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Northern Bears down Sharks, move into playoff spot amid push
The Mann-Northway Northern Bears were feeling the love on Wednesday night, downing the Battlefords Sharks 2-1 at the Art Hauser Centre. The win is the second in a row for P.A. after they managed a 4-1...
Feb 15, 2024

Kansas City mom and prominent Hispanic DJ dies in a mass shooting after Chiefs' victory parade
Lisa Lopez-Galvan was a music lover and DJ in the Kansas City area who played at weddings, quinceaeras and an American Legion bar and grill. She mixed Tejano, Mexican and Spanish music with R&B an...
Feb 15, 2024

Venezuela orders UN office on human rights to close and its staff to leave in 3 days
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's government on Thursday ordered the local U.N. office on human rights to suspend operations and gave its staff 72 hours to leave, accusing the office of promoting ...
Feb 15, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Police says several people hurt in armed assault west of Montreal
VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que. - Quebec provincial police say several people have been injured in an armed assault in Vaudreuil-Dorion, an off-island suburb west of Montreal. Police say in a statement that a ...
Feb 15, 2024

Canada's Fernandez ousted by Rybakina in Qatar Open quarterfinals
DOHA, Qatar - Canada's Leylah Fernandez was eliminated from the Qatar Open on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-2 quarterfinal loss to third seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. Fernandez, from Laval, Que., led th...
Feb 15, 2024

Canadian swimmer Knox wins men's 200 medley at world championships
DOHA, Qatar - Finlay Knox of Okotoks, Alta., won Canada's second gold medal of the 2024 world aquatics championships Thursday with a victory in the men's 200-metre medley. The 23-year-old finished in ...
Feb 15, 2024

Poilievre says he would 'cut wasteful foreign aid,' work towards NATO spending target
POINTE-CLAIRE, Que. - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging that a future government would cut what he calls "wasteful foreign aid" and would not allow funding to go to "dictators, terroris...
Feb 15, 2024

RCMP use of private-sector surveillance services worries federal privacy watchdog
OTTAWA - A federal watchdog is urging the RCMP to do a better job of assessing the privacy implications of commercial surveillance and monitoring services before using them. In a report presented to P...
Feb 15, 2024
Advocacy group says deaths at Pine Grove connected to drugs, calls for review of practices
A Saskatchewan organization that advocates for women and gender-diverse people in the justice system is confirming the deaths of two women, who were on remand at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre, we...
Feb 15, 2024

Some members of Parliament, ministers assigned police protection as security tightens
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP whose Toronto office was vandalized this week is among several federal politicians under visible police protection on Parliament Hill. Melissa Lantsman's Thornhill office wa...
Feb 15, 2024