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Former champions McNair, Barrieau top field for Canadian driving championship event
EDMONTON - Former champions Doug McNair and Gilles Barrieau top the field for the 2022 Canadian driving championship. This year's event will be held Thursday at Century Mile Racetrack and Casino. McNa...
Nov 23, 2022
'Our community is gelling and coming together again': Birch Hills mayor
Just over a year has passed since Stewart Adams was elected mayor of Birch Hills, and he says council is getting work done again. The controversy leading up to the election in November, 2021, was wide...
Nov 23, 2022
Georgia high court allows Saturday voting for Senate runoff
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia counties will be allowed to hold early voting this Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Wa...
Nov 23, 2022
Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry: RCMP union calls for more resources
HALIFAX - The group that represents almost 20,000 regular members of the RCMP has submitted a list of 28 recommendations to the inquiry investigating the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia. The N...
Nov 23, 2022
A Christmas miracle: Humboldt baker receives new oven just in time for fundraiser
Erika Rybinski received an early Christmas gift.The Humboldt music teacher and owner of the non-profit organization Pastry and the Piano - who has raised thousands of dollars for local charities with ...
Nov 23, 2022
Canadian men lay claim to the turf at World Cup stadium before tournament opener
AL RAYYAN, Qatar - Canada came armed to the World Cup. During World Cup qualifying the Canadian men travelled with a sword which bears the words 'Nihil timendum est,' which is 'Fear Nothing' in Latin....
Nov 23, 2022
Alta.'s tactic of doling out cash fuels inflation rather than easing it: economists
Economists say provinces peppering the public with cash to deal with soaring prices compounds inflation rather than easing it. Travis Shaw says the move fails to quell inflation because having extra m...
Nov 23, 2022
Canadians ready for today's World Cup game against Belgium — first match since 1986
MONTREAL - Watch parties are planned across the country today as soccer fans get ready for the World Cup match between Canada and Belgium - Canada's first game in the tournament since 1986. In Montrea...
Nov 23, 2022
Sask. remembers the Holodomor, fourth flight from Ukraine set to arrive
MLAs along with Ukrainians and members of the public gathered at the Saskatchewan Legislature on Tuesday afternoon to remember the tragic event that was the Holodomor.The Holodomor took place from 193...
Nov 23, 2022
NHL notebook: Early season 'Fire Lindy' chants didn't 'sit well' with surging Devils
Miles Wood was in his car and not in a good mood. New Jersey Devils fans were in the same boat for different reasons. A team with heightened expectations after a mostly miserable decade had just dropp...
Nov 23, 2022
