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Bud Grant, stoic coach of powerful Blue Bombers teams, dies at 95
Bud Grant, who won four Grey Cups as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach and would later lead the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowl losses, has died. He was 95. The Vikings confirmed Grant's death...
Mar 11, 2023

SD57 Trustee resignations continue as Betty Bekkering steps aside
PRINCE GEORGE - Another Trustee has stepped aside as the fallout continues with the School District 57 Board of Education.Longtime Trustee Betty Bekkering has handed in her resignation after a tumultu...
Mar 11, 2023

Chelsea beats Leicester 3-1 away to ease pressure on Potter
LEICESTER, England (AP) - Chelsea's recent revival under Graham Potter continued at Leicester with a 3-1 win in the English Premier League on Saturday, making it three straight wins in all competition...
Mar 11, 2023

Svensson leads rain-delayed Players as McIlroy misses cut
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Adam Svensson hit a shot onto a hospitality tent and made birdie Saturday morning to build a two-shot lead in The Players Championship. Rory McIlroy dug a hole he could ...
Mar 11, 2023

Coquitlam RCMP seeking public assistance in locating wanted man on B.C. wide warrant
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Coquitlam RCMP is appealing to the public to help locate a man wanted on a B.C.-wide warrant for several criminal offenses, including assaulting a woman and causing pain or sufferin...
Mar 11, 2023

Skier Shiffrin wins slalom for record World Cup win 87
ARE, Sweden (AP) - American skier Mikaela Shiffrin set the outright World Cup record for most career victories with 87 by winning a slalom Saturday. Shiffrin broke a tie with Ingemar Stenmark on the a...
Mar 11, 2023

Skier Shiffrin wins slalom for record World Cup win 87
ARE, Sweden (AP) - American skier Mikaela Shiffrin set the outright World Cup record for most career victories with 87 by winning a slalom Saturday. Shiffrin broke a tie with Ingemar Stenmark on the a...
Mar 11, 2023

Quebec truckers worry problems at auto board will force them to park their rigs
MONTREAL - As frustrated motorists continue to deal with long lineups at Quebec's automobile insurance board, truck drivers are worried that they won't be able to leave the province come April 1. The ...
Mar 11, 2023

For the Conservatives' messenger on firearms, thoughtfulness is a secret weapon
OTTAWA - For Raquel Dancho, words have always come easily. She remembers her parents saying she was less than a year old when she started stringing them together, speaking in short sentences. "Everyon...
Mar 11, 2023

Western Canada seeks LNG, energy pledges in Liberals' Indo-Pacific strategy
OTTAWA - As the Trudeau government fleshes out its Indo-Pacific strategy, Western Canada is seeking more certainty from the Liberals on expanding energy exports to Asia. "There are people in Ottawa wh...
Mar 11, 2023