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Vancouver port authority suspends Rolling Truck Age Program for at least nine months
OTTAWA - The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is suspending a controversial program to replace older trucks servicing the port for at least another nine months while it reassesses its plans. It is the ...
Feb 24, 2023
Canada's Thompson first entering ski cross quarterfinals at freestyle worlds
BAKURIANI, Georgia - Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., finished first in women's ski cross qualifying Friday at the world freestyle skiing championships. Thompson led the way in a time of one minut...
Feb 24, 2023
Bears snap five-game skid, blank Sharks 4-0
The Prince Albert Northern Bears were firing on all cylinders on Thursday night when they shut out the Battlefords Sharks 4-0 at the Art Hauser Centre. The game was the first in nine days for the Bear...
Feb 24, 2023
Man accused of crashing bus into Quebec daycare and killing 2 kids fit to stand trial
LAVAL, Que. - The Quebec man accused of killing two young children when the city bus he was driving slammed into a Montreal-area daycare has been judged fit to stand trial. Pierre Ny St-Amand made an ...
Feb 24, 2023
Saskatchewan Métis sign self-government deal
Three Mtis groups signed a deal Friday with the federal government that recognizes them as Indigenous governments, putting them on equal constitutional standing with First Nations and opening the door...
Feb 24, 2023
Black History Month: family continuing to leave legacy in P.A. after immigrating over 110 years ago
One of the first Black families to immigrate to Saskatchewan is continuing to leave a positive mark in the area they settled in.paNOW is recognizing Black individuals who've left their mark on the com...
Feb 24, 2023
Canada sending another $30M in aid to Turkey, Syria, as rebuild begins
OTTAWA - The federal government is sending another $20 million in aid for people affected by the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, and matching millions more in private donations. Internatio...
Feb 24, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario Métis sign self-government deal
EDMONTON - Three Mtis groups have signed a deal with Ottawa that recognizes them as Indigenous governments. The deal between the federal government and the Mtis nations of Alberta, Saskatchewan and On...
Feb 24, 2023
‘I like it here:’ Saskatchewan town steps up for Ukrainian refugees
Standing on Main Street in Lemberg, with shops on either side and a grain elevator peeking over the tops of buildings in the distance, the town seems a world away from the war and devastation in Ukrai...
Feb 24, 2023
Manitoba, federal government reach $6.7B health-care deal
WINNIPEG - The federal government says in a news release that it has signed an agreement in principle with Manitoba to invest more than $6.7 billion in the province's health-care system over 10 years....
Feb 24, 2023
