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Swimmer Summer McIntosh wins Northern Star Award after dominant Paris Olympics
TORONTO - Swimmer Summer McIntosh has won the Northern Star Award as Canada's athlete of the year after a dominant performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 18-year-old from Toronto won three gold m...
Dec 10, 2024
La Loche recipient of new portable blood analyzer, printer kit
Saskatchewan Blue Cross is providing $11,000 to the Boreal Healthcare Foundation (BHF) for essential healthcare equipment.The funding supports the purchase of an i-STAT Portable Blood Analyzer and i-S...
Dec 10, 2024
AFN says it's not prepared to implement chiefs' child welfare direction
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations is warning it's not equipped to implement the direction it received from chiefs at two recent assemblies on child welfare reforms. Chiefs passed resolutions in O...
Dec 10, 2024
Scottie Barnes wearing air cast boot to protect sprained right ankle
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have confirmed that Scottie Barnes has a sprained right ankle. Barnes was wearing an air cast boot and walking with a cane at Scotiabank Arena during practice this mornin...
Dec 10, 2024
A look at Environment Canada's top 10 weather events for 2024
Environment Canada has released its annual list of top 10 weather events. Here's the list for 2024: - Arctic communities face unusual heat wave - Central Canada bears the brunt of the 2024 hurricane s...
Dec 10, 2024
Jasper wildfire, flooding, hail among top weather events of 2024: Environment Canada
A wildfire that left a third of a popular Rocky Mountain tourist town in ashes, remnants of a hurricane season that led to record-breaking rainfall and a hailstorm that grounded airplanes are among th...
Dec 10, 2024
Toronto FC's Insigne made available in MLS expansion draft but unlikely to be taken
Toronto FC has left designated player Lorenzo Insigne unprotected in the MLS expansion draft, knowing the Italian star's big-ticket salary will likely deter expansion San Diego FC. MLS teams are allow...
Dec 10, 2024
DA suggests judge could permanently halt Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors are urging a judge not to throw out President-elect Donald Trump's hush money criminal conviction but suggesting a willingness to end the case in a way that would preserve ...
Dec 10, 2024
Raiders set to welcome Warriors in Santas Anonymous game
Last weekend, the Prince Albert Raiders were faced with two very physical games with a win against Calgary at home before travelling to Brandon for a loss. Now for Tuesday night, they face a depleted ...
Dec 10, 2024
Fifteen fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached in B.C.
VICTORIA - Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than a decade after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 ...
Dec 10, 2024
