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Gov’t puts another $400K into online program to address mental health, addictions issues
The University of Regina's Online Therapy Unit is getting a boost for its Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (ICBT).The provincial government announced Monday it's providing $400,000 in ...
May 15, 2023

Autopsy showed 13-year-old B.C. teen was strangled, pathologist tells murder trial
VANCOUVER - A forensic pathologist testifying in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Burnaby, B.C., says she died by strangulation. Dr. Jason Morin, who conducted the autopsy...
May 15, 2023

Toronto FC loses influential assistant GM Jack Dodd to Portland Timbers
Jack Dodd, an important member of Toronto FC's front office who helped build the club from MLS doormat to champion, has left to join the Portland Timbers as their technical director. Dodd spent nine y...
May 15, 2023

Bear in a tree holds Michigan city in suspense for hours on Mother's Day
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A city in northern Michigan has a new Mother's Day memory: A 350-pound bear was in a tree for hours, watched by dozens of people, before it fell asleep and dropped onto mat...
May 15, 2023

Raiders sign second overall pick Boychuk
Just minutes after the Prince Albert Raiders selected Daxon Rudolph first overall in the WHL Prospects Draft, they selected Riley Boychuk second overall. When Rudolph signed his standard WHL player ag...
May 15, 2023

House passes official languages bill to enshrine francophone immigration in law
OTTAWA - A bill that aims to enshrine a francophone immigration program into law is heading to the Senate after clearing the House of Commons. Bill C-13 would modernize the Official Languages Act and ...
May 15, 2023

Prosecutor ends probe of FBI's Trump-Russia investigation with harsh criticism, but no new charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - A special prosecutor has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign with withering criticism ...
May 15, 2023

Justice minister planning to introduce bail reforms this week
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti and the federal government are expected to bring forward legislation to enact bail reform as early as tomorrow. Lametti has said he will make "targeted reforms"...
May 15, 2023

Canadian linebacker Jordan Williams gives Toronto roster options, versatility
GUELPH, Ont. - Different team, different city, same mindset for Jordan Williams. The Canadian linebacker is preparing for his third CFL season but first with the Toronto Argonauts. B.C. dealt Williams...
May 15, 2023

Street legal: golf carts get green light for public roads
Golf carts will soon be street legal in Saskatchewan and that's good news for Candle Lake Mayor Terry Kostyna. The resort village has been hopeful the province would make changes allowing people to op...
May 15, 2023