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Naomi Osaka, LeBron James team up for entertainment venture
LOS ANGELES (AP) - LeBron James and Naomi Osaka are becoming teammates in the entertainment world. Tennis star Osaka and her agent and business partner, Stuart Duguid, are forming a media company call...
Jun 21, 2022

Serena Williams wins 1st match of comeback after year away
EASTBOURNE, England (AP) - As "What A Feeling" boomed around Devonshire Park, Serena Williams strode onto center court at Eastbourne to a standing ovation for her first competitive tennis match in nea...
Jun 21, 2022

Whitecaps, York United set to clash in Canadian Championship semi finals
VANCOUVER - Vanni Sartini says his Vancouver Whitecaps are on the cusp of playing their biggest game so far this year. The 'Caps are set to host York United on Wednesday in the semifinal of the Canadi...
Jun 21, 2022

South Dakota attorney general convicted in impeachment trial
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Senate on Tuesday convicted Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg in an impeachment trial over a 2020 car crash in which he killed a pedestrian. The conviction triggers...
Jun 21, 2022

Northern Lights School Division needs 21 teachers before September, hosts recruitment event in Green Lake
While students have only days left before the summer break, administration with Northern Lights School Division will be spending that time recruiting 21 teachers. That's according to superintendent of...
Jun 21, 2022

Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar declared winner in Texas recount
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A recount in Texas affirmed Democrat U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar as the winner Tuesday of his primary race against progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros, who had trailed by fewer th...
Jun 21, 2022

Flying Dust hosts celebrates National Indigenous People's Day
The celebration of Indigenous culture continued in the Meadow Lake region Tuesday.Flying Dust First Nation (FDFN) hosted a celebration on National Indigenous People's Day. Hundreds of students from lo...
Jun 21, 2022

Winnipeg police say remains in landfill are those of Rebecca Contois
WINNIPEG - Remains found in a landfill have been identified as those of Rebecca Contois, a 24-year-old Indigenous woman, police said Tuesday. "Rebecca's family has been notified and the homicide unit ...
Jun 21, 2022

Online-streaming bill passes third reading in House of Commons, heads to Senate
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's online-streaming bill, which has been the subject of fierce debate among members of Parliament, is now headed to the Senate. Bill C-11 passed third reading in the Hou...
Jun 21, 2022

Russia's misinformation campaign failing, say Canadian general, EU and NATO officials
OTTAWA - Russian attempts to sell false narratives in the West about the invasion of Ukraine are failing, say a Canadian general and senior NATO and European officials. At a security conference in Ott...
Jun 21, 2022