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Montreal soup kitchen to stay open after securing emergency funding from province
MONTREAL - An Old Montreal soup kitchen operating since 1877 says it has secured funding from the Quebec government to keep offering hundreds of daily hot meals through at least March. Fiona Crossling...
Jan 03, 2024

2023 marks warmest year on record for La Ronge
An unusually strong El Nio, as well as perhaps climate change, is to blame for 2023 being the warmest year on record in La Ronge.That's according to Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist...
Jan 03, 2024

Trump asks US Supreme Court to review Colorado ruling barring him from the ballot over Jan. 6 attack
DENVER (AP) - Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling barring him from the Colorado ballot, setting up a high-stakes showdown over whether a constitu...
Jan 03, 2024

Time not right to stage play amid Gaza tensions, says Victoria, B.C., theatre
VICTORIA - Tensions connected to the war between Israel and Hamas have prompted a British Columbia theatre company to cancel the scheduled run of a play set in the region. Victoria's Belfry Theatre sa...
Jan 03, 2024

Blue Jays outfielder: 'A motivated Kevin Kiermaier is a dangerous Kevin Kiermaier'
Kevin Kiermaier wants to show up all the teams that passed him over in free agency, and he wants the Toronto Blue Jays to prove all their doubters wrong too. "A motivated Kevin Kiermaier is the most d...
Jan 03, 2024

Fire set to section of Prince Albert's train bridge
Members of the Prince Albert Police Service and Prince Albert Fire Dept. were called out Wednesday afternoon to a fire Wednesday on the train bridge.The fire occurred on the south side of the bridge, ...
Jan 03, 2024

Imam killed in shooting outside Newark mosque, shooter at large, authorities say
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey imam shot outside a Newark mosque on Wednesday succumbed to gunshot wounds, authorities said. New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin said that the imam's loss will b...
Jan 03, 2024

Nipawin storage shed fire extinguished
Fire crews in Nipawin were busy Wednesday with two fire calls.The first was a report of smoke Wednesday afternoon on the northwest side of town, which ended up being a controlled burn that had not bee...
Jan 03, 2024

PMO clarifies Trudeau and family stayed 'at no cost' during vacation in Jamaica
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office is clarifying that he and his family are vacationing in Jamaica "at no cost at a location owned by family friends" after initially saying the family was...
Jan 03, 2024

Twin Rivers Curling Club looking for new members
Stepping out into a cool rink with nothing but a brush, a pair of shoes, and a set of lungs to yell 'Hurry, Hard' as they prepared to take to the sheet and throw stones to outwit opponents through cle...
Jan 03, 2024