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Canada's Josh Larsen travels the world, find rugby home with New England Free Jacks
Born on Vancouver Island and raised in Fiji, the Cook Islands and New Zealand, Josh Larsen now calls suburban Boston home as a member of the New England Free Jacks. But the six-foot-five, 249-pound lo...
May 28, 2021
Churchill student competes in national culinary competition
It was a big day for Grade 11 student Bill Varga who participated in the Skills Canada national cooking competition. "I have been practicing and practicing and practicing for nationals today," he said...
May 28, 2021
Kinsmen Water Park opens for the season next week
Residents in Prince Albert will be happy to know the Kinsmen Water Park will open to the public for the 2021 season on June 4. The park will be open until August 22.All of the features, including wate...
May 28, 2021
Ex-cop hired to probe Wisconsin election has partisan ties
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - One of the retired police officers hired by a top Wisconsin Republican to investigate the presidential election in the battleground state has ties to the GOP and previously led a ...
May 28, 2021
Farm laborer convicted in 2018 stabbing death of Iowa runner
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A jury found a farm laborer guilty of murder Friday in the abduction and killing of a University of Iowa student who vanished while out for a run in 2018. The 12-member jury una...
May 28, 2021
Bill Cosby refuses sex offender program, so is denied parole
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Actor Bill Cosby won't be paroled this year after refusing to participate in sex offender programs during his nearly three years in state prison in Pennsylvania. The 83-year-old Co...
May 28, 2021
John Davis, real singer behind Milli Vanilli, dies at 66
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - John Davis, one of the real singers behind the lip-synching pop duo Milli Vanilli, died of the coronavirus this week, according to his family. He was 66. Davis died on Monday in ...
May 28, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commits $25M for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank
OTTAWA - Canada will provide $25 million to Palestinian civilians affected by the recent conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians in Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Prime Minister Justin Trude...
May 28, 2021
Natural resources minister says U.S. 'unwilling' to negotiate on softwood lumber
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan says Canada is trying to reach a new deal with the United States over softwood lumber, but it's the Americans who are "not willing to reach an agreem...
May 28, 2021
Whiskey Jacks have to wait but excited for eventual rugby restart
The Prince Albert Whiskey Jacks men's rugby team hasn't played a match since September 2019, and haven't been able to have even limited practices like other sports have. And even while the restriction...
May 28, 2021