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'Get rid of that rock': Medicine Hat elementary students take to the ice for the 59th Jam Pail Bonspiel
Frozen jugs slide down the ice as elementary students cheer and laugh as they aim to hit the middle of the rings in a homegrown edition of curling.The students, in Grades 3 to 4, were participating th...
Feb 22, 2024
Claws come out for federal minister who shared picture of lobster lunch in Asia
FREDERICTON - A photo of federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay eating lobster in Malaysia during an official trip has some people seeing red. Shared Sunday on the minister's profile on the X ...
Feb 22, 2024
New Hampshire man convicted of killing daughter, 5, whose body has not been found
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire man was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury Thursday in the death of his 5-year-old daughter, who police believe was killed nearly two years before she ...
Feb 22, 2024
Redcliff RCMP looking for suspects who fled burning stolen vehicle near Suffield
Redcliff RCMP are looking for two individuals that allegedly fled the scene of a burning stolen vehicle near Suffield on Thursday morning.Officers were dispatched to the area of Highway 1 and Range Ro...
Feb 22, 2024
Quebec triple stabbing suspect not fit to stand trial for now, ordered into treatment
MONTREAL - A court-ordered psychiatric evaluation has concluded the man charged with killing two women and seriously injuring a third in a stabbing attack west of Montreal is not currently fit to stan...
Feb 22, 2024
GST, HST on carbon price could raise billions over next seven years: budget watchdog
OTTAWA - The federal government's carbon price could generate more than $5 billion from the federal sales tax over the next seven years, but none of that is directly earmarked for climate programs. Th...
Feb 22, 2024
Texas school legally punished Black student over hairstyle, judge says
ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) - A Black high school student's monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate a new state law that prohibits race-based h...
Feb 22, 2024
Supreme Court of Canada to review Good Samaritan drug overdose case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will review the case of a man who was arrested for drug and firearm offences after police encountered him at the scene of an overdose. The top court's examination ...
Feb 22, 2024
Fourteen clubs from five leagues to contest Canadian Championship soccer tournament
TORONTO - Fourteen clubs, including three newcomers, will take part in the 2024 Canadian Championship, a four-round competition set to kick off in April. The winner hoists the Voyageurs Cup and advanc...
Feb 22, 2024
Canada's Clarke leads halfway through women's world skeleton championship
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canada's Hallie Clarke was the leader at the halfway point of the women's skeleton competition at the bobsled and skeleton world championships. The 19-year-old from Brighton, Ont...
Feb 22, 2024