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Former Nunavik police officer sentenced to seven years for sex crimes

byThe Canadian Press

September 11, 2025

N.W.T. wildfire prompts evacuation order for Fort Providence

byThe Canadian Press

August 31, 2025

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Matty Kondro, we hardly