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Indigenous chiefs across Canada laud the pending approval of $2.8B settlement deal
VANCOUVER - First Nations leaders are voicing their formal support in Federal Court for a $2.8-billion settlement agreement to a class-action residential schools lawsuit. Former Tk'emlups te Secwepemc...
Feb 27, 2023
Studious raccoon shuts down South Kelowna, B.C., elementary school for the day
KELOWNA, B.C. - Some students at South Kelowna Elementary School in British Columbia got a surprise day off after a raccoon broke in and got comfortable in the building's ceiling. A statement from Cen...
Feb 27, 2023
Ontario sites short-listed for nuclear waste storage
The organization developing a place to store spent nuclear fuel in Canada has settled on two potential sites in Ontario. The move rules out 20 other potential sites across Canada, including three in n...
Feb 27, 2023
One person charged in Megan Gallagher case pleads guilty
One of the people charged in connection with the Megan Gallagher investigation pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court on Monday.According to a court spokesperson, Ernest Whitehead pleaded guilty...
Feb 27, 2023
Saskatchewan RCMP WEST arrest Quebec man wanted on Canada-wide warrant
Saskatchewan RCMP have arrested a Quebec man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, with help from the RCMP North Battleford Crime Reduction Team. Police said that the Warrant Enforcement Suppression Team (...
Feb 27, 2023
Cocaine, cannabis seized by La Ronge RCMP during recent drug bust
More than 220 grams of cocaine were seized by La Ronge RCMP on Feb. 24. According to an RCMP news release, at approximately 5:30 p.m., officers executed a search warrant at a residence located on Ries...
Feb 27, 2023
Niederreiter arrives as Jets struggle to stay in the playoff picture
WINNIPEG - Nino Niederreiter was heading back to a hotel after a practice with the Nashville Predators on Saturday when he got called to the front of the team bus. The veteran forward was given the ne...
Feb 27, 2023
Messi and Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again
PARIS (AP) - World Cup winner Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbapp again, this time to take FIFA's best men's player award on Monday. The best women's player was Spain's Alexia Putellas for a second straig...
Feb 27, 2023
Buyers? Sellers? Neither? Senators' trade deadline strategy still unclear
OTTAWA - For the first time in six years, the Ottawa Senators are playing meaningful games as the trade deadline approaches. It's exactly what the Senators wanted, but it makes for an interesting situ...
Feb 27, 2023
Spain's Alexia Putellas voted best women's player again
PARIS (AP) - Spain's Alexia Putellas won FIFA's best women's player award for the second straight time on Monday. Putellas won the voting over Alex Morgan of the United States and England's Beth Mead,...
Feb 27, 2023