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Champion filly Munnyfor Ro will race Sunday in $1-million Queen's Plate at Woodbine
Munnyfor Ro is a go for the $1-million Queen's Plate. Trainer Kevin Attard confirmed Monday the '21 Woodbine Oaks champion will race in the opening jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown on Sunday at ...
Aug 16, 2021

Nurse says continuity, long-term commitment key to getting Canada to Paris Olympics
TORONTO - There were plenty of moments when Nick Nurse was watching the Tokyo Olympics that he couldn't help but imagine Canada playing there. Nurse and the Canadian men's basketball team had to watch...
Aug 16, 2021

Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) - A hospital in southwestern Haiti, where a powerful earthquake flattened homes, shops and other buildings over the weekend, was so overwhelmed with patients that many had to lie...
Aug 16, 2021

Two Holocaust researchers, including Ottawa professor, win libel case on appeal in Poland
WARSAW, Poland - An appellate court in Poland on Monday rejected a lawsuit brought against two Holocaust scholars - one of them an Ottawa professor - in a case that has been closely watched because it...
Aug 16, 2021

Crown appeals prison term for trucker convicted in killing of woman in Edmonton hotel
EDMONTON - Crown prosecutors are appealing a 12 1/2-year sentence given to an Ontario truck driver found guilty in the killing of a woman in his Edmonton hotel room. Bradley Barton was sentenced in Ju...
Aug 16, 2021

Ontario open to child care deal with federal Liberals, with some flexibility: Lecce
TORONTO - Ontario's education minister says his government is open to striking a deal on affordable child care with the federal Liberals if it accounts for what he described as the province's "unique"...
Aug 16, 2021

North Stars Hockey School kicks off Monday
The Battlefords North Stars kicked off Day 1 of their annual summer Hockey School Monday at the Access Communications Centre. Forward, Jake Southgate is one of the Stars' players on-hand to help with ...
Aug 16, 2021

NW Territorial Days Parade set in North Battleford
There's just a few hours until parade time for families in the Battlefords.The Northwest Territorial Days Parade, held by the Battlefords Agricultural Society, gets underway this evening at 7:00 p.m. ...
Aug 16, 2021

Active cases currently at 1,038 in Saskatchewan, 464 in northern zones
Eighty-five new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today by the Saskatchewan government. This brings the total to 51,390 reported cases, 1,038 cases are considered active and 49,766 cases are considered...
Aug 16, 2021

Pride Week kicks off in the Battlefords
The City of North Battleford is officially declaring this week as Pride Week. Mayor David Gillan took part in a Pride flag-raising ceremony outside city hall on monday to mark the occasion. "We're ver...
Aug 16, 2021