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Aid shipment to Afghanistan cancelled due to anti-terrorist law
OTTAWA - Two containers of food bound for Afghanistan have been cancelled by a Canadian aid agency because of a law banning any dealings with the Taliban. World Vision says it has been forced to cance...
Aug 10, 2022
Snowbirds grounded in 'operational pause' as B.C. accident investigated: Air Force
WINNIPEG - The Royal Canadian Air Force has ordered an "operational pause" for its Snowbird air demonstration squadron jets after a crash earlier this month. A statement from Maj.-Gen. Iain Huddleston...
Aug 10, 2022
Ex-Miss America Mund: Abortion ruling prompted US House run
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Former Miss America Cara Mund said Wednesday that her concern about the erosion of abortion rights prompted her independent bid for the U.S. House in her home state of North Dako...
Aug 10, 2022
P.A. athlete recalls experience at World American Football championships
They may not have medaled but Team Canada and one Saskatchewan athlete are still holding their heads high following the Women's International Federation of American Football (IFAF) World Championships...
Aug 10, 2022
No results in hunt for missing mushroom picker despite high-tech search: RCMP
Despite a high-tech search in the area north of Smeaton, there still has been no success in finding a missing 74-year-old mushroom picker who has been missing for nearly a week.Lois Chartrand was last...
Aug 10, 2022
Morreale: CEBL's championship weekend caps another successful CEBL season
OTTAWA - Mike Morreale says people thought he was crazy when he became commissioner and chief executive officer of the fledgling Canadian Elite Basketball League four years ago. Now he can't imagine C...
Aug 10, 2022
Canadian Rourke leads B.C. Lions into Calgary to face Stamps in intriguing matchup
Nathan Rourke and the B.C. Lions will get to know the Calgary Stampeders very well over the next few weeks. B.C. (6-1) visits Calgary (5-2) on Saturday night in the first of three meetings between the...
Aug 10, 2022
Quebec public health wants smelter's arsenic emissions cut to 5 times provincial norm
MONTREAL - Quebec's public health director is recommending that arsenic emissions in a northwestern Quebec city be reduced to five times the provincial standard. Dr. Luc Boileau told reporters today t...
Aug 10, 2022
‘The children are safe:’ South Dakota official details end of Amber Alert
Law enforcement officials in South Dakota found the subjects of a Saskatchewan Amber Alert late Tuesday night, more than 930 kilometres from their home in Eastend."The suspect and the children were fo...
Aug 10, 2022
City of North Bay to dedicate field in honour of Blue Bombers head coach O'Shea
He's a six-time Grey Cup champion and member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. But on Saturday, he'll merely be known as Mike O'Shea from North Bay, Ont. On Saturday, the city of North Bay will d...
Aug 10, 2022
