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RDP Athletes of the Week
Red Deer Polytechnic has announced its RDP Athletes of the Week: 1. Justine Larson Hometown: Strathmore, AB Bachelor of Education (3rd year) Justine Larson continued her tear on the cross-country trai...
Oct 05, 2023
Ottawa not pressing Ukraine for wartime election, urges allies to keep unity for Kyiv
OTTAWA - Canada does not plan to press Ukraine to hold a wartime election, focusing instead on broader democratic efforts. A senior bureaucrat overseeing Europe for Global Affairs Canada told a Senate...
Oct 05, 2023
Canada focused on preventing sexual violence in Haiti as military intervention looms
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says Ottawa aims to support people in Haiti to prevent sexual violence, ahead of a multinational military intervention in the country. The United Nations Security Counci...
Oct 05, 2023
Supreme Court will hear Quebec's challenge to ruling on Indigenous police funding
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada said today it will hear an appeal to a ruling that ordered Ottawa and Quebec to increase funding for a First Nations police force. Quebec's highest court ruled in ...
Oct 05, 2023
Man with handgun seeking governor arrested in Wisconsin Capitol, returns with assault rifle
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A man illegally brought a handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol, demanding to see Gov. Tony Evers, and returned at night with an assault rifle after posting bail, a spokesperson for ...
Oct 05, 2023
Otto Porter Jr. returns to Raptors healthy and looking to make impression
BURNABY, B.C. - Otto Porter Jr.'s first season as a Toronto Raptor lasted eight games. Since his season-ending surgery on his left foot on Jan. 10, 2022, the team's head coach has been replaced and ic...
Oct 05, 2023
'Unacceptable': Group says government ignored process in awarding Afghan monument
OTTAWA - The architectural group that was chosen by a jury to build a monument to Canada's mission in Afghanistan says the government's decision to award the contract to a different group is outrageou...
Oct 05, 2023
'My time is coming': Canadian hurdler Metivier set on larger goals despite obstacles
Leaping over hurdles is nothing new for Malik Metivier. And the obstacles in his way now will not interrupt his willingness to push through. "I've always been a believer in just a lot of hard work and...
Oct 05, 2023
Prosecutors say former George Santos campaign treasurer will plead guilty to unspecified charge
NEW YORK (AP) - The ex-campaign treasurer for U.S. Rep. George Santos is scheduled to enter a guilty plea to an unspecified felony in connection with the sprawling federal investigation of financial i...
Oct 05, 2023
Competition intensity has decreased over last two decades, Competition Bureau finds
OTTAWA - Competition Bureau commissioner Matthew Boswell says new research from the bureau finds the competition intensity in the country has decreased over the last two decades. Boswell shared the in...
Oct 05, 2023