Anita Anand confirmed as the scramble to help...
Apr 27, 2023

US to open foreign centers in bid to stop migration surge
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration will open migration centers in Guatemala and Colombia for asylum seekers heading to the U.S.-Mexico border, in a bid to slow what's expected to be a surge of...
Apr 27, 2023