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Porter to become fixture in Raptors rotation as he recovers from lengthy injury
TORONTO - Otto Porter Jr. smiled when he heard that Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic had called him a calming influence. "That's my job," said Porter. Porter played 14 minutes in Toronto's d...
Dec 07, 2023

Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence returns to practice, taking another step toward playing at Browns
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence returned to practice in a limited capacity Thursday, taking another step toward playing at Cleveland despite a high ankle spr...
Dec 07, 2023

Tories forcing delay of government bills, spending as holiday recess nears
OTTAWA - The official Opposition continues to force the delay of government bills and billions in spending, in an attempt to get the Liberal government to remove the federal carbon-pricing plan from a...
Dec 07, 2023

Ontario pledges $4 million for 2025 world junior hockey championship in Ottawa
OTTAWA - The Ontario government will provide $4 million in funding for the 2025 world junior hockey championship in Ottawa. Ontario's minister of tourism, culture and sport, Neil Lumsden, made the ann...
Dec 07, 2023

Cap on greenhouse gas emissions singles out Alberta, Premier Smith says
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Ottawa's proposed cap on greenhouse gas emissions from the oilpatch singles out her province for punitive measures and she promises another court fight with the fed...
Dec 07, 2023

P.A. non-profit provides food and clothing to less fortunate
Despite the freezing rain and icy and wet sidewalks, workers and volunteers with the Learning Disability of Saskatchewan helped those less fortunate in downtown Prince Albert.The organization once aga...
Dec 07, 2023

Trump appeals ruling rejecting immunity claim as window narrows to derail federal election case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of time to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges ...
Dec 07, 2023

Weather records fall for second straight day in Sask.
Weather records are falling like dominoes in Saskatchewan.The province has been enjoying warm Pacific air brought in by El Nio, which has led to a lack of snow and temperatures well above freezing for...
Dec 07, 2023

Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack are returning to honor those who perished 82 years ago
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - The ceremony to honor the more than 2,300 U.S. servicemen killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor got underway Thursday in Hawaii with a moment of silence at the exac...
Dec 07, 2023

Michael Moorer, Ricky Hatton, Ivan Calderon, Diego Corrales elected to Boxing Hall of Fame
CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) - Michael Moorer, the first left-hander to win the heavyweight title, and fellow two-division champions Ricky Hatton and Ivan Calderon were elected Thursday to the International B...
Dec 07, 2023