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Forced to relocate to a flood plain: Manitoba First Nation says protection is overdue
WINNIPEG - The marshy delta of Manitoba's Fisher River was not the original home of Peguis First Nation. But having been relocated there more than a century ago after an illegal land transfer, and fac...
May 7, 2022
Prince Albert artist calls solo exhibition 'significant step'
Prince Albert's Jerome Mrazek is looking forward to meeting with fellow artists and community members this weekend. His first solo exhibition has been at the John M. Cuelenaere Library's Grace Campbel...
May 7, 2022
Five Things To Know about the NHL playoffs
Friday night in the Stanley Cup playoffs saw the Leafs abuse Vasilevskiy again, the Oilers drown the Kings in a deluge of goals once again and a modern NHL legend add to his legacy. Here are five thin...
May 7, 2022
Afghanistan's Taliban order women to wear burqa in public
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public, a sharp hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights a...
May 7, 2022
Chelsea sold to group fronted by LA Dodgers part owner
LONDON (AP) - Chelsea is being sold to a consortium fronted American sports investor Todd Boehly, ending 19 years of ownership and lavish investment by Roman Abramovich until the Russian oligarch was ...
May 7, 2022
South Korea says North Korea fired projectile toward sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired at least one unidentified projectile toward its eastern sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, in its second launch this week, apparently continuing ...
May 6, 2022
Evacuation efforts go on at sprawling Ukrainian steel mill
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) - Efforts to evacuate more civilians from the tunnels beneath a sprawling steel mill were to go on Saturday as Ukrainian fighters make their last stand in Mariupol to preven...
May 6, 2022
Maple Leafs beat Lightning to take 2-1 series lead
TAMPA, Fla. - David Kampf scored the winner and Jack Campbell made 32 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff ...
May 6, 2022
Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald scores quick submission win at PFL 3
ARLINGTON, Texas - Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald made short work of American Brett (Fudoshin) Cooper on Friday, submitting the American veteran in the first round at PFL 3. The six-f...
May 6, 2022
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says Ottawa Senators aren't currently for sale
TAMPA, Fla. - Gary Bettman says the Ottawa Senators are not currently for sale following the death of owner Eugene Melnyk. Speaking during the first intermission of Game 3 between the Tampa Bay Lightn...
May 6, 2022
