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Australian company to buy Arctic Canadian Diamond Company's assets
YELLOWKNIFE - An Australian company is set to buy all of Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd.'s assets, including the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories. Burgundy Diamond Mines has entere...
Mar 14, 2023
US no longer seeking death for man convicted in Sjodin case
U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday that they will no longer seek the death penalty for the man convicted in the kidnapping and killing of college student Dru Sjodin in 2003 in a case that led to changes in...
Mar 14, 2023
Gun amnesty program set to begin in Saskatchewan
Police forces in Saskatchewan are once again teaming up to take unwanted guns off people's hands.The 2023 Firearm Amnesty Program is to begin Monday and run until April 9.In that time frame, people ca...
Mar 14, 2023
Canada's Zach Edey of the Purdue Boilermakers headlines AP All-America Team
Purdue's Zach Edey and Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis have given the Big Ten Conference a third straight year with multiple first-team Associated Press All-America picks, while Kansas had a second str...
Mar 14, 2023
City of Winnipeg to stage 2025 Grey Cup game, festivities
WINNIPEG - The 2025 Grey Cup game will be played at Winnipeg's IG Field. The CFL made the official announcement Tuesday. It will mark the fifth time that the Grey Cup game will be played in Winnipeg a...
Mar 14, 2023
Belgium will face Canada's best possible team at Billie Jean King Cup qualifier
VANCOUVER - Canada will send out its best possible team when it takes on Belgium in next month's Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in Vancouver. Tennis Canada announced Tuesday that Bianca Andreescu, Ley...
Mar 14, 2023
Singh says budget will have money for dental care as NDP push for another GST rebate
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he thinks his party has more leverage to push for things it wants in the next federal budget, which is set to be released March 28. He says there will b...
Mar 14, 2023
Olympic men's ski cross champion Brady Leman to retire
CALGARY - Olympic ski cross champion Brady Leman will retire after this season. The 36-year-old from Calgary claimed Olympic gold in 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, as well as a world championship s...
Mar 14, 2023
Pilot shortage grounds some Sask. airline fleet as another prepares for takeoff
On the heels of an announcement that one northern Saskatchewan charter flight company will be taking flight again, another charter airline is being forced to ground some of its services for the upcomi...
Mar 14, 2023
Driver in fatal Quebec crash ran down pedestrians randomly, including children: cops
AMQUI, Que. - Police allege the driver of a pickup truck that killed two people and injured nine others in the eastern Quebec town of Amqui acted deliberately and with premeditation. Provincial police...
Mar 14, 2023