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Cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault apologizes over Indigenous identity claims
EDMONTON - Canada's Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault is apologizing after shifting claims of his Indigenous identity came under scrutiny. The Edmonton Liberal member of Parliament says he's sorr...
Nov 15, 2024
Shades of 2007
"The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of Pattison Media and this site."The Stony Mountain Blue Bombers proved they are t...
Nov 15, 2024
Guatemalan court overturns order that freed journalist José Rubén Zamora, orders his return to jail
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A Guatemalan appeals court on Friday overturned the order freeing journalist Jos Rubn Zamora and ordered his return to jail. Zamora, founder of El Peridico newspaper, had spent m...
Nov 15, 2024
Regulators approve North Dakota section of planned 5-state Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota utility regulators granted approval on Friday for a span of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five Midwestern states - a key victory for the compan...
Nov 15, 2024
Federal government overestimating immigration impact on housing gap: PBO
OTTAWA - Canada's parliamentary budget officer says the federal government is overestimating the impact its new immigration plan will have on the country's housing shortage. In October the Liberal gov...
Nov 15, 2024
Doctors in northern Saskatchewan treat 27 scurvy cases, highlight food insecurity
LA RONGE, Sask. - Doctors in La Ronge, Sask., have treated 27 cases of scurvy within the last six months, bringing to light the severe impact of food insecurity in the province's North. Dr. Jeff Irvin...
Nov 15, 2024
Toronto FC 2 makes roster moves, with no current place for leading scorer Altobelli
TORONTO - Toronto FC 2, TFC's reserve side which plays in MLS Next Pro, has started reshaping its 2025 roster with question marks over the future of captain and leading scorer Julian Altobelli, forwar...
Nov 15, 2024
Blondin makes two trips to the podium as Canada earns three medals at Four Continents
HACHINOHE - Ivanie Blondin helped Canada to a team sprint gold medal before picking up an individual bronze Friday as the season-opening ISU Four Continents speedskating championships got underway. Ot...
Nov 15, 2024
A French student who was arrested and detained in Tunisia returns to Paris
PARIS (AP) - A French doctoral student detained in Tunisia returned to Paris on Friday after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions. Victor Dupont, a 27-year-old pursuing a Ph.D. at Aix-Marseille U...
Nov 15, 2024
Germany's Scholz discusses Ukraine with Russia's Putin in first such call in 2 years
BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the war in Ukraine in a phone call Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the German government said, in the first such conversation in two...
Nov 15, 2024