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Indigenous kids in care more likely to experience poor health later in life: report
OTTAWA - Indigenous people who were in government care as children experience poorer health and socioeconomic outcomes later in life than those who were never in care, a new Statistics Canada report s...
Feb 21, 2025
70% of Canadians support retaliatory tariffs on United States: Poll
Seventy per cent of Canadians are in favour of dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on the United States, a new poll suggests.Nearly half of respondents to the Leger poll - 45 per cent - said they we...
Feb 21, 2025

Jurors begin deliberating in the trial of a man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Jurors began deliberating Friday in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with stabbing and trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage. The jury got the case after...
Feb 21, 2025

Heiltsuk Nation written constitution passes with 67 per cent of votes
VANCOUVER - The Heiltsuk Nation has approved the adoption of a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia's central coast. The nation says 67 per cent of the 725 people who voted on...
Feb 21, 2025

Old Man Winter's grip on Saskatchewan loosens as warmth arrives
The deep freeze is over, and it looks like the warmer weather will stick around for a while. Brian Proctor of Environment and Climate Change Canada told northeastNOW that temperatures will remain abov...
Feb 21, 2025

Pope Francis' doctor says pontiff isn't out of danger but that his condition isn't life-threatening
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis' condition isn't life-threatening, but he's not out of danger, his medical team said Friday as the 88-year-old pontiff marked his first week in a hospital with pneumonia on to...
Feb 21, 2025

Vancouver Canucks sign goaltender Lankinen to five-year extension
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed goaltender Kevin Lankinen to a five-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$4.5 million, the club announced Friday. The 29-year-old Fin...
Feb 21, 2025

Quebec girl, 13, dies after she was found buried in snow in Montreal suburb
CHTEAUGUAY, Que. - Police say a 13-year-old girl who was found buried in snow in a Montreal suburb on Tuesday has died. Const. Erika Grondin with the police in Chteauguay, Que., confirmed the girl's d...
Feb 21, 2025

Premiers Ford and Houston appeal to governors in latest push to stop Trump's tariffs
WASHINGTON - Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston are reaching out to state governors in Washington, D.C. as the deadline to avert U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs inches...
Feb 21, 2025

Hawks begin three game road trip in Weyburn Friday
The Nipawin Hawks have nine games remaining in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season against nine different opponents including three this weekend.Nipawin is in Weyburn Friday, meets Est...
Feb 21, 2025