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Sandy Bay murder case committed for trial
Nearly two years after a man was attacked at a home in Sandy Bay, the resulting court case has been committed for trial. Lenny Sinclair, 25, is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the death of ...
Sep 28, 2022
Two Miles for Mary Radiothon returns Thursday
It's that time of year again when the community will come together to support seniors' transportation in Prince Albert.The Two Miles for Mary Radiothon will take place on Thursday, September 29 on 900...
Sep 28, 2022
Fiona fallout: Nova Scotia premier blasts cellphone companies for poor service
HALIFAX - The premier of Nova Scotia has issued a stinging rebuke to the telecommunications companies that serve the province, saying too many residents are still without cellphone service four days a...
Sep 28, 2022
Financier gives seven-figure sum to Canada's alpine, para alpine and ski cross racers
Alpine Canada's board chair has made a personal donation of $1.3 million to national alpine, para-alpine and ski cross racers to reduce the amount athletes pay out of their own pocket to race for thei...
Sep 28, 2022
Feds tell Canadian hockey players with KHL teams in Russia, Belarus to get out
Canadians continue to play hockey for Kontinental Hockey League teams in Russia and Belarus despite the Canadian government's warning to get out of those countries. The 48 Canadian players currently o...
Sep 28, 2022
N Korea test launches missile on eve of Harris trip to Seoul
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters a day before a visit by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of ...
Sep 28, 2022
A look at the contamination and cleanup of N.W.T.'s Giant Mine
YELLOWKNIFE - Cleanup on one of the biggest environmental messes in Canadian history is underway at the Giant Mine in the Northwest Territories. Here are some facts about the gold mine and efforts to ...
Sep 28, 2022
'Every one of us was a Mahsa': Iranians in Canada cut hair at women's rights rallies
OTTAWA - Azin Rezaeian kneels on the ground and screams "Say her name" each time she snips off a chunk of her long black hair. A crowd around her shouts back "Mahsa Amini," the 22-year-old woman whose...
Sep 28, 2022
'Contaminated': $1-billion cleanup underway at notorious N.W.T. gold mine
YELLOWKNIFE - Just outside this northern capital, on a small hill within eyeshot of its skyline, sit 365 sea cans sealed off behind a high wire fence, the surrounding roads regularly watered to settle...
Sep 28, 2022
Gold, arsenic and murder: A look at the complex history of N.W.T.'s Giant Mine
YELLOWKNIFE - A team working to address environmental and health effects from a former gold mine outside Yellowknife has provided an update on the effort to clean up one of the most contaminated place...
Sep 28, 2022
