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Ottawa tabling bill to skirt impact assessment law for 'national interest' projects
OTTAWA - The federal government is developing a "national interest" bill to fast-track nation-building projects with a streamlined regulatory approval process as a substitute for reviews under the Imp...
May 29, 2025

RCMP shoot suspect in arm following confrontation in field
Two suspects are in RCMP custody following an arrest that involved a confrontation between officers and armed suspects who had been chased into a field near Canwood. One of the suspects was shot in th...
May 29, 2025

Marguerite Riel Centre hosts postponed MMIWGS2 walk
The Marguerite Riel Centre in Melfort hosted a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people walk on Thursday afternoon at the Memorial Gardens.An event which was postponed from i...
May 29, 2025

Ben Griffin still on a heater after his win on punishing course at Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) - Ben Griffin resumed the great play that brought him his first individual PGA Tour victory last week, hitting two shots in the water and still posting a 7-under 65 on Thursday in th...
May 29, 2025

Wildfires leave thousands evacuated, anxious about homes left behind
Nola Moris travelled from Sandy Bay to Prince Albert for a quick grocery run, but when she tried to go home the highways were closed due to wildfires burning in the north. She's been stuck in Prince A...
May 29, 2025

'Prove people wrong': Austin Elliott backstops Knights at Memorial Cup after WHL snub
RIMOUSKI - Austin Elliott couldn't have imagined suiting up for the London Knights in the Memorial Cup earlier this season. Back in October, the overage goaltender was manning the crease for a differe...
May 29, 2025

U.S. lawyer targeted by Trump cautions Canada on AI and attacks on dissent
VANCOUVER - An American lawyer stripped of his security clearance by U.S. President Donald Trump says Canadians need to be "vigilant" about attacks on political freedom south of the border. Mark Zaid,...
May 29, 2025

Canada coach Casey Stoney to miss Winnipeg game due to family-related personal matter
TORONTO - Canada coach Casey Stoney will miss Saturday's women's soccer friendly against Haiti in Winnipeg due to a "family-related personal matter." Canada Soccer says assistant coach Natalie Henders...
May 29, 2025

Five things you need to know as Trump's tariffs go back to court
WASHINGTON - The world buckled up for another roller-coaster ride of uncertainty this week as U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff agenda made its way through the courts. A federal appeals co...
May 29, 2025

Quebec Premier François Legault to seek federal funds for Churchill Falls power lines
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he will ask the federal government to help finance the transmission lines for hydroelectricity projects connecting his province and Newfoundland and Labrado...
May 29, 2025