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House GOP takes party-line vote toward Mayorkas impeachment as border becomes 2024 campaign issue
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans voted along party lines after midnight Wednesday to move toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a "willful and systematic" refusal to ...
Jan 31, 2024

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan gets 14-year prison sentence in third conviction
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison for corruption, his lawyer and prison officials said, a day after another spe...
Jan 31, 2024

Raptors snap five-game skid with 118-107 win over Bulls
CHICAGO (AP) - Gary Trent Jr. scored 24, Bruce Brown added 19 points and seven rebounds and the Toronto Raptors snapped a season-high five-game losing streak with a 118-107 win over the Chicago Bulls ...
Jan 30, 2024

Criminal Code applies on ice, says B.C. minister after apparent chokehold during game
British Columbia's health minister has weighed in on hockey violence, saying the Criminal Code applies both on and off the ice, after an incident in which a player appeared to put a goalie in a chokeh...
Jan 30, 2024

NHL players Dubé, Hart, McLeod, Foote charged in 2018 sexual assault case: lawyers
Lawyers for Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dub, Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart, New Jersey Devils forward Michael McLeod and defenceman Cal Foote came forward Tuesday to say their clients h...
Jan 30, 2024

Former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan, the first woman to represent Missouri in the Senate, has died at 90
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan, who became the first female senator to represent Missouri after she was appointed to replace her husband following his death, died Tuesday. S...
Jan 30, 2024

Mustangs players help propel SJHL teams to pair of Day 1 victories
The 2024 SJHL/MJHL Showcase began Tuesday morning in Winnipeg, as a total of six games over two days are scheduled for the two provinces' best and brightest.In total, seven Melfort Mustangs players an...
Jan 30, 2024

MLA Greg Lawrence resigns from Sask. Party caucus amid police investigation
Moose Jaw Wakamow MLA Greg Lawrence announced his resignation from the Saskatchewan Party caucus on Tuesday.According to a four-sentence statement from the Government Caucus Office, his decision to re...
Jan 30, 2024

Sharks captain Slabaida commits to NAIT of ACAC
Since breaking into the Saskatchewan Female AAA ranks with her hometown Battlefords Sharks back in the fall of 2021, Greir Slabaida has been working towards developing her game in hopes of one day adv...
Jan 30, 2024

CPL's York United, Atletico Ottawa bolster rosters by signing Canadian internationals
Canadian Premier League sides York United FC and Atletico Ottawa have bolstered their rosters by signing Canadian internationals Frank Sturing and Kris Twardek, respectively. Sturing, a 26-year-old ce...
Jan 30, 2024