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Vermont police warn drivers returning from Montreal to check for hidden GPS devices
MONTREAL - Police in Burlington, Vt. say its residents are finding hidden AirTags and other GPS tracking devices on vehicles returning from Montreal. The Burlington Police Department said last week th...
Mar 31, 2024

Jays' Cabrera handed three-game suspension, fine for role in bench-clearing incident
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Gnesis Cabrera has received a three-game suspension and a fine for his role in a bench-clearing incident in a 5-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday. The amount of the fine of was...
Mar 31, 2024

Canada's Gushue tops defending champ Mouat of Scotland 8-4 at men's curling worlds
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland - Canada's Brad Gushue improved to 3-0 following an 8-4 win over defending champion Bruce Mouat of Scotland at the world men's curling championship on Sunday. Gushue, from St...
Mar 31, 2024
Wolseley loses to Elliot Lake, Ont., in Kraft Hockeyville voting
Wolseley won't be Kraft's Hockeyville.The Saskatchewan community was one of four finalists in the annual contest, but lost to Elliot Lake, Ont. in online voting that was conducted Friday and Saturday....
Mar 31, 2024

'It's the same game': Playoff-bound Canucks look to veterans for post-season lessons
VANCOUVER - Ian Cole vividly recalls how he felt before skating out for his first NHL playoff game. "Honestly, I just remember being scared," he said, punctuating his sentence with a mild expletive. "...
Mar 31, 2024

New government funding offered for Journey to Trades; promote women in trades
Women in the Battleford looking to build careers in the trades will have educational funding support thanks to a partnership between the provincial government and the organization Women Building Futur...
Mar 31, 2024

Nunavut celebrates 25th anniversary with optimism but also housing concerns
IQALUIT, Nunavut - P.J. Akeeagok was a teenager in a tiny hamlet on the tip of Ellesmere Island, watching with anticipation when Nunavut was officially born. Twenty-five years later, he is the premier...
Mar 31, 2024

Ukrainians with Canadian visas face agonizing decisions about the future
OTTAWA - It was 4:40 in the morning when bombs started to drop on Lilyia Dvornichenko's hometown of Kharkiv in Ukraine, just an hour from the Russian border. Her jaw is set and her tone is matter-of-f...
Mar 31, 2024

'Like a cartel:' Shootings point to turf war over rights to screen South Indian films
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The day Thomas Sajan was expecting to see a South Indian action epic at a theatre in British Columbia, a spate of shootings thousands of kilometres away disrupted his plans. Sajan,...
Mar 31, 2024

Group of Tim Hortons franchisees in Quebec sue brand owner for $18.9 million
MONTREAL - Several Quebec Tim Hortons franchisees are taking the brand's owner to court, blaming what they describe as unreasonable constraints in the company's licensing agreements for lower-than-exp...
Mar 31, 2024