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Ontario parents frustrated with lack of swimming lessons amid lifeguard shortage
Lacey Miller is frustrated after her daughter's fall swimming lessons were abruptly cancelled this week due to a lifeguard shortage. The Ottawa mother said her five-year-old's swim classes were set to...
Sep 27, 2022
Canadian offensive lineman Ryan Hunter quickly picking up Argos offence
TORONTO - Ryan Hunter is very thankful to still be playing pro football. The six-foot-three, 315-pound offensive lineman is in his first full week practising with the Toronto Argonauts. Hunter, 27, of...
Sep 27, 2022
Lethbridge man charged with attempted murder
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has put a local man behind bars in connection to a domestic assault.Police were called to a home in the Fairmont subdivision at approximately 12:30...
Sep 27, 2022
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Tavares out 'minimum' three weeks with oblique strain
Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares will be out a 'minimum' of three weeks due to an oblique strain, head coach Sheldon Keefe announced on Tuesday. Tavares underwent testing Tuesday while the tea...
Sep 27, 2022
South Carolina likely won't make abortion rules stricter
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Conservatives in the South Carolina House have rejected what they contend is a watered-down abortion measure, meaning the state likely will maintain its ban on the procedure at s...
Sep 27, 2022
RCMP investigating fatal collision near Brooks
BROOKS, AB - A head-on collision reportedly lead to the death of a man in Southern Alberta.Brooks RCMP was called to the area of Highways 36 and 873 south of the community at approximately 6:30 p.m. o...
Sep 27, 2022
Lawyer for First Nation says goal of B.C. land claim case is reconciliation
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for a First Nation fighting for title to part of Nootka Island in British Columbia says in his closing argument that the underlying objective of the court proceeding is reconcil...
Sep 27, 2022
Lethbridge Police investigating altercation involving gunshot
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) is asking for the public's help in determining the suspects involved in an altercation on the west side.Officers were called to a home on the 200 b...
Sep 27, 2022
Canadian navy struggling with personnel 'crisis': commander
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Navy is struggling with what its commander says is a personnel "crisis" as hundreds of positions sit vacant. Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee says he needs nearly 1,400 sailors t...
Sep 27, 2022
Noted New Orleans social services group drops racist's name
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans social services nonprofit long called the Kingsley House renamed itself Tuesday, dropping the name of a Victorian clergyman perhaps best remembered as the author of a ...
Sep 27, 2022