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Team Ackerman wins 2024 Provincial Scotties in Tisdale
The 2024 Viterra Scotties are now complete in Tisdale, as Saskatchewan has crowned a new provincial women's champion.Team Ackerman, out of the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, booked a trip to their ...
Jan 22, 2024
Relatives of Israeli hostages storm parliament committee meeting to demand action on captives
JERUSALEM (AP) - Dozens of family members of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza stormed into a Finance Committee meeting at Israel's parliament on Monday, yelling "you won't sit here while they are dying ...
Jan 22, 2024
In the news today: Canadian MPs warn against "constant humiliation" of Palestinians
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... MPs who visited West Bank urge action against "constant humiliation" of Palesti...
Jan 22, 2024
Montreal police cite new strategies for homicide drop, but critics say there's a cost
Montreal police say a year-over-year drop in the number of homicides in the city is a sign that violence-prevention and crime-fighting strategies are paying off. But those strategies, which include a ...
Jan 22, 2024
Immigration minister expected to unveil new plan for student visas today
MONTREAL - Immigration Minister Marc Miller is expected to outline a plan today to reduce the number of international students issued permits to study in Canada. The move comes as the federal cabinet ...
Jan 22, 2024
Saskatchewan inquest into mass stabbing enters second week
MELFORT, Sask. - The province is expected to provide information about how it responded to a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation as a coroner's inquest enters its second week. The inquest is ...
Jan 22, 2024
India's Modi opens a controversial Hindu temple in Ayodhya in a grand event ahead of national polls
AYODHYA, India (AP) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday opened a controversial Hindu temple built on the ruins of a historical mosque in the northern city of Ayodhya, delivering on a cruci...
Jan 22, 2024
Landslide in mountainous southwestern China buries 47 people
BEIJING (AP) - A landslide in southwestern China's mountainous Yunnan province early Monday buried 47 people and forced the evacuation of 200 more amid freezing temperatures and falling snow. The disa...
Jan 21, 2024
Matthews scores his 38th as Maple Leafs edge Kraken 3-1
SEATTLE (AP) - Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 38th goal in the first period, Ilya Samsonov got his first NHL win since early December, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Seattle Kraken 3-...
Jan 21, 2024
NHL roundup: Horvat scores in OT, Islanders sink Stars 3-2 in Roy's debut as coach
NEW YORK (AP) - Bo Horvat scored 41 seconds into overtime and the New York Islanders beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 Sunday night to win in new coach Patrick Roy's debut. Alexander Romanov and Hudson Faschi...
Jan 21, 2024
