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Youth vaping surges in Saskatchewan as province lags on tabacco reform
Saskatchewan is falling behind in efforts to reduce tobacco use and youth vaping, prompting renewed calls for stronger public health policies and provincial action.According to the latest Canadian Stu...
Apr 11, 2025
Wickens returns to elite racing with use of hand controls 7 years after he was paralyzed in a crash
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Nearly seven years after he was paralyzed in an IndyCar crash, Robert Wickens will return to elite competition on Saturday when he drives a Corvette in the IMSA sports car ra...
Apr 11, 2025
Trump tariffs, economy, focus of Liberals, Conservatives campaigns
U.S. President Donald Trump and his punishing tariffs got top billing in the federal election again Friday, as the third week of campaigning drew toward a close.Liberal Leader Mark Carney left the cam...
Apr 11, 2025
Canadian men to open Gold Cup in Vancouver with coach suspended from sideline
Canada will begin CONCACAF Gold Cup play against Honduras in Vancouver before shifting to Houston for its remaining two Group B games. The 30th-ranked Canadian men will take on No. 75 Honduras on June...
Apr 11, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds murder conviction for Vancouver Island prison escapee
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a man...
Apr 11, 2025
Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
JENA, La. (AP) - Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana ruled Friday during a hearing over the legality of k...
Apr 11, 2025
A convicted killer who was mistakenly released from jail is caught 2 weeks later
ATLANTA (AP) - The U.S. Marshals Service said Friday that a convicted killer who was mistakenly released from a Georgia jail has been caught two weeks later in Florida - ending days of anxiety for the...
Apr 11, 2025
'Almost forgotten and has now been reclaimed': Tournament honouring Jim Neilson gets underway this weekend
One of the biggest Indigenous hockey tournaments in Western Canada is back in North Battleford this weekend, the Jim Neilson Invitational (JNI) Tournament gets underway tonight at the Access Communica...
Apr 11, 2025
Gabriel Landeskog expected to play Friday for AHL's Colorado Eagles, 1st pro game in nearly 3 years
Gabriel Landeskog is expected to play in a professional game Friday night for the first time in nearly three years when he suits up with the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League. The longtime...
Apr 11, 2025
Injuries continue to mount as Toronto FC looks for its first win of the MLS season
TORONTO - Toronto FC's play is improving, but its health is not. Toronto will be without injured defenders Nicksoen Gomis, Henry Wingo, Zane Monlouis and Richie Laryea as well as forward Deandre Kerr ...
Apr 11, 2025