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B.C. community prepares to stickhandle removal of world's largest hockey stick
DUNCAN, B.C. - Vancouver Island's Cowichan Valley Regional District wants to know who is willing to take a shot at owning the world's largest hockey stick. It says the more than 62-metre wooden stick ...
Dec 4, 2023
Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow jumps bail to stay in Toronto
TORONTO - A prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist says she's decided to live permanently in Canada, after jumping bail from the Chinese territory. Agnes Chow says on social media she plans to sta...
Dec 4, 2023
Why coverage is so bad in Prince Albert and how SaskTel plans to fix it
An earlier version said SaskTel would be adding six new towers in the area. The company is actually adding eight: two brand new and six replacements.Improving coverage in and around Prince Albert cont...
Dec 4, 2023
Former Sask. Mountie's gun had one round missing: Herman murder trial commences in Prince Albert
A former Saskatchewan Mountie, accused of first degree murder, spoke to multiple colleagues on the day a man was shot and killed, and court heard nothing about his behaviour seemed out of the ordinary...
Dec 4, 2023
Woman charged in fatal collision has bail hearing next week
A woman charged with dangerous driving causing death appeared in Prince Albert Provincial Court on Monday morning and remains in custody, Kayla Ashley Walker, 22, is also charged with a second count o...
Dec 4, 2023
Blue Bombers re-sign all-star defensive end Willie Jefferson
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed star defensive lineman Willie Jefferson to a one-year contract extension, the team announced on Monday. Jefferson, 32, was set to become a free agent i...
Dec 4, 2023
Canada's climate lobby pushes for oil, gas emissions cap with fashion statement
OTTAWA - Canada's climate lobby wants its demand for an oil-and-gas emissions cap to go straight to Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault's head. Dozens of Canada's environmental activists are wander...
Dec 4, 2023
Charges dropped against Quebec theatre owner and 'Dragon's Den' star Vincenzo Guzzo
MONTREAL - Quebec's prosecution service says it has abandoned criminal charges against Vincenzo Guzzo, CEO of a large independent movie theatre chain and investor on CBC Television's "Dragon's Den." S...
Dec 4, 2023
MP Han Dong, federal Conservatives, NDP to take part in foreign interference inquiry
OTTAWA - Politicians Han Dong and Michael Chan, the federal government and the commissioner of Canada elections are among those granted standing in the factual phase of a public inquiry into foreign i...
Dec 4, 2023
Former Liberal fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan named consul general in Boston
OTTAWA - Bernadette Jordan, a former Liberal member of Parliament and a minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet, has been named Canada's new consul general in Boston. Jordan, who was first...
Dec 4, 2023
