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Defender Rocco Romeo makes move to Toronto FC first team as homegrown player
Toronto FC has signed defender Rocco Romeo to a contract as a homegrown player. The 19-year-old from Toronto becomes the 21st player in club history to join the first team from the Toronto FC academy....
Jan 21, 2020
MUCC Comets basketball team excited to be a part of pink game in Prince Albert
The Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate (MUCC) Comets Senior Girls basketball team is heading to Prince Albert for a game on Thursday.The Comets will take part in the Carlton Crushes Cancer exhi...
Jan 21, 2020 The MUCC Senior girls basketball team won gold at a tournament in Humboldt earlier this year, and will take on Carlton in Prince Albert on Thursday for the Carlton Crushes Cancer game. (Twitter/CometNews)
Prison watchdog decries 'Indigenization' of Canada's correctional system
OTTAWA - Canada's prison ombudsman says disturbing and entrenched imbalances mean the proportion of Indigenous people in federal custody has hit a record high of more than 30 per cent. Correctional in...
Jan 21, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
At 90, Native Alaska woman will be 1st counted in US Census
TOKSOOK BAY, Alaska - Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in the windswept western wilds of Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing ...
Jan 21, 2020
Trudeau stays mum on Sussexes' security costs as Harry returns to B.C.
WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to say who will cover security costs for Prince Harry and his family while they are in Canada. At a news conference in Winnipeg today, Trudeau...
Jan 21, 2020
Prairie Optimist Cup
Many Prince Albert swimmers returned to competition this past weekend by swimming their fastest times yet.After the Christmas break, members of the Prince Albert Sharks began their training again on J...
Jan 21, 2020
Parks Canada says no to gondola proposed from Banff townsite to Mount Norquay
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada has rejected a proposed gondola to take skiers and hikers from Banff townsite to the summit at the Mount Norquay ski resort. The agency has been considering ...
Jan 21, 2020
Female soccer players more likely to have medical assessments after head trauma
TORONTO - Half of female soccer players who suffered a head-collision event received medical assessments, compared to a third of male players, according to a Canadian study published in the Journal of...
Jan 21, 2020
Copper cable theft in Middle Lake
A copper cable theft in Middle Lake is under investigation.Sometime between 4 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 19, a vehicle entered a business yard on Highway 20 in Middle Lake.The car was a grey two-door ...
Jan 21, 2020 (submitted photo/RCMP)
Canada, allies push Iran to co-operate on Ukraine plane's black boxes
OTTAWA - Canada and its allies are pushing Iran to move the black boxes from the Ukrainian jetliner it shot down to a facility that can quickly download its crucial flight data. Fo...
Jan 21, 2020