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With Memorial Cup berths secure, Huskies and Mooseheads to meet in league final
The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies and Halifax Mooseheads will play for a national championship later this month. What remains uncertain is who will enter the Memorial Cup as the Quebec Major Junior Hocke...
May 03, 2019
Roughriders’ first pick sees his dream come true
Justin McInnis got the phone call that he had long been waiting for Thursday - and he didn't answer it right away."Even though my agent texted me and told me that they were going to call, when I saw t...
May 03, 2019 (Justin McInnis/Twitter)
Quebec government seeks answers from youth protection after 7-year-old girl dies
MONTREAL - The Quebec government wants a full accounting of what happened to a seven-year-old girl whose case had long been on the radar of youth protection officials before her death t...
May 03, 2019
Steak Supper and Auction Fundraiser
There will be a Steak Supper and Silent Auction Fundraiser for Jade Pikowicz and Kerry Hamilton on Saturday, May 18 at 6:00 p.m. at the Meadow Lake Legion located at 109-1st street west.Cocktails at 6...
May 03, 2019
Storm beat the odds to meet No. 1 67's for J. Ross Robertson Cup
Guelph Storm captain Isaac Ratcliffe had almost nothing to play for in his first three years in the Ontario Hockey League. The six-foot-six, 204-pound winger missed the playoffs in...
May 03, 2019
Conservatives didn't properly investigate allegations against Dykstra: report
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada is adding police checks to its candidate vetting policies The party hired lawyer Carol Nielsen more than a year ago to probe how Rick Dykstra was allowed...
May 03, 2019
Federal government boosts loans for canola farmers amid tensions with China
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals promised Wednesday to give Canada's canola farmers financial aid to lessen the impact of China's decision to ban their products as part of a trade dis...
May 03, 2019
UN: Congo should exceed 1,000 Ebola deaths on Friday
GENEVA - Ebola deaths in Congo's latest outbreak are expected to exceed 1,000 later on Friday, the World Health Organization announced, as attacks continue on health workers trying to contain the viru...
May 03, 2019
City looking at 3D upgrade for Carlton crosswalk
More paint and some creativity will soon be added to a busy crosswalk near Carlton Comprehensive Public High School in an effort to make it more visible.Prince Albert city councillors voted this week ...
May 03, 2019 The painting style of a 3D crosswalk, such as this one in the Montreal borough of Outremont, creates an optical illusion that makes the lines appear to float above the ground. (Ryan Remiorz/ The Canadian Press)
Impact hope to continue defensive dominance when they host NYCFC
MONTREAL - It hasn't been pretty, but the results are just fine for Montreal Impact manager Remi Garde. "We don't have the most flamboyant game in Major League Soccer," Garde said. "(But) if we contin...
May 03, 2019