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$50,000 donation to expand and upgrade heath training lab at North West College
Healthcare students at North West College in North Battleford will be getting a better quality training facility thanks to a $50,000 donation from Cenovus Energy. The money will be used to increase th...
Nov 03, 2022

Vancouver, B.C. Lions to host 2024 Grey Cup
VANCOUVER - The CFL has announced that the B.C. Lions will host the 2024 Grey Cup in Vancouver. "The Lions' bid was very strong," commissioner Randy Ambrosie said in a release Thursday. "And it was bu...
Nov 03, 2022

Alpine Canada to sign on with new sport integrity commissioner's Abuse-Free Sport
CALGARY, United Kingdom - Alpine Canada has signed an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, which is a new independent program to prevent and address maltreatment. Effective Dec. 31, the Canadian ski ra...
Nov 03, 2022

Melville motel owner still piecing things together following deadly shooting
Tony Singh was still trying to figure things out Thursday.The owner of the Country Inn motel in Melville - the scene of a shooting Wednesday that left one man dead and another injured - recalled getti...
Nov 03, 2022

RCMP investigate so-called Chinese 'police' stations in Toronto area
The RCMP is investigating reports of criminal activity related to so-called foreign "police" stations in Canada after a human rights group reported China is operating more than 50 such venues overseas...
Nov 03, 2022

'I always considered myself a Canuck:' Bieksa officially retires in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - When Kevin Bieksa stepped on the ice at Rogers Arena for the Vancouver Canucks' morning skate on Thursday, he felt like he was home. It's been more than four years since the defenceman sui...
Nov 03, 2022

Decorated Canadian curler Jennifer Jones fast-tracking young team
CALGARY - Winning and mentorship hand in hand is what Jennifer Jones envisioned when she phoned Mackenzie Zacharias. Jones, an Olympic and two-time world curling champion, saw potential for both when ...
Nov 03, 2022

Fiscal Update 2022: Ottawa to permanently eliminate student loan interest
Ottawa says it plans to make permanent the pandemic era removal of interest on student loans in an effort to reduce some of the current financial pressures on young Canadians as the cost of living ris...
Nov 03, 2022

Five things you need to know about the Liberals’ fall economic update
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals unveiled their fall economic update Thursday - a 92-page mini-budget setting out Canada's fiscal situation and outlining new policies to tackle cost-of-living woes. The w...
Nov 03, 2022

After N.S. mass shooting, American family member of victims lost faith in Mounties
HALIFAX - U.S. citizen Jennifer Zahl Bruland says the murders of her father and stepmother in Nova Scotia's mass shooting led her to stop believing in the quality of Canada's national police force. In...
Nov 03, 2022