Winnipeg Sun - Local (5 minutes ago)
By John Chidley-Hill TORONTO — When Brandon Ingram was traded from the New Orleans Pelicans to the Raptors last season, he made it clear he wanted to stay in Toronto. But there’s been a specific part of being a Raptor that he loves. “I guess Darko coming into the locker room, yelling,” laughed Ingram, referring […]
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By Charlotte Graham-mclay WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A woman in New Zealand who was convicted of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases for years before they were discovered will spend at least 17 years in prison, a judge ruled Wednesday. Justice Geoffrey Venning told Hakyung Lee at the High Court […]
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By Hillel Italie NEW YORK (AP) — Writers in U.S. prisons will have a new path to getting their work seen through a website managed by PEN America that includes information on publishers, agents, journalists and other potential contacts. PEN’s Prison and Justice Writing Program on Tuesday announced the launch of the Incarcerated Writers Bureau,...
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By Hallie Golden And Matthew Daly WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service said Tuesday it is going to start charging the millions of international tourists who visit U.S. parks each year an extra $100 to enter some of the most popular sites, while leaving them out of fee-free days that will be reserved for […]
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By Dennis Passa BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Basketball Australia and its men’s and women’s professional leagues announced on Wednesday an online safety platform to help athletes and teams protect themselves from social media abuse. The move couldn’t come any sooner for Scott Roth, a former NBA player and assistant coach with several teams...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 minutes ago)
MONTREAL — A Montreal non-profit is offering up to $50,000 for information that could help find an Ontario man who went missing in the Mont-Tremblant, Que., area in February. Liam Toman, 22, disappeared around 3 a.m. on Feb. 2 after leaving a bar in the ski village north of Montreal following a night out with […]
ReadGlobal News - Regina (8 minutes ago)
B.C. Premier David Eby said on Monday that he questions this decision as it would put a Canadian product at the mercy of the U.S. administration.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (11 minutes ago)
Dancing with the Stars recently celebrated its 20th anniversary — but that's not why it's been the talk of Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and, yes, water coolers everywhere this season. Blending nostalgia with a new kind of stardom, the show has successfully reimagined the dance competition for a new generation.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (11 minutes ago)
Under the proposal recommended by city hall administration heading into Tuesday's budget talks, low-income bus passes would stay frozen, while the cost of passes would rise by about five per cent. Occasional transit users would pay about 10 per cent more.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (11 minutes ago)
Canadian Western Agribition is back. A traditional Burning of the Brand ceremony took place on Monday to officially kick off the week-long event.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (11 minutes ago)
The Saskatchewan NDP has introduced a long-promised bill that, if passed, would introduce rent control to the province, but the provincial government has maintained it will not vote for rent control.
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Priscilla Tootoosis-Iron says the people involved in her son's killing will answer for what they did — whether in court or to a higher power.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (11 minutes ago)
In an essay titled "A most inconvenient Indian" for the Globe and Mail, the Guelph, Ont.-based King says he learned of rumours several years ago that questioned his heritage. The California-born King says he made a concerted effort this year to find their origin, which brought him to a U.S. organization called Tribal Alliance Against Frauds.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (11 minutes ago)
Ottawa and the provinces raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018.
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Misha Pavelick's father Lorne speaks about healing, justice and what comes next for the family.
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Jones's celebrated career paved the way for other women in sport and broadcasting.
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The Crown has stayed a 2023 charge against a Regina man who was accused of threatening to ruin a local MLA if he did not support him in an upcoming election.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (11 minutes ago)
The latest point-in-time count in Saskatoon took place on Oct. 16 and tallied 1,931 people experiencing homelessness. That's roughly 30 per cent more than one year ago, when a one-day count found 1,499 people.
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The Saskatchewan SPCA is concerned over proposed changes to the province's Animal Welfare Enforcement Act. The contract for Animal Protection Services of Saskatchewan, which provides animal welfare enforcement for most of the province, expires in March, and the province says it will allow others to bid.
