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Canadian focused on identity, winning in training camp ahead of FIBA World Cup
TORONTO - The commitments have been made to Canada, and now it's about building the right identity. The Canadian senior men's basketball team opened training camp Tuesday afternoon at the OVO Athletic...
Aug 01, 2023
Missouri man executed for 2002 abduction and killing of 6-year-old girl
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) - A man who abducted a 6-year-old Missouri girl and beat her to death at an abandoned factory decades ago was put to death Tuesday evening, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court r...
Aug 01, 2023
Researchers find oldest-known species of swimming jellyfish in Burgess Shale fossils
The Royal Ontario Museum says it has discovered the oldest-known swimming jellyfish in the fossil record from specimens collected at the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies. The newly named Burgesso...
Aug 01, 2023
City of Prince Albert creates lifeguard scholarship and names first recipient
A young woman who has gone to great lengths to promote water safety in Prince Albert has been named the first recipient of the City of Prince Albert's newly created Lifeguard Scholarship. Taylor Berge...
Aug 01, 2023
Harold Brine was the last of 19 miners rescued after 1958 Nova Scotia mine disaster
HALIFAX - When Harold Brine realized he and 11 other men were trapped near the bottom of North America's deepest coal mine, his thoughts turned to his two-year-old daughter, Bonnie. "I was wondering i...
Aug 01, 2023
1.2 million hectares of Saskatchewan land scorched in this year’s wildfire season
Steve Roberts says the wildfire season so far in Saskatchewan has been significant, but it still has not broken records.Roberts, the vice-president of operations with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Ag...
Aug 01, 2023
SaskPower takes $172M hit as Crowns report earning losses
One of Saskatchewan's largest Crown corporations is reporting significant earning losses.SaskPower is looking at a net loss of $172 million, which was reportedly largely a factor of rising fuel prices...
Aug 01, 2023
British Columbia's record-breaking wildfire season, by the numbers
British Columbia's wildfire season is the most destructive on record, with more than 15,000square kilometres of the province burned, surpassing the previous high of 13,543 square kilometres set in 201...
Aug 01, 2023
The Stanley Cup hits the beach at Emma Lake
There's nothing like sitting out on the beach on a hot summer day, especially when the greatest prize in hockey makes a guest appearance.Chandler Stephenson, who won the Stanley Cup with the Vegas Gol...
Aug 01, 2023
Vladimir Tarasenko eager to be an Ottawa Senator
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators are an exciting, young team and Vladimir Tarasenko wants to be part of what he thinks is an exciting future. Tarasenko, who recently signed a one-year, $5-million deal wit...
Aug 01, 2023
