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Statistics Canada says population growth rate in 2023 was highest since 1957
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country posted its highest annual population growth rate in more than six decades last year. The agency says the population grew 3.2 per cent, its fastest pace sinc...
Mar 27, 2024

Texas’ migrant arrest law is on hold for now under latest court ruling
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Texas law that allows the state to arrest and deport migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold for now, a federal appeals court ruled. The order late T...
Mar 27, 2024

Djokovic splits with Ivanisevic after winning 12 Grand Slam titles during their partnership
LONDON (AP) - Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has split with coach Goran Ivanisevic, ending their association that began in 2018 and included 12 Grand Slam titles for the Serbian tennis player. In a post on...
Mar 27, 2024

Lawmakers in Thailand overwhelmingly approve a bill to legalize same-sex marriage
BANGKOK (AP) - Lawmakers in Thailand's lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday that would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal...
Mar 27, 2024

Interference inquiry to hear from members of diaspora communities as hearings resume
OTTAWA - Members of diaspora communities are slated to testify today as a federal inquiry begins two weeks of hearings into foreign meddling allegations and how the government responded to them. The h...
Mar 27, 2024

RCMP to release progress report on response to inquiry into 2020 mass shooting
HALIFAX - The RCMP are expected to provide an update today on progress they have made in responding to the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting that killed 22 people. The report from RCMP c...
Mar 27, 2024

The winless lottery streak is over. Someone has won the $1.12 billion Mega Millions jackpot
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Someone overcame the odds Tuesday night and won the $1.12 billion Mega Millions jackpot, breaking a winless streak that dated to last December. The numbers drawn were: 7, 11, 2...
Mar 26, 2024

Canadiens snap Avalanche's 9-game win streak with 2-1 win
DENVER (AP) - Sam Montembeault made 27 saves and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Tuesday night in coach Martin St. Louis' return to the team. Nick Suzuki and Joel Armia score...
Mar 26, 2024

Medicine Hat students have new pathways into early trades
Students at the Medicine Hat Public School Division can find a new and early way into trade schools.Targeted at students from Grades 9 to 12, the duel credit program offered will let students earn ext...
Mar 26, 2024

Hyman plays OT hero as Oilers edge Jets 4-3
WINNIPEG - Zach Hyman scored his 51st goal of the season 1:22 into overtime to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. Hyman has five goals in a four-game goal str...
Mar 26, 2024