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Canada wins final round-robin games, will face Norway in mixed doubles playoffs
GENEVA - Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant won their final preliminary matches Thursday at the world mixed doubles curling championship to finish second in their group and set up a playoff s...
Apr 28, 2022

Feds enshrining right to healthy environment but no clarity on what that means
OTTAWA - The federal government is pushing legislation to enshrine the right to a healthy environment into law but is giving itself up to two more years to define what that means. The amendment to the...
Apr 28, 2022

RCMP Report: Assault, break-in arrests
Battlefords RCMP arrested a 33-year-old male for assault following an altercation at a North Battleford business last week.Members responded to a 911 call on the Highway 16 Bypass shortly after 5:00 p...
Apr 28, 2022

Explosions in northern Afghanistan kill at least 9, wound 13
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two explosions, within minutes of each other, killed at least nine people and wounded 13 in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, a spokesman for a Taliban-appointed police chief...
Apr 28, 2022

Quebec Halloween sword attack suspect says 'bad' version of him committed murder
QUEBEC - The man accused of murdering two people with a sword in Quebec City on Halloween night 2020 insisted there were two competing versions of himself who were fighting for control. Under cross-ex...
Apr 28, 2022

Joly testifies at Senate committee on Ukraine war and possible new sanctions law
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says she supports a bill from an independent senator to confiscate seized Russian assets even though the government's version of such a law differs in one...
Apr 28, 2022

Crown appeals stay of proceedings in case of Quebec judge accused of killing wife
QUEBEC - The Crown says it will appeal a Quebec Superior Court ruling that prevented a former judge from facing a new murder trial in the killing of his wife. Jacques Delisle, 86, had his application ...
Apr 28, 2022

Inuit organization develops shared plan with Mounties to improve relationship
The national organization representing Inuit people has developed a plan with Mounties to help improve the relationship with the police force. Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, says hi...
Apr 28, 2022

Whitecaps sign Paraguayan midfielder Andrés Cubas as designated player
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Paraguayan international midfielder Andrs Cubas via transfer from French club Nmes Olympique. The Whitecaps said in a release Thursday that Cubas has ...
Apr 28, 2022

‘It’s gonna be a tough year’: Local beekeepers face loss of income due to lack of bees
Many local beekeepers are bracing for impact in the wake of a higher-than-normal mortality rate for honeybees.According to the Saskatchewan Beekeepers Development Commission, a viral mite known as Var...
Apr 28, 2022