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Defensive lineman Haba looking forward to CFL free-agent experience
Celestin Haba is again in unchartered waters. In 2023, the six-foot-two, 250-pound defensive lineman joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers knowing little about Canadian football. Two years later, Haba is p...
Jan 23, 2025
Canada draws Romania, Japan in qualifying group for 2025 Billie Jean King Cup
MONTREAL - Canada will face Romania and Japan in its qualifying group for the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup international women's tennis tournament. The qualifying draw was held Thursday in London. Top-ra...
Jan 23, 2025
Suburban Seattle officer gets over 16 years in prison for fatally shooting a homeless man
A suburban Seattle police officer was sentenced Thursday to over 16 years in prison for the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man he was trying to arrest for disorderly conduct, marking the first conv...
Jan 23, 2025
Bill 21 at the Supreme Court: Five things about Quebec’s contentious secularism law
MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, was challenged in court as soon as it was adopted more than five years ago. With the Supreme Court of Canada announcing Thursday it will hear argu...
Jan 23, 2025
Joly off to Washington to talk tariffs with Rubio as Trump floats 5% target for NATO
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly will press Canada's case against damaging tariffs with Donald Trump's new secretary of state next week in Washington. Trump is threatening to impose 25 pe...
Jan 23, 2025
Freeland says she's abandoning capital gains tax change because of Trump
OTTAWA - Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland says her promise to repeal changes to the capital gains tax was made in response to Donald Trump's election in the United States. Freeland is running...
Jan 23, 2025
'This is just unacceptable': Beauval health centre 17-day closure sparks rural healthcare concerns
The rural northern community of Beauval, about three hours northwest of Prince Albert, is calling on the provincial government after its health care centre was forced to close its doors for 17 consecu...
Jan 23, 2025
Kinistino trying to become next Kraft Hockeyville
The town of Kinistino is setting its sights high these next couple of months, in hopes of getting significant arena upgrades. Kinistino has entered into this year's Kraft Hockeyville contest which, if...
Jan 23, 2025
California Legislature approves $2.5B for state response to Los Angeles-area fires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California bolstered funding to help the Los Angeles area recover from its recent deadly wildfires under a more than $2.5 billion fire relief package approved Thursday by the...
Jan 23, 2025
Wild bring back Kaprizov and Spurgeon from injuries before game vs. Utah
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Wild have managed to hold together a highly competitive team all season despite a series of injuries that have sidelined several of their most important players. T...
Jan 23, 2025