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Raptors get Canadian centre Olynyk, Agbaji from Jazz ahead of NBA trade deadline
TORONTO - Guard Ochai Agbaji and Canadian centre Kelly Olynyk are coming to the Toronto Raptors. Olynyk and Agbaji being sent from the Utah Jazz to Toronto ahead of the NBA's trade deadline, a person ...
Feb 08, 2024

Stars' Marchment fined US$5K for interference on Maple Leafs' McCabe
NEW YORK - Dallas Stars forward Mason Marchment has been fined US$5,000 for interference on Toronto's Jake McCabe after a sequence in Wednesday's game left the Maple Leafs defenceman bloodied. The pla...
Feb 08, 2024

Lethbridge Police launches crime and traffic maps
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There is now a new way to see where crimes are being committed in Lethbridge.The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has launched Open Data, an interactive platform that provides public a...
Feb 08, 2024

Tobacco firm 'disappointed' in B.C. restriction on flavoured nicotine pouch sales
MONTREAL - A major Canadian tobacco company says it is "extremely disappointed" by British Columbia's decision to move the sale of flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters. Premier David Eb...
Feb 08, 2024

Lethbridge home prices rose $126 every day in 2023: study
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new analysis is providing another way to look at recent changes in housing prices.Point2Homes has compared the prices of single family homes and both apartments and condos for 2022 ...
Feb 08, 2024

Nova Scotia Health resuming some non-emergency services as the big dig-out continues
Nova Scotia Health says the situation in the province following last weekend's big winter storm has improved enough that some non-emergency services are resuming. Officials say that includes facilitie...
Feb 08, 2024

Snowboarding opens unexpected doors for Canada's Liam Gill
CALGARY - When Liam Gill felt he didn't belong, snowboarding came to his rescue. Diagnosed with a language processing disorder and dyslexia, Gill struggled to understand and make himself understood in...
Feb 08, 2024

Biden won't call for redactions in special counsel report on classified documents handling
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will not seek any redactions in a report by the Justice Department special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents, the White House said Thursd...
Feb 08, 2024

Ukraine's Zelenskyy tells top general it's time for someone new to lead the army
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Ukraine's top general on Friday and told him it's time for someone new to lead the army. In a post on X, Zelenskyy said he thanks ...
Feb 08, 2024

Quebec cites 'social peace' to extend notwithstanding clause on secularism law
QUEBEC - The Quebec government tabled legislation today to continue shielding the province's secularism law - known as Bill 21 - from court challenges over Charter violations. Jean-Franois Roberge, th...
Feb 08, 2024