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Four more years, Troy Ryan to coach Canadian women's hockey team to 2026 Olympics
HERNING, Denmark - Troy Ryan will coach the Canadian women's hockey team through to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, Italy. Ryan's contract has been extended four years, Hockey Canada an...
Aug 25, 2022
Federal government announces funds for skills-training programs for 17 organizations
CHARLOTTETOWN - The federal government is announcing a $60-million investment in 17 organizations across Canada that help people with learning disabilities remain in the workforce. Federal Employment ...
Aug 25, 2022
Russia says station attack was on Ukrainian military target
CHAPLYNE, Ukraine (AP) - The death toll from a Russian rocket attack on a train station and the surrounding area as Ukraine celebrated its Independence Day climbed to 25, including at least two childr...
Aug 25, 2022
Putin orders Russian military to start beefing up in 2023
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to increase the size of the country's armed forces by 137,000 amid Moscow's military action in Ukraine. Putin's decree s...
Aug 25, 2022
This year's harvest called "the most expensive in history"
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - Alberta farmers are starting to find out what they have to show for persevering through a difficult season.The beginning of the year was extremely dry causing uneven germination. ...
Aug 25, 2022
Physician health survey, monkeypox on campus: In The News for Aug. 25
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 Aug. 25 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Aug 25, 2022
Who 'discovered Canada'? Quebec says French explorer over Indigenous people: survey
OTTAWA, W.Va. - Quebecers are more inclined to say Jacques Cartier - or even Christopher Columbus - "discovered Canada," compared to the rest of the country, which points to Indigenous people, a new s...
Aug 25, 2022
'This is a crisis:' COVID compounds health-care worker shortages in the North
YELLOWKNIFE - Health-care facilities across Canada have been grappling with worker shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, but struggles to recruit and retain staff are nothing new in the North. The N...
Aug 25, 2022
Japan police chief to resign over Abe shooting death
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's national police chief on Thursday said he will resign to take responsibility over the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a campaign speech last month. ...
Aug 24, 2022
Springer 3 hits, RBI double in 10th as Blue Jays top Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) - George Springer got three hits, including a 10th-inning double on the first pitch from Boston reliever Ryan Brasier that scored automatic runner Jackie Bradley Jr. and lifted the Toronto...
Aug 24, 2022