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Canadians could make history at Presidents Cup by having two or three players on team
There could be a slightly different flavour to the International team at this year's Presidents Cup. A hint of maple. Canadian golfing great Mike Weir will be a captain's assistant for the Internation...
Apr 20, 2022
Quebec rights commission drops discrimination cases after Supreme Court's Ward ruling
MONTREAL - An October Supreme Court decision hailed by some as a victory for free speech is leading Quebec's human rights commission to drop dozens of cases involving allegations of discriminatory com...
Apr 20, 2022
Latest snowfall to hit P.A. not expected to be the last this spring
Will the latest snowfall to hit Prince Albert and surrounding areas be the last we'll see this spring? Probably not.That's according to Jesse Wagar, a meteorologist with Environment Canada and Climate...
Apr 20, 2022
Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry: federal lawyer defends role of Veterans Affairs
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia inquiry investigating why a former Afghanistan war veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 heard Tuesday from a federal lawyer who defended the work of Vete...
Apr 20, 2022
Police, fire departments respond to call at bridge
Both the Prince Albert Police Service and the Fire Department responded to another call at the train bridge on April 18.Members from both departments attended the scene at 6:24 pm after being called a...
Apr 20, 2022
Scott Smith replaces retiring Tom Renney as Hockey Canada chief executive officer
CALGARY - Hockey Canada executed an uncomplicated succession plan in its leadership, naming Scott Smith the next chief executive officer to replace the retiring Tom Renney. Renney and Smith have worke...
Apr 20, 2022
House prices in Sask. expected to keep rising: Royal LePage survey
Homes in Saskatchewan's two biggest cities have been getting more expensive and prices are only going to go higher, according to a Royal LePage house price survey.The aggregate price of a home in Regi...
Apr 20, 2022
Systemic failures and racism: Hearings for Desmond inquiry conclude in Nova Scotia
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - More than five years after Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond killed three family members and himself in their rural Nova Scotia home, a provincial fatality inquiry conclud...
Apr 20, 2022
Court halts South Carolina plan for firing squad execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's highest court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution. The order by th...
Apr 20, 2022
B.C. high court certifies former flight attendant's class-action suit against WestJet
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled a former flight attendant's class-action lawsuit alleging breach of contract against WestJet can proceed. The decision from a three-member pa...
Apr 20, 2022
