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Sprucebuds Cannabis opens in Emma Lake
Emma Lake residents will not have to travel far to buy cannabis as Sprucebuds Cannabis is now open for business in the community.They will be open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Manager of th...
Sep 09, 2021

Westerners to board first commercial flight from Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban authorities will allow between 100 and 150 Americans to fly out from Kabul in the coming hours, Qatari officials said on Thursday, marking the airport's...
Sep 09, 2021

Federal leader debates, COVID hospitalization costs : In The News for Sept. 9
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Sep 09, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada to rule on bail request from fashion mogul Peter Nygard
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to deliver a ruling today on whether a Canadian fashion mogul who faces sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States will stay behind ...
Sep 09, 2021

How a plane diverted to Newfoundland on Sept. 11 forged a 20-year friendship
GAMBO, N.L. - Every Friday evening, Steve Badcock pours himself a drink and flips open his laptop to video chat with a close friend he met because of a terrorist attack in New York City and its ripple...
Sep 09, 2021

Djokovic tops Berrettini in Open QF to close in on true Slam
NEW YORK (AP) - Never fazed, rarely flummoxed, Novak Djokovic is so collected in best-of-five-set matches even when falling behind, as he has done repeatedly at the U.S. Open. No opponent, or the pros...
Sep 08, 2021

Guerrero, streaking Jays drop sliding Yanks from top WC spot
NEW YORK (AP) - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 41st home run and the streaking Toronto Blue Jays knocked the slumping Yankees out of the AL's top wild-card spot, beating New York 6-3 Wednesday night. T...
Sep 08, 2021

Texas man gets execution delay over pastor’s touch request
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas death row inmate won a reprieve Wednesday evening from execution for killing a convenience store worker during a 2004 robbery that garnered $1.25 after claiming the st...
Sep 08, 2021

Canada wastes little time putting El Salvador to the sword in World Cup qualifying
TORONTO - Early strikes by Atiba Hutchinson and Jonathan David gave Canada the lead and Tajon Buchanan added an exclamation-point goal in the second half of a convincing 3-0 win over El Salvador in CO...
Sep 08, 2021

What'sHappeningNOW Sept. 8, 2021
Reporter Dawson Thompson talks about how the city will once again install a temporary fence around the Margo Fournier Centre and the Prince Albert Heritage Centre.
Sep 08, 2021