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Communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without alerts amid Maui fire
HONOLULU (AP) - As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island amid the unfolding crisis, while a broad commun...
Apr 17, 2024
Marc-Andre Fleury signs a $2.5M extension with the Wild to return for next season at age 40
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Wild signed goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to a one-year, $2.5 million contract extension on Wednesday, bringing back the veteran for his age-40 season. Fleury, who turn...
Apr 17, 2024
P.A. shuffleboard team wins provincial event
A Prince Albert team has made its mark on the provincial shuffleboard scene.A P.A. based team consisting of Karen Nyuli, Bernie McDonald, Beryl Eros, and Gerald Shier recently won a provincial mixed A...
Apr 17, 2024
PQ leader's allusion to deportations, executions a threat to social cohesion: MP
OTTAWA - Quebec Liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez says he deplores the tone taken by the leader of the Parti Qubcois, who referenced dark moments in Canadian history to justify the party's push for independe...
Apr 17, 2024
Canada edged by reigning champion Costa Rica in CONCACAF futsal quarterfinal
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Defending champion Costa Rica held on to edge Canada 3-2 in quarterfinal play Wednesday at the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, ending the Canadian men's hope of reaching the FIFA Fu...
Apr 17, 2024
Elephant seal Emerson is back in Victoria, defying relocation by swimming 200 km
VICTORIA - Emerson the elephant seal is back in Victoria after defying attempts to relocate him and swimming more than 200 kilometres to return to his preferred urban habitat to moult. The Fisheries D...
Apr 17, 2024
What measures were missing from the 2024 federal budget
TORONTO - The federal budget tabled on Tuesday introduced $53 billion in new spending, but not everyone got what they were looking for. Here's a look at some of the measures not included in the Libera...
Apr 17, 2024
Health minister pitches dental-care changes to get dentists onside
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is announcing tweaks to Ottawa's new dental-care plan in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate. Dental and hygienis...
Apr 17, 2024
'Heart breaks': Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty
Advocates say a disability benefit that was supposed to be a historic move to lift people out of poverty turned out to be a disappointment in the federal budget. The new Canada Disability Benefit will...
Apr 17, 2024
Officer in charge tells inquest everything possible was done to save B.C. hostage
BURNABY, B.C. - The officer in charge when police in Surrey, B.C., killed a hostage taker and the woman he was holding says he believes he did everything possible to save her. RCMP Insp. Blair White t...
Apr 17, 2024
