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In The News for Feb. 1: Will an updated Ontario Disability Support Program help?
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023 ... What we are watchi...
Feb 01, 2023

Biden, McCarthy meeting to stake out positions as clash looms over debt ceiling
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden is sitting down with his new Republican nemesis for the first time to talk about how to ensure the federal government can continue to pay its bills. House Speaker...
Feb 01, 2023

Nikki Haley planning Feb. 15 launch for 2024 White House bid
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Nikki Haley is moving closer to making her presidential campaign official. On Wednesday, supporters of the former South Carolina governor will get an email invitation to a Feb. 1...
Jan 31, 2023

Tkachuk's late goal lifts Senators over Canadiens 5-4
MONTREAL - Brady Tkachuk scored at 18:41 of the third period to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 5-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. The surging Senators (24-23-3) will head into the NH...
Jan 31, 2023

Canadian Championship draw sets up possible Vancouver FC-Whitecaps quarterfinal
Expansion CPL side Vancouver FC has been drawn to visit York United in the preliminary round of the 2023 Canadian Championship and could host the Vancouver Whitecaps in the quarterfinal if it advances...
Jan 31, 2023

A real zoodunit: Monkeys found but mystery deepens in Dallas
DALLAS (AP) - Two monkeys taken from the Dallas Zoo were found Tuesday in an abandoned home after going missing the day before from their enclosure, which had been cut. But no arrests have been made, ...
Jan 31, 2023

Buffalo Party looking for more members in region
The relatively new Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan plans to have a number of meetings coming up to start getting organized before the 2024 provincial election. The party will have an online Zoom regiona...
Jan 31, 2023

Crusaders junior boys take gold at Hot Hoops, remain undefeated
The John Paul II Crusaders junior boys basketball team continued their sizzling start to the season over the weekend, taking home a gold medal at the Hot Hoops Tournament in Lloydminster. Winning all ...
Jan 31, 2023

First Nations women overrepresented among B.C. toxic drug deaths: doctor
VICTORIA - The top doctor at British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority says Indigenous people, especially women, are dying from toxic drugs at disproportionately high rates as the overdose cri...
Jan 31, 2023

Province adds more than 550 new training spots for health careers
In its latest effort to address the shortage of health-care workers in Saskatchewan, the provincial government is funding the creation of hundreds of new post-secondary training seats across 18 differ...
Jan 31, 2023