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Flames tear through assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing 9 and trapping residents
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people and trapping residents inside, including some who leaned out of windows and screamed fo...
Jul 14, 2025
CFL will review its procotols regarding the updating of fans in weather delays
TORONTO - The CFL is reviewing how it updates fans during weather-related issues after poor air quality forced it to reschedule a regular-season game Friday night. The CFL postponed the Saskatchewan R...
Jul 14, 2025
Pilot dead after helicopter crash in Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE - One person is dead after a helicopter crash in the Northwest Territories. RCMP say they were told around noon that an aircraft had crashed near the community of Behchoko. Police say the ...
Jul 14, 2025
Torrential rains: Montreal calls on Quebec to expand flood compensation
MONTREAL - Montreal's mayor says the province must expand its disaster compensation program in the wake of torrential rainfall over the weekend that flooded many homes. Up to 100 millimetres of rain f...
Jul 14, 2025
'Dreams come true': Dancers make special performances at Disney World
Dancers from La Ronge and Prince Albert recently travelled to Florida to participate in special performances at Disney World. "It was just kind of like this dream come true and it was such a magical e...
Jul 14, 2025
Pitcher Jim Clancy, a longtime Blue Jay and 1982 all-star, dead at 69
TORONTO - Jim Clancy, who made his Major League debut during the Toronto Blue Jays' 1977 expansion season and spent 12 seasons with the club as a key member of its starting rotation, has died at 69. T...
Jul 14, 2025
P.A. Youth Hockey League gives kids a place to play in the summer, and a glimpse of the pros
A new hockey league in Prince Albert is aiming to give youth players a place to play during the summer, as well as a look into what it's like as a pro. The Prince Albert Youth Hockey League (PAYHL) wa...
Jul 14, 2025
Drug use sees parole revoked for Kerry Sim, who killed B.C. teen Reena Virk in 1997
VANCOUVER - Day parole has been revoked for the woman who drowned Victoria teenager Reena Virk 28 years ago. A Parole Board of Canada decision says Kerry Sim, known as Kelly Ellard when she was convic...
Jul 14, 2025
Federal Court says Canada acted 'unreasonably' in denying request to repair home
OTTAWA - The Federal Court says Indigenous Services Canada acted unreasonably to deny funding for mould removal in a house for two First Nations children with asthma under its Jordan's Principle progr...
Jul 14, 2025
Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees. With t...
Jul 14, 2025
