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Canadian freshman signs Generation Adidas deal, touted to go high in MLS draft
Canadian forward Kimani Stewart-Baynes has signed a Generation Adidas contract, meaning he will likely go high in Tuesday's MLS SuperDraft. The University of Maryland freshman was joined by University...
Dec 19, 2023

Statistics Canada reports record population growth in Q3, population grows by 430,000
OTTAWA - Canada's population grew by more than 430,000 during the third quarter, marking the fastest pace of population growth in any quarter since 1957. Statistics Canada released its population esti...
Dec 19, 2023

Canada's first sport integrity commissioner Sarah-Eve Pelletier to resign
OTTAWA - Sarah-Eve Pelletier will resign as Canada's first sport integrity commissioner early next year. The Quebec lawyer and former artistic swimmer was appointed in April 2022 to head the Office of...
Dec 19, 2023

Over 3,000 Christmas hampers being handed out by PAGC
Once again, the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is giving back to the community for Christmas time.Thousands lined up in their cars along 10 Ave West, stretching down along 28 Street West on Monday...
Dec 19, 2023

UPDATE: RCMP searching for missing woman from Mosquito First Nation
Battlefords RCMP confirmed Tuesday morning that the woman missing from Mosquito First Nation has been found.--cjnbnews@pattisonmedia.com
Dec 19, 2023

In the news today: Thousands without power across Atlantic Canada due to strong winds
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Heavy winds knock out power on East Coast More than 100,000 people were without...
Dec 19, 2023

Carols, poems and partisan cheer in the House of Commons as Christmas approaches
OTTAWA - "Merry Christmas, everybody! Merry Christmas. Are we still allowed to say Merry Christmas in Justin Trudeau's Canada?" That's how Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre greeted his caucus, and ...
Dec 19, 2023

Far from home, Indigenous students face challenges getting education but there's hope
NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION AND THUNDER BAY, ONT. - Charla Moonias lost her friends, her language and the connection to her culture after she left her northern Ontario First Nation at 14 years old to go t...
Dec 19, 2023

'Water apocalypse' demands return to nature for flood, drought resilience: experts
Norm Allard knows he may never see the full impacts of his efforts to restore wetlands and floodplains in southeastern British Columbia, but he takes a"generational view"of the work that exemplifies a...
Dec 19, 2023

Guilbeault to outline plan today to phase in electric-vehicle sales mandate
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will outline today the details of his plan to eventually phase out the sale of gas-powered vehicles in Canada. The electric-vehicle sales mandate regula...
Dec 19, 2023