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MS Walk set for Sunday in Lethbridge
Residents of Lethbridge can help support Canadians living with multiple sclerosis (MS) at an event this coming weekend.For the 10th year in a row, the MS Walk, sponsored by Jayman BUILT, is set for Su...
May 21, 2025
Battle-tested Minnesota Frost confident despite dropping Game 1 to Ottawa Charge
OTTAWA - The Minnesota Frost have been here before, and with that comes a sense of familiarity. After dropping Tuesday's Game 1 of the PWHL's Walter Cup championship series 2-1 in overtime to the Otta...
May 21, 2025
Quebec police open criminal investigation into fatal construction site collapse
BLAINVILLE - Police north of Montreal say they have opened a criminal negligence investigation into Tuesday's fatal collapse of retaining walls at a construction site. One worker died and two were inj...
May 21, 2025
Design funding approved for Coalhurst High School modernization
The Government of Alberta is continuing to advance a school modernization project in Coalhurst.Although exact dollar amounts were not specified, they are moving along the modernization of Coalhurst Hi...
May 21, 2025
Federal judge blocks Trump's firing of two Democratic members of privacy oversight board
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's firing of two Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The ruling Wednesday from U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton...
May 21, 2025
A Texas bill to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion ban clears a key hurdle after rocky path
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S., putting the GOP-backed proposal on the brink o...
May 21, 2025
Carney to speak with media after cabinet gathers to plan for new Parliament
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to take questions from reporters on Parliament Hill this evening after holding a secretive, two-day retreat with his new cabinet in Gatineau, Que. Carney wil...
May 21, 2025
Lawyer says worker accused of helping New Orleans jailbreak was unclogging toilet, not aiding escape
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A worker charged with aiding the New Orleans jailbreak by 10 prisoners shut off water to unclog a toilet, not to allow the men to cut the pipe to create an opening for their escape,...
May 21, 2025
B.C. slack-line walker forgot to re-attach leash before fatal fall, association says
The International Slackline Association says a fatal fall near Squamish, B.C., on Saturday happened after a woman "forgot to re-tie" her safety leash, resulting in an 80-metre fall. The association sa...
May 21, 2025
Towering offensive lineman Dankwah standing out with Toronto Argonauts
GUELPH - Even by football standards, Anim Dankwah stands out. At six foot eight and 350 pounds, the Toronto Argonauts' rookie offensive lineman isn't hard to find, on or off the football field. Surpri...
May 21, 2025