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Thunderbirds look to lean on big-game experience in run for first Memorial Cup title
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Seattle Thunderbirds are looking to continue using the big-game experience they possess to their advantage at the Memorial Cup. Dylan Guenther is among six players on the Thunderb...
May 31, 2023
Deadline extended for nominations for 2023 Community Spirit Awards
MEDICINE HAT, AB - There are a little more than two weeks left for you to submit a nomination for the 2023 Community Spirit Awards.The deadline has been extended to June 16. The awards will be present...
May 31, 2023
From formative days in Kitchener to the NBA Finals, Canada's Murray in spotlight
KITCHENER, Ont. - When Canadian NBA star Jamal Murray was a teenager at the Orangeville Prep Basketball Academy, he declined to have a mobile phone for most of his two years with the program. He wante...
May 31, 2023
'Poison in every puff': Canada reveals warning labels on individual cigarettes
Health Canada's new regulations that require warning labels to be printed on individual cigarettes are set to come into effect this summer. The move that was first announced last year makes the countr...
May 31, 2023
Judge critical of police as Quebec man sentenced to eight years for killing spouse
SAINT-JRME, Que. - A Quebec man who slipped through the cracks of the justice and health systems was sentenced today to eight years in prison for the March 2022 killing of his spouse. Quebec court Jud...
May 31, 2023
Grant helping REDI clients gain more independence
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A new grant is already allowing REDI to better help clients with the basics of everyday life.REDI fund development coordinator Dalton Ehry says the $15,000 grant from the Community ...
May 31, 2023
Vancouver Canucks sign defenceman Jett Woo to one-year contract
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks signed defenceman Jett Woo to a one-year, two-way contract on Wednesday. Woo, 22, has spent the last three seasons playing for Vancouver's American Hockey League affi...
May 31, 2023
Evacuation order issued for N.W.T. community as wildfire nears
SAMBAA K'E, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - The Northwest Territories government says a community near the Alberta boundary is under an evacuation order due to a nearby wildfire. N.W.T. fire says the 980-squa...
May 31, 2023
More federal ministers could get security details as threats increase
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking at whether to expand security protection to cabinet ministers as more of them express concern for their safety and that of their families. Public Safety Mini...
May 31, 2023
Committee will oversee changes recommended by inquiry into N.S. shooting
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has appointed a retired appeals court justice to head a committee to oversee the changes recommended by the public inquiry into the April 2020 mass shoo...
May 31, 2023