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Record amount of opium found in Vancouver marine containers: border services
DELTA, B.C. - What started as a probe into some oddities with shipping pallets in Vancouver has ended with a record seizure of opium by the Canada Border Services Agency. The agency says its investiga...
Dec 16, 2022
Longtime QMJHL commissioner Gilles Courteau announces retirement
MONTREAL - Longtime Quebec Major Junior Hockey League commissioner Gilles Courteau said he will retire part way through the 2023-24 season. Courteau, who has been involved in the league for 47 years, ...
Dec 16, 2022
'If all else fails, we will blockade': Chiefs call for Sask. bill to be scrapped
SASKATOON - Chiefs in Saskatchewan sent a message to the provincial government to scrap a controversial bill or the new year could start with blockades. "Political avenues, legal avenues are in place,...
Dec 16, 2022
La Ronge Elks Club break-in to cost volunteer group nearly $4,000
The La Ronge Elks Club has experienced a setback following the recent break-and-enter at their hall in Air Ronge. On or around Dec. 11, the Elks Hall was broken into after two back doors were forced o...
Dec 16, 2022
Right-handed pitcher Chris Bassitt officially signs with Toronto Blue Jays
TORONTO - Chris Bassitt is officially a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. Bassitt and the Blue Jays have agreed to a new three-year deal worth $63 million. Several media outlets had reported that the 3...
Dec 16, 2022
Former Canada foes face off Saturday to decide third place at the World Cup
If nothing else, Saturday's third-place playoff at the World Cup serves as a reminder of the tough neighbourhood that Canada found itself in in its return to the men's soccer showcase after a 36-year ...
Dec 16, 2022
Stars aim for 10th straight as scene shifts to Melville
Coming off a 9-6 victory in Yorkton a night ago, the Battlefords North Stars will return to action in Melville Friday to take on the Millionaires on night two of their three-game swing.The North Stars...
Dec 16, 2022
RCMP calling for more resources as violent gun crime rises in Sask.
Violent gun crime has risen by 43 per cent in RCMP jurisdictions in Saskatchewan since 2017, and police say they need more resources in order to proactively address the problem.According to the Mounti...
Dec 16, 2022
Mittens to warm the soul
Students in several Prince Albert schools today had some big smiles and warm heads and hands thanks to the Kinsmen. For at least the fifth year, the Kinsmen donated gifts containing toques, neck warme...
Dec 16, 2022
Alberta wraps up fall legislature sitting dominated by controversial sovereignty act
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition NDP says the first sitting under Premier Danielle Smith was a short, chaotic mess with the passage of a sovereignty act that dooms the province to confusion over who fo...
Dec 16, 2022