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Hermann wins skeleton race, Kelly Curtis wins bronze for US
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - Tina Hermann of Germany had the fastest time in both heats to win a women's skeleton race Friday, while Kelly Curtis of the U.S. won a World Cup medal for the first time. Herm...
Dec 16, 2022
Oldham, Asselin achieve new highs in big air as Canadians take gold and bronze
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. - Megan Oldham earned the first big air victory of her career and Olivia Asselin had her first-ever World Cup medal as Canada won gold and bronze on Friday. Oldham, from Parry S...
Dec 16, 2022
Jan. 6 panel eyes recommending 3 charges for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is considering recommending the Justice Department pursue three criminal charges against former President Donald T...
Dec 16, 2022
Manitoba to help with feasibility study to possibly search landfill for slain women
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will be joining an Indigenous-led committee tasked with determining whether it's possible to recover the remains of two First Nations women believed to be in a landf...
Dec 16, 2022
B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods
HOPE, B.C. - A stretch along a key highway that sustained severe damage from landslides and flooding across southwestern British Columbia last year is back to four lanes after temporary repairs at thr...
Dec 16, 2022
Dutch continue speedskating supremacy in Calgary, Canadians earn two bronze medals
CALGARY - The Netherlands continued its torrid medal pace at a speedskating World Cup in Calgary and the host Canadian team picked up a pair of bronze Friday. The Dutch collected a dozen medals, inclu...
Dec 16, 2022
RCMP's food drive fills three cruisers
Battlefords RCMP saw a good response to its "Cram the Cruizer" food drive. RCMP Const. Malissa Sekela organized the event to benefit the Battlefords and District Food and Resource Centre. Sekela, with...
Dec 16, 2022
Indigenous leaders plan action against Saskatchewan First Act
Blockades could be set up in Saskatchewan if Premier Scott Moe doesn't retract the Saskatchewan First Act.More than 35 chiefs gathered in the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations' (FSIN) boardro...
Dec 16, 2022
Migrants pack Mexico-US border ahead of asylum limits end
REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) - Thousands of migrants packed shelters on Mexico's border with the United States on Friday as an end neared to Trump-era asylum restrictions. Ahead of that, illegal border crossi...
Dec 16, 2022
Samuel Charron, Daniel Chamale honoured as Canada Soccer's top Para, futsal players
TORONTO - Samuel Charron has been named Canada Soccer's Para Soccer Player of the Year for a third time with Daniel Chamale honoured as Canada Soccer Futsal Player of the Year. Charron, who has been p...
Dec 16, 2022