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Olympic champion Kelsey Mitchell headlines UCI Track Nations Cup
MILTON, Ont. - An innocuous conversation while on a trip to southeast Asia a few years ago got Kelsey Mitchell thinking about her future plans. After graduating from the University of Alberta, she was...
May 11, 2022
Beekeepers facing challenges this year
Honey producers are dealing with added challenges this year from a variety of reasons.Cameron Brown, of Farmer Brown's Honey, is a beekeeper in the Meota area.Brown said he put in 800 colonies to over...
May 11, 2022
Court: California's under-21 gun sales ban unconstitutional
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday that California's ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the San Francisco...
May 11, 2022
McDonald's celebrates McHappy Day
Service with a smile is on the menu Wednesday at McDonald's locations in North Battleford and across the country for McHappy Day.Today, 10 per cent of all sales will be donated to Ronald McDonald Hous...
May 11, 2022
'Komodo dragons on steroids': Fossil of predatory water dweller recovered at mine
MAGRATH, ALBERTA - A fossil of a prehistoric lizard "on steroids" has been found at a mining site in southern Alberta. The partial fossil of a recently discovered mosasaurus was recently discovered at...
May 11, 2022
Second minke whale spotted off Montreal, marine mammal group says
MONTREAL - A marine mammal research group is reporting a second minke whale has been spotted in the Montreal area in less than a week. Baleines en direct says the whale was seen at around 12:30 p.m. t...
May 11, 2022
Leafs search for killer instinct, look to bury playoff ghosts with Bolts on the brink
TORONTO - Michael Bunting had one thought when Jason Spezza stepped to the first-intermission floor. Listen up. The veteran forward's impassioned words in the locker room helped spark a comeback after...
May 11, 2022
Salimah Mussani makes collaboration the heart of her coaching plan for Golf Canada
Golf may be an individual sport, but Salimah Mussani believes that collaboration will take Canada's golfers to the next level. Mussani was named the head coach of Golf Canada's women's team last Frida...
May 11, 2022
Dems' bid to secure Roe v. Wade falls to GOP-led filibuster
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate fell far short Wednesday in a rushed effort toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access as federal law, blocked by a Republican filibuster in a blunt display of the nati...
May 11, 2022
N.S. police chief felt RCMP 'nudged' not to reveal early warning of killer's danger
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia police chief told an investigator last year that in the aftermath of the 2020 mass shooting, he felt "nudged" by the RCMP not to release a report that had warned the gunman was...
May 11, 2022