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Siksika man files human rights complaint against Alberta Health Services, hospital
SIKSIKA FIRST NATION, AB - A man from a First Nation in southern Alberta has filed a human rights complaint against the provincial health agency and a local hospital, alleging anti-Indigenous discrimi...
Sep 29, 2023

Bombers kicker Sergio Castillo takes in other sports as a photographer
WINNIPEG - Blue Bombers placekicker Sergio Castillo is used to having football players run full blast at him while he concentrates on kicking balls. On Wednesday night, it was hockey players rushing t...
Sep 29, 2023

Toronto Blue Jays on the cusp of locking down a wild-card berth
TORONTO - It's time to put the champagne on ice at Rogers Centre. The Toronto Blue Jays are on the cusp of locking up a playoff berth. The Blue Jays can clinch a playoff berth if they beat the visitin...
Sep 29, 2023

In the news today: Statistics Canada to release GDP figures today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Statistics Canada to release July figures for real GDP today Statistics Canada ...
Sep 29, 2023

Explosion at rally celebrating birthday of Islam's prophet kills 21 people in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful bomb exploded near a mosque at a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 21 people and wounding ...
Sep 29, 2023

Nisga'a Nation celebrates return of totem after it was taken almost a century ago
LAXGALTS'AP, B.C. - A ceremony will be held today by the Nisga'a Nation in northern British Columbia for a memorial totem that has gone to Scotland and back over the last century. The 11-metre totem w...
Sep 29, 2023

Tolvanen scores twice as Kraken beat Canucks 3-1
SEATTLE - Eeli Tolvanen's unassisted power-play goal at 3:56 of the third period snapped a 1-1 deadlock and lifted the Seattle Kraken to a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL pre-season acti...
Sep 28, 2023

Bedard nets two points in first NHL exhibition game with Blackhawks
CHICAGO (AP) - Connor Bedard played in his first pre-season game with the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night, and fans of the Original Six franchise were ready. So was Bedard, who had two assists in...
Sep 28, 2023

Ryder Cup is finally here, Johnson says it's time to let thoroughbreds loose
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) - Big winners two years ago in Wisconsin, the Americans know a Ryder Cup victory away from home has been out of reach for the last 30 years. Among the challenges is a p...
Sep 28, 2023

B.C. issues certificate for contentious Roberts Bank terminal expansion project
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has issued an environmental assessment certificate for the contentious container port expansion project at Roberts Bank, saying the province "could not prohi...
Sep 28, 2023