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Temporary closure of Iqaluit centre highlights need to address food insecurity
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The executive director of a Nunavut food charity says there's a need to address the root causes of food insecurity after 500 people in the territorial capital went without a daily m...
Mar 16, 2023
Some federal public servants get remote-work extension as others face deadline
OTTAWA - Some federal government workers will be able to continue remote work for another year, as most face a March 31 deadline to return to the office at least two days a week. A spokesperson for Tr...
Mar 16, 2023
Legault, party leaders to visit Quebec town reeling after pedestrians killed by truck
AMQUI, Que. - Quebec Premier Franois Legault will today visit the eastern Quebec town where a pickup truck plowed into groups of pedestrians, killing two. Legault will be joined by opposition leaders ...
Mar 16, 2023
'Worse than an animal': Mother enraged as killer claims Amanda Zhao might be alive
In 2002, Yang Baoying flew from China to Vancouver to identify her daughter Amanda Zhao's body. The 21-year-old English student's remains had been found stuffed in a suitcase in Mission, B.C., and Yan...
Mar 16, 2023
The rise and fall of Canada's domestic PPE market
Most Canadian businesses that answered federal and provincial calls during the pandemic to build up a domestic sector for personal protective equipment have collapsed. The association that represents ...
Mar 16, 2023
Canada's Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov ousted in men's doubles quarters at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov fell 6-4, 7-5 in the men's doubles quarterfinals to Matthew Ebden and Rohan Bopanna at the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday. The...
Mar 15, 2023
MacKinnon leads Avalanche over Leafs in a shootout
TORONTO - Nathan MacKinnon scored the only goal of the shootout as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Wednesday night. Mikko Rantanen scored in regulation for Colorado (38-...
Mar 15, 2023
Whitecaps through to CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - Cruising through to the quarterfinals in CONCACAF Champions League play could come with a massive challenge for the Vancouver Whitecaps. The 'Caps advanced Wednesday after c...
Mar 15, 2023
BUH Foundation Monthly Lottery offers $50,000 in total cash prizes
The Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation is seeing a good uptick on its 2023-24 Monthly Lottery fundraiser, on now. The lottery has $50,000 in total cash prizes up for grabs. Only 1,300 tickets...
Mar 15, 2023
Storms end Southern California water restrictions for 7M
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California's 11th atmospheric river left the storm-soaked state with a bang Wednesday, bringing flooded roadways, landslides and toppled trees to the southern part of the state as w...
Mar 15, 2023