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Indigenous guardians help restore nature and community
OTTAWA - A network of Indigenous guardians who are helping restore and conserve land and culture are in Ottawa this week hoping to showcase their work and spur more stable government funding. The meet...
May 9, 2023
Alberta NDP says it would build hockey arenas and improve other facilities if elected
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Alberta's NDP says it will bring in a program to build and improve community associations, hockey arenas and ball diamonds in communities across the province if it is elected on Ma...
May 9, 2023
Senators star Claude Giroux to play in PGA Tour Canada event in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Senators star Claude Giroux has been offered a sponsor's exemption to play in the Commissionaires Ottawa Open, a PGA Tour Canada event. Giroux will also be the tournament's honorary chair. He...
May 9, 2023
Local Councils lock in 2023 property tax rates
NANAIMO - Property tax rates are being locked in across the region ahead of a mid-May provincial deadline.Councils on the mid-Island either already have, or will this week, adopt their updated financi...
May 9, 2023
Jury starts deliberations in suit accusing Trump of rape
NEW YORK (AP) - A jury in New York City began deliberating Tuesday in the lawsuit brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll, who alleges that Donald Trump raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store i...
May 9, 2023
Maple Leafs-Panthers playoff series drawing interest from Proline bettors
TORONTO - It seems hope springs eternal in sports-betting circles for the Toronto Maple Leafs. According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 73 per cent of Proline bettors picked Toronto to defea...
May 9, 2023
B.C. air quality advisories in place for North Peace region, Fort Nelson
Environment Canada says wildfire smoke from northern Alberta is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility in parts of northeastern British Columbia. Special air quality advisories are in place f...
May 9, 2023
B.C. air quality advisories in place for North Peace region, Fort Nelson
Environment Canada says wildfire smoke from northern Alberta is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility in parts of northeastern British Columbia. Special air quality advisories are in place f...
May 9, 2023
Avalanche's Landeskog to undergo knee cartilage transplant
DENVER (AP) - Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog is set to undergo cartilage transplant surgery on his right knee and expected to miss the entire 2023-24 NHL season. The team on Tuesday anno...
May 9, 2023
Briere recalls 2010 Flyers had 'belief' they could come back from 0-3 deficit
After dropping a third straight game to Boston in the 2010 NHL playoffs, Daniel Briere remembers his Philadelphia teammates sitting in the locker room wondering how they were suddenly on the verge of ...
May 9, 2023