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Saskatchewan's auditor's office says it plans to look into the preparedness of the province's public safety agency responsible for fighting wildfires.
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The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association says shortages are driving up prices for pet medication, calling on the federal government to step in.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (11 minutes ago)
Surplus long gone: Sask. government says budget on course for $427M deficit at year's end
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The Saskatchewan-based potash giant announced last week it plans to build a new terminal at the Port of Longview, WA to handle expected growth in international demand for its fertilizer products.
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Colleen Jones was a tour de force. When you were with her you felt invincible and that anything was possible. She made you a believer.
ReadCBC - New Brunswick (11 minutes ago)
A new tool created by real estate firm Turner Drake & Partners blends multiple indicators of housing markets across Canada to assign scores to be used for comparison. It shows the financial burden on renters in Nova Scotia is greater than in any other province.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (11 minutes ago)
David Chilton's updated version of The Wealthy Barber became a bestseller within a week of it going on sale. He says he believes that's because young people today aren't sure where to turn for advice as TikTok and YouTube influencers offer ideas that aren't financially sound.
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Poinsettias will soon be making their way into offices, churches, stores and homes as part of holiday decorating traditions. The plants in City of Kitchener buildings are grown locally in the city's greenhouse while people can buy the plant for themselves almost anywhere, including local greenhouses.
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The number of students missing school post-pandemic has been on the rise. It's an issue that's impacting school boards, parents and teachers across the country. But the reasons why and the long-term impacts are not clear. CBC looked at the data, which includes school boards in Waterloo region, London and Windsor.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (12 minutes ago)
Jörgen Dance's artistic director and CEO says the moving truck containing set and backdrops, which was allegedly stolen in Etobicoke Monday, has been found. The company had planned to go ahead with its Tuesday show in Burlington regardless.
ReadCBC - Windsor (12 minutes ago)
With trade uncertainty, tariffs and rising prices, Canadian shoppers are expected to pull back this holiday season. Retailers are offering weeks-long discounts —and for some, their first Black Friday deals ever — in the hope of enticing people to spend.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (12 minutes ago)
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon asks the federal government to have the CRTC implement a ban on all advertising for sports gambling apps and websites. It is supported by 40 other...
ReadCBC - Calgary (12 minutes ago)
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental laws and offer political support to a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast, CBC News has learned.
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A photograph from a telegraphers union meeting. An Italian restaurant menu from Toronto. A newspaper clipping covering a graduating class of Royal Canadian Air Force engineers. What do all those have in common? That's what researchers with the Alberta Family Histories Society are looking to uncover after receiving a mysterious box from a thrift...
ReadCBC - Calgary (12 minutes ago)
While reasoning varies, many of the newly approved petitioners said they were upset the UCP government used the Charter's notwithstanding clause last month to end a provincewide teachers strike. Another common reason given among applicants was that the MLAs being targeted aren't responsive to community concerns or aren't engaging with their...
ReadCBC - Montreal (12 minutes ago)
Nunavik doctors are calling on authorities to improve the region's fragile water infrastructure. In the meantime, health workers get creative to provide care in an environment plagued by water shortages, from waterless childbirths to containing the spread of illnesses.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (21 minutes ago)
For another day, Calgarians gathered at City Hall to make sure their voices were heard as council works through the city's budget. Budget deliberations began Monday with a public hearing, during which residents and community groups had 5 minutes each to outline their priorities for the year ahead. The hearing was extended into a second […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (21 minutes ago)
Officers are investigating a hit-and-run crash that left one man injured in north Calgary on Tuesday evening. Calgary police say the collision happened around 6:45 p.m. at the intersection of Centre Street and 8 Avenue. A vehicle struck a male pedestrian as he crossed the street in a marked crosswalk, according to police. The driver […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
By Colleen Slevin DENVER (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that immigration officers in Colorado can only arrest people without a warrant if they think those people are likely to flee. U.S. District Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson issued the order in a legal challenge brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado […]
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By Wolfgang Depner VICTORIA — Rifts in “Team Canada” appear to be widening on the brink of a federal announcement on a potential pipeline from Alberta to the West coast, with B.C.’s deputy premier even raising the prospect of legal action against the project. Asked if she expects B.C. to file a court challenge against […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
Police say they have arrested four people during enforcement of a court injunction prohibiting anyone from blocking or interfering with forestry activities in the Carmanah Valley of southwestern Vancouver Island. A statement from the RCMP on Tuesday says a blockade of people, vehicles and wooden items had been established along the Walbran Forest...
