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Fighting takes early dip, but NHL players say it still has a place in hockey
Ryan Reaves and Matt Rempe squared off at centre ice. Most of the talk ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs hosting the New York Rangers - more than playoff races, points in the standings or Auston Matthe...
Oct 30, 2024
Supreme Court allows Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who are not U.S. citizens from voting. The ...
Oct 30, 2024
Chinook's Edge celebrates long-standing employees in annual awards night
The Chinook's Edge School Division honoured dozens of staff with service awards during its annual Celebrations event on Oct. 24 in Bowden. "This is a particularly special event for us," said Kurt Sach...
Oct 30, 2024
Tory MPs backed communities seeking Liberal housing fund Poilievre vows to cut
OTTAWA - Five Conservative MPs have written letters to the Liberal housing minister asking him to grant their communities funding from a program that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre this week cal...
Oct 30, 2024
Teen charged in English dance class stabbings stays silent in court on new poison and terror charges
LONDON (AP) - The teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class refused to speak as he appeared in court Wednesday to fa...
Oct 30, 2024
Teen charged in English dance class stabbings in court on poison and terror charges
LONDON (AP) - The teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class appeared in court on Wednesday to face new charges of po...
Oct 30, 2024
Spanish authorities report 51 dead from flash flooding
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Spanish authorities said Wednesday that 51 people have died after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers and disrupted rail lines and highways. Emerge...
Oct 30, 2024
In the news today: Ontario to table 'ambitious' economic update
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ontario to table 'ambitious' economic update, Doug Ford says Ontario's finance minister is set to table his fa...
Oct 30, 2024
Softshell turtle has most distinct evolutionary history among Canadian species: study
The most Canadian animal? It's not the beaver that marks the nickel, the moose that pervades souvenir shops across the country, or the loon that gave the one-dollar "loonie" its name. In fact, the spi...
Oct 30, 2024
Keys to the White House: A breakdown of the battleground states in the U.S. election
WASHINGTON - For Americans living in a handful of battleground states, the United States election has relentlessly inundated their lives for months. Their televisions show constant advertisements from...
Oct 30, 2024