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Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, one year on: 'It's restoring the American dream'
WASHINGTON - The White House is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act - and making it the centre of President Joe Biden's re-election hopes. Democrats bill the $1.2-trill...
Aug 16, 2023

Veteran defensive lineman Dylan Wynn returns to Ticats lineup to face Elks
HAMILTON - It's been a long road back for Dylan Wynn. The veteran defensive lineman has been sidelined since Sept. 17 with a knee injury. But the six-foot-two, 283-pound Wynn will finally make his 202...
Aug 16, 2023

Kansas prosecutor says material seized in police raid of weekly newspaper should be returned
MARION, Kansas (AP) - The prosecutor in Marion County, Kansas, said Wednesday that police should return all seized material to a weekly newspaper that was raided by officers in a case that has drawn n...
Aug 16, 2023

China leaves Canada off list of countries approved for group tours
OTTAWA - China has lifted a pandemic ban on group tours to several countries, including the United States and Australia, but tourists are still be barred from group visits to Canada. The change announ...
Aug 16, 2023

Hockey Canada releases plan to promote equity, diversity and inclusion
CALGARY - An audit to address gaps in pay equity, a reworked recruitment strategy and ensuring Indigenous representation in event bids are among the deliverables in a diversity and inclusion report re...
Aug 16, 2023

A former fundraiser for Rep. George Santos has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft
NEW YORK (AP) - A former fundraiser for U.S. Rep. George Santos was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that he impersonated a high-ranking congressional aide while soliciting contributions for the ...
Aug 16, 2023

Tisdale supporting local teen with stem cell drive
This Friday (Aug. 18), the Town of Tisdale will be supporting Archer Franklin with a stem cell drive.Franklin is a 17-year-old from Kelvington who is heading into grade 12 this year and played for the...
Aug 16, 2023

A look at British Columbia's heat wave, by the numbers
VANCOUVER - A protracted heat wave has settled over the southern half of British Columbia, sending temperatures in some places into the 40s this week. Here's a look at data associated with the hot spe...
Aug 16, 2023

Radio podcast on the Shell Lake Massacre
On Aug. 15, 1967, James and Evelyn Peterson and seven of their children were murdered in their home near Shell Lake in a shocking crime that still stands as one of the worst random mass murders in Can...
Aug 16, 2023

Kids overdosing is a public health emergency, Canadian pediatricians say
OTTAWA - A new survey says an alarming number of kids age 12 and older have been treated for drug overdoses in Canada. The Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program says stimulants are the most commonl...
Aug 16, 2023