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Vermont's Goddard College to close after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles
PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's Goddard College, a small school known for its progressive education, is closing after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles, the board of trustees anno...
Apr 10, 2024

'The grazing season could be shortened': Neubauer Farms, by Irvine, braces for potentially dry season
On the Farm: This 2024 farming season we are following a local producer to take you inside the triumphs and tribulations of life on the farm..Nichole Neubauer, owner and operator of Neubauer Farms wit...
Apr 10, 2024

Raymond RCMP investigating "suspicious occurrence" involving child
RAYMOND, AB - The RCMP is looking to identify a man who was reportedly involved in what they are calling a suspicious occurrence.At approximately 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the Raymond RCMP ...
Apr 10, 2024

Three-time Grey Cup champion Shawn Lemon announces retirement from football
Veteran defensive lineman Shawn Lemon, who won three Grey Cups with three different organizations, announced his CFL retirement Wednesday. The 35-year-old Lemon had signed a one-year contract extensio...
Apr 10, 2024

New security plan for Montreal metro amid rise in mental health and addictions issues
Montreal's transit corporation is concentrating security personnel in certain metro stations amid what officials say has been a rise in the number of people with mental health or addiction issues in t...
Apr 10, 2024

Quebec tables bill that includes fines of up to $1,500 for threatening politicians
QUEBEC - People who harass or threaten Quebec politicians could soon be hit with a court injunction or a fine of up to $1,500. Municipal Affairs Minister Andre Laforest tabled a bill today that aims t...
Apr 10, 2024

Fury says Usyk won't overcome size difference in the fight to crown the undisputed heavyweight champ
MORECAMBE, England (AP) - For Tyson Fury, size will count for everything in his fight with Oleksandr Usyk to crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 2000. Usyk, a former cruiserweight, m...
Apr 10, 2024

Trump says Arizona's abortion ban goes too far and defends the overturning of Roe v. Wade
ATLANTA (AP) - Donald Trump said Wednesday that an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and the former president called on Arizona lawmakers to change it, while also defendi...
Apr 10, 2024

Jones, Jacobs rebound from lopsided losses at Players' Championship
TORONTO - Jennifer Jones and Brad Jacobs bounced back from lopsided tournament-opening losses with victories in Wednesday's early draw at the Grand Slam of Curling's Players' Championship. Winnipeg's ...
Apr 10, 2024

Police question man, considered person of interest, in woman's death near Montreal
CANDIAC, Que. - Quebec provincial police say they are becoming increasingly convinced that a woman in her late 20s found dead in an apartment southwest of Montreal was a homicide victim. Spokesman Lou...
Apr 10, 2024