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Communities 'can't keep up with the grieving,' Sask. NDP says, as province notes drug deaths declining
The province's drug crisis is claiming lives at an alarming rate, and the government has failed to respond with the urgency the situation demands, Saskatchewan's NDP critic for mental health and addic...
Sep 04, 2025
Officials, Indigenous leaders respond to mass stabbing on Manitoba First Nation
WINNIPEG - A man killed his sister and wounded several others in a mass stabbing on the Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba on Thursday. RCMP said Tyrone Simard, 26, then fled in a stolen vehicle an...
Sep 04, 2025
Trump will seek 'Department of War' rebrand for Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Friday to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, his latest effort to project an image of toughness for A...
Sep 04, 2025
Timeline of mass stabbing on Manitoba First Nation, attacker dies in crash
WINNIPEG - RCMP say a man killed his sister and wounded several others Thursday in a stabbing rampage on a Manitoba First Nation. He then fled and was killed in a highway crash with a Mountie who was ...
Sep 04, 2025
School changing ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds’ to comply with NY ban on Native American team names
BOHEMIA, N.Y. (AP) - A school district in New York City's suburbs agreed this week to change its "Thunderbirds" nickname to simply the "T-Birds" in order to comply with the state's mandate to retire a...
Sep 04, 2025
RCMP, TSB reveal more information about plane crash near Cumberland House
More details have been released about the plane crash near Cumberland House on Tuesday. The Nipawin Fire Department was notified of the crash, but other agencies were on-scene before they could respon...
Sep 04, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Prime Minister Mark Carney to speak at opening night of Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney is at the opening of the Toronto International Film Festival, set to speak ahead of a screening of "John Candy: I Like Me," a documentary about the Canadian comedy...
Sep 04, 2025
Mass attack on Manitoba First Nation leaves two dead on anniversary of James Smith Cree Nation stabbings
An 18-year-old girl lost her life in an early morning attack on the Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba. RCMP said she was killed by her own brother, who also died. The suspect, 26-year old Tyron Si...
Sep 04, 2025
Melfort's Misskey committing to Div I after multi-year WHL stint
A Melfort hockey player has committed to an NCAA Division I hockey program, instead of returning to the WHL for his fifth and final season.Twenty-year-old Nate Misskey will be joining the UMass Lowell...
Sep 04, 2025
Appeals court panel stops order to wind down operations at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Everglades
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A federal appeals court panel on Thursday put on hold a lower court judge's order to wind down operations of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed "All...
Sep 04, 2025