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Cariboo Hockey celebrates 10 players committing to next level
PRINCE GEORGE - In a year where there were games, no parents in the stands, no scouts, and no travel, the Cariboo Cougars are still managing to find means to celebrate with 10 players committing to th...
Mar 25, 2021

'A big win for farmers': Ottawa secures support for AgriStability with modified plans
OTTAWA - The federal government has a new agreement with the provinces that gives upgrades to a program that protects farmers against large declines in income.Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude...
Mar 25, 2021

USC agrees to $852 million payout in sex abuse lawsuit
LOS ANGELES - The University of Southern California has agreed to an $852 million settlement with more than 700 women who have accused the college's longtime campus gynecologist of sexual abuse, the v...
Mar 25, 2021

Arkansas governor signs transgender sports ban into law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday signed a law banning transgender women and girls from competing in school sports teams consistent with their gender identity, making the st...
Mar 25, 2021

Arkansas governor signs transgender sports ban into law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday signed a law banning transgender women and girls from competing in school sports teams consistent with their gender identity, making the st...
Mar 25, 2021

Canadian rider Michael Woods second in Stage 4 of Volta a Catalunya
Canadian rider Michael Woods finished second behind Colombian Esteban Chaves on Thursday in Stage 4 of the Volta a Catalunya in Spain.The 34-year-old from Ottawa who rides for the Israel Start-Up Nati...
Mar 25, 2021

800 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 58 in Northern Health
VICTORIA - The daily surge in COVID-19 cases continues. British Columbia's provincial government announced another 800 cases today, including 58 in the northern health region. There have been 191 new ...
Mar 25, 2021

Texas death toll from February storm, outages surpasses 100
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas officials on Thursday raised the death toll from February's winter storm and blackouts to at least 111 people - nearly doubling the state's initial tally following one of the wor...
Mar 25, 2021

'My people need help:' Nunavut MP's report on housing decries living conditions
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut member of Parliament says she won't forget the smell of mould that permeated through houses she visited across the territory last year. Mumilaaq Qaqqaq traveled to communiti...
Mar 25, 2021

AG warns infrastructure plan could miss target over lack of data, slow spending
OTTAWA - The federal auditor general says the government can't show that the Liberals' $188-billion infrastructure plan is meeting its lofty goals, and warns the spending may fall short of expectation...
Mar 25, 2021