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SaskAlert planned for Wednesday
Phone users in Saskatchewan can expect a loud noise from their phone or their televisions on Wednesday, just before 2 p.m. The province will be sending out a test of the emergency alert system as part...
May 05, 2025

Canada's Mboko closes in on main draw berth at Italian Open tennis tournament
ROME - Canada's Victoria Mboko advanced to the second round of qualifying at the Italian Open WTA 1000 tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 win over 17th-seed Cristina Bucsa of Spain on Monday. The 18-ye...
May 05, 2025

Romanian premier resigns after his coalition's candidate fails to advance to presidential runoff
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced his resignation on Monday, a day after the governing coalition's joint candidate failed to advance to the runoff in the Europ...
May 05, 2025

Blue Jays sign right-handers Turnbull, UreƱa to one-year major league contracts
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed right-handed pitchers Spencer Turnbull and Jos Urea to one-year major league contracts, the Major League Baseball club announced Monday. Turnbull was option...
May 05, 2025

Scott Laughton proving playoff worth for Maple Leafs after bumpy start
TORONTO - Scott Laughton was probably still feeling it. The Maple Leafs forward blocked a shot in the dying moments of Toronto's Game 6 victory over the Ottawa Senators to clinch a spot in the second ...
May 05, 2025

Curlers Peterman, Gallant first athletes named to Canada's 2026 Olympic team
TORONTO - Curlers Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant are the first athletes named to Canada's team for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. The husband-and-wife team from Chestermere, Alta., will r...
May 05, 2025

Alberta premier to give live address on province's 'path forward' with Ottawa
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will deliver a livestreamed address this afternoon to outline the province's path forward with Prime Minister Mark Carney's government. Smith has said she wil...
May 05, 2025

Upstate New York prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in an inmate's 2024 beating death
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the killing of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating while handcuffed at an upstate New York pri...
May 05, 2025
Red Dress Day offers opportunities for reflection and learning across Saskatchewan
Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit+ people (MMIWG+) will be raised on May 5, which is known in Saskatchewan and across Canada as Red Dress Day.A total of 1324 mis...
May 05, 2025

Lion Electric likely to be liquidated, court-appointed monitor says
SAINT-JRME - The court-appointed monitor for Lion Electric says the vehicle maker is very likely to be liquidated after the Quebec government refused to invest more public funds in the company. Jean-F...
May 05, 2025