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Canada under the gun as NATO allies to present defence spending plans by June
BRUSSELS - Canada faces fresh pressure to increase its defence spending as the head of the NATO military alliance says leaders have agreed to present plans by June on investing billions of additional ...
Mar 24, 2022

Mustang fall behind early, can't recover in game four loss to Terriers
The Melfort Mustangs are now in a three-games-to-one hole in their SJHL quarterfinal series against the Yorkton Terriers.The Mustangs fell 5-2 to the Terriers on Wednesday night in game four of their ...
Mar 24, 2022

ISU replaces commentators, apologizes for vulgar comment aimed at Canada's Duhamel
The International Skating Union has apologized and replaced its world championship commentators for vulgar comments aimed at Canadian Meagan Duhamel. British commentator Simon Reed called Duhamel, a t...
Mar 24, 2022

Sturgeon Lake business owner, supporter of Indigenous hockey culture featured on Hockey Night in Canada
If you were watching the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast Tuesday night between the Calgary Flames and the San Jose Sharks, chances are you probably saw a Sportsnet feature on Sturgeon Lake's Harlan K...
Mar 24, 2022

PST increases not drawing favourable reaction from Sask. public, golf industry
Most Saskatchewan residents don't seem thrilled with the province's most recent budget."I think we're being taxed enough as it is," Steve commented on the provincial sales tax (PST) now being added to...
Mar 24, 2022

Black Academy's Legacy Awards set for fall, to air on CBC
TORONTO - The Black Academy's inaugural Legacy Awards has found a venue and an air date. The Canadian award show dedicated to Black talent will be held at the Toronto live event space History and will...
Mar 24, 2022

Zelenskyy pleads for aid as Biden, allies begin summits
BRUSSELS (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for "military assistance without limitations" as he addressed an emergency NATO summit on Thursday, the first of three urgent meetings U....
Mar 24, 2022

Judge scolds ex-NBA star Ray Allen for skipping jury duty
MIAMI (AP) - Basketball Hall of Famer Ray Allen got scolded by a federal judge and ordered to donate $1,000 to charity for failing to show up at a trial after being selected as a juror. U.S. District ...
Mar 24, 2022

4 dead, 1 injured, after apparent fall from Swiss building
GENEVA (AP) - Four people were found dead at the foot of a seven-story residential building in the lakeside Swiss city of Montreux, police said Thursday, with a fifth person hospitalized in serious co...
Mar 24, 2022

Trudeau meets with NATO, reconciling faith with identity: In The News for March 24
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 March 24 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 24, 2022