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Canada adds $15M to aid for Lebanon and will match $6M in donations
OTTAWA - Canada is adding another $15 million to its humanitarian aid package for Lebanon after an escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah. Internation...
Oct 09, 2024
Gunshots hit Montreal building owned by man with two other properties hit by arson
MONTREAL - Montreal police arrested three people, including two teenagers, after gunshots were fired Tuesday night at a building owned by a man with two properties targeted by deadly fires. Police say...
Oct 09, 2024
Mintos fall to Blazers as special teams struggle
The power play and penalty kill proved to be the difference maker in the Prince Albert Mintos 5-2 loss on Tuesday to the Saskatoon Blazers at the SaskTel Centre. A total of 28 penalty minutes were han...
Oct 09, 2024
Liberal MP says his House of Commons penalty should have been the same as Poilievre's
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Yvan Baker says there should not have been different punishments doled out to him and to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for comments each of them made in the House of Commons...
Oct 09, 2024
Language barriers and lack of money is a matter of life and death with Milton approaching Florida
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don't speak English, most of them Latin Americans harvesting oranges and tomatoes i...
Oct 09, 2024
Foreign affairs minister urges Canadians to leave Florida ahead of devastating storm
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canadians in Florida should leave and people planning to travel there should postpone as the state braces for the impact of Hurricane Milton. The sto...
Oct 09, 2024
Roster moves for Raiders ahead of faceoff with Chiefs
With the bus scheduled to leave the Art Hauser Centre directly following Wednesday's game against the Spokane Chiefs, the Prince Albert Raiders have made a few roster moves leading into the action. Al...
Oct 09, 2024
Ottawa Redblacks sign American quarterback Tyrie Adams to contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed American quarterback Tyrie Adams to a one-year contract extension Wednesday. Adams, 27, hasn't thrown a pass in 2024 after suffering a season-ending knee injury in...
Oct 09, 2024
Official languages report questions enrolment cap on Quebec English junior colleges
OTTAWA - Canada's official languages commissioner is expressing concern over Quebec's decision to cap the number of students who can enrol in the province's English-language junior colleges. Raymond T...
Oct 09, 2024
Health care promises for both parties: NDP to end ER closures, Sask. Party to extend diabetic care
Both the NDP and Sask. Party each kicked off Wednesday with a health care promise to fulfill if elected. The Saskatchewan NDP issued notice of their plan to end rural ER service disruptions, if they b...
Oct 09, 2024
