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Sask. Rivers Public School Division names new Superintendent
There is a new face at Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division (SRPSD) and she is proud to be a part of the team and be an example for all staff and students in the area.The division recently named...
Aug 24, 2022
Quebec's CAQ leads rivals in fundraising, Liberals in last place among major parties
MONTREAL - Quebec's governing Coalition Avenir Qubec party has raised more than $928,500 so far in 2022, nearly $300,000 more than its nearest rival, the Parti Qubcois. According to the most recent le...
Aug 24, 2022
40 residents of Vancouver street camp accept accommodation: BC Housing
VANCOUVER - BC Housing says 40 people in Vancouver who were living in a Downtown Eastside street encampment being cleared by city workers have accepted offers of accommodation. The agency's vice-presi...
Aug 24, 2022
Canadian Rourke's 2022 CFL season one for the league record book
VANCOUVER - Even if Nathan Rourke's stellar '22 season be over, it will still be one for the CFL record book. The 24-year-old Victoria native suffered a foot injury in the B.C. Lions' 28-10 road win o...
Aug 24, 2022
Relief for local gyms as province walks back PST expansion
Months of worry and frustration gave way to relief for gym goers and fitness buffs in Saskatchewan as the province announced their proposed PST expansion will not include gyms after all. As part of th...
Aug 24, 2022
Jays begin 2023 on 10-day road trip before returning to renovated Rogers Centre
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will begin next season on a lengthy road trip before returning home to a renovated Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays released their schedule for the 2023 season on Wednesday...
Aug 24, 2022
Oklahoma governor rejects clemency for death row inmate
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday rejected clemency for a man facing execution this week for the 1997 hammer killing of a Choctaw man, despite a recommendation from the state...
Aug 24, 2022
Achonwa, Carleton, Nurse headline Canada's basketball roster for World Cup training
EDMONTON - WNBA players Natalie Achonwa, Bridget Carleton and Kia Nurse headline Canada's women's basketball roster for its pre-World Cup training camp. Nurse, a guard for the Phoenix Mercury, hasn't ...
Aug 24, 2022
Canada has short window to get ahead of U.S. hydrogen efforts, backer warns
OTTAWA - The chairman of the company behind one of the biggest proposed green hydrogen projects in Atlantic Canada says a three-year time frame to start shipping the fuel to Germany is feasible if eve...
Aug 24, 2022
Jill Biden has 'rebound' COVID-19 case, president negative
WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent "rebound" case, after she initially tested negative for the virus over the weekend. President Joe Biden, w...
Aug 24, 2022
