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World Junior Girls Golf Championship coming to Toronto-area golf course
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Golf Canada has set an impressive stretch goal of having 30 professional golfers at the highest levels of the sport by 2032. The World Junior Girls Golf Championship is a huge part...
Sep 16, 2024

School cellphone restrictions seeing mostly positive feedback
PRINCE GEORGE - School has been in session for three weeks for School District 57 (SD57), which has given students and teachers a chance to get adjusted to the new provincially mandated cellphone rest...
Sep 16, 2024

Evacuation alerts lifted for Sabina Lake and Mount Wells wildfires
NORTHERN B.C. - The Regional District of Bulkley Nechako has lifted two evacuation alerts.The first is for the out-of-control Sabina Lake wildfire first issued on September 5, 2024. A total of 39 prop...
Sep 16, 2024

MPs to discuss deaths of First Nations people by police in emergency debate
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will hold an emergency debate in the House of Commons Monday evening on a string of recent deaths of First Nations people during interactions with Canadian police forces...
Sep 16, 2024

Kirton, Heyliger put on a show as Canada beats Nepal in cricket one-day international
KING CITY, Ont. - Captain Nicholas Kirton scored 73 runs not out and Dilon Heyliger took five wickets as Canada celebrated its first one-day international on home soil in 11 years with a commanding 10...
Sep 16, 2024

Sebastian Coe among 7 IOC members to enter race to succeed Thomas Bach as president
GENEVA (AP) - Two former Olympic champions are in the race to be the next IOC president. So is a prince of a Middle East kingdom and the son of a former president. The global leaders of cycling, gymna...
Sep 16, 2024

Quebec labour tribunal says nurses cannot pressure the province by refusing overtime
MONTREAL - Quebec's labour tribunal has stymied the latest negotiation tactic of a union representing most of the province's nurses. Fdration Interprofessionnelle de la sant du Qubec had threatened th...
Sep 16, 2024

Gender-based violence project gets million dollar boost from Province
NORTHERN B.C.-The Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation has provided $1 million in funding for community-led supports of Indigenous women and girls through the Giving Voice Project.Women...
Sep 16, 2024

Respected soccer historian Colin Jose documented the beautiful game for decades
Canada Soccer Hall of Famer Colin Jose, a soccer historian who spent decades documenting the beautiful game, has died at the age of 88. He died Saturday in London, Ont., 39 years to the day after Cana...
Sep 16, 2024

Jays claim catcher Heineman off waivers from Red Sox, designate Serven for assignment
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays claimed Tyler Heineman off waivers from the Boston Red Sox on Monday and designated fellow catcher Brian Serven for assignment. Heineman, who had two short stints with ...
Sep 16, 2024