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By Wolfgang Depner VICTORIA — Rifts in “Team Canada” appear to be widening on the brink of a federal announcement on a potential pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast, with B.C.’s deputy premier even raising the prospect of legal action against the project. Asked if she expects B.C. to file a court challenge against […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
They say you are what your record says you are, but the Winnipeg Jets feel like their 12-9 mark sells them a bit short. "We don't feel like we've really played – maybe one or two – but complete 60-minute efforts,” forward Morgan Barron said, Tuesday. "That's more a philosophical question… we have to prove […]
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By Ken Moritsugu And Ayaka Mcgill BEIJING (AP) — Just days after China issued an advisory against traveling to Japan, the cancellations started. About 3,000 Chinese visit Rie Takeda’s tearoom in an alley in Tokyo’s historic Asakusa district every year. Some 200 have already canceled bookings for her tea ceremony class, as far ahead as […]
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Ask Gustav Nyquist if anything has surprised him about Winnipeg and the first-year Jet goes culinary. "The restaurant scene,” Nyquist said, Tuesday. "It’s very good. Much better than I thought it would be.” He could have said the same thing about the weather, specifically the lack of a single snowflake just a month out from […]
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By Nono Shen The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says two grizzlies captured in Bella Coola will be fitted with tracking collars and relocated far from the community, while the search goes on for the bear that attacked and badly injured three schoolchildren and a teacher last week. The bears were captured as officers search for […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (An hour ago)
On trial for second-degree murder, the Regent Park rapper known as Big Rax is telling the jury that he was afraid for his life. In fact, he said “I was scared for my life” at least half a dozen times. In his cream suit and hair neatly pulled back in a braid, Ridge Kazumba calmly […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (An hour ago)
Being the new kid on the block — whether that's in a work, school, or social environment — is not always easy. But finding your comfort level can be helped if you manage to tick a few boxes early. In that respect, the two highest-drafted Sceptres are finding that out pretty quickly. For starters, both […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (2 hours ago)
The British Columbia government has launched an independent review into funding sustainability for the public post-secondary education system, at a time when universities are facing layoffs and mounting operation costs amid declining international student enrolment since the federal government introduced a cap on international student visas in...
ReadCBC - Montreal (2 hours ago)
Six years after the CAQ government adopted its landmark secularism law, known as Bill 21, and only a month after adopting a bill which expanded Bill 21's prohibition of religious symbols, the province is once again taking aim at the intersection of religion and public life.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (2 hours ago)
Prince Edward Island is one of the only provinces that does not control rate increases in public or private long-term care homes. The province's Green Party is calling on government to change that, saying seniors have seen a 38 per cent rate hike in the last two years.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (2 hours ago)
At 25 per cent, the policing share of Saskatoon's budget jumps to among the highest in Canada for larger cities and has now risen to the same neighbourhood as Winnipeg, which has historically spent about a quarter of its budget on police.
ReadToronto Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
LET THE KIDS PLAY Re “Misconduct penalty” (Joe Warmington, Nov. 21) I'm 80 years old and growing up we played road hockey, some played basketball, not as many as today, but the point I'm trying to make is they want children to get off the sofa and their phones and iPads, but now they want […]
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