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No fan of the spotlight, Sinclair tries to make the best of retirement attention
LANGFORD, B.C. - As the clock counts down on Christine Sinclair's international career, her teammates and coach say their intensely private captain is trying to make the best of being squarely in the ...
Dec 01, 2023
Mont-Tremblant World Cup 'a dream come true' for local favourite Valérie Grenier
MONT-TREMBLANT, Que. - Valrie Grenier was so young the first time she snowploughed down the trails at Mont-Tremblant, she can't even remember it. Grenier was only two years old when her parents put he...
Dec 01, 2023
Evidence admissible in drug case despite Charter concerns, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a man's drug-related conviction, saying evidence in his case is admissible despite concerns about violation of his Charter rights. In February 2017 near...
Dec 01, 2023
Riders Name Cory Mace New Head Coach
"The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of Pattison Media and this site."The Saskatchewan Roughriders named Cory Mace as t...
Dec 01, 2023
Lawsuits against Trump over Jan. 6 riot can move forward, appeals court says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawsuits against Donald Trump brought by Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the U.S. Capitol riot, can move forward, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. A thr...
Dec 01, 2023
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93
WASHINGTON (AP) - Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court, died Friday. She was 93. O...
Dec 01, 2023
Nick Taylor's putter drop immortalized in new RBC Canadian Open logo
Nick Taylor's epic putt to win the RBC Canadian Open this summer was already iconic. Now it's been incorporated into an icon. Golf Canada, title sponsor RBC, and tournament organizers announced Friday...
Dec 01, 2023
Strike almost over as CUPE 882 accepts City of Prince Albert’s proposal
City workers that have been off the job since September 11 could soon be returning to work. Yesterday, CUPE 882 members voted in favour of taking the city's offer of an 11 per cent increase over the n...
Dec 01, 2023
UN court bars Venezuela from altering Guyana’s control over disputed territory
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The United Nations' top court on Friday ordered Venezuela not to take any action that would alter Guyana's control over a disputed territory, but did not specifically ban...
Dec 01, 2023
Unemployment rate rises to 5.8 per cent, economy adds modest 25,000 jobs in November
Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 5.8 per cent last month, as high-interest rates weigh on job creation at a time when the country's population is growing rapidly.Statistics Canada released its ...
Dec 01, 2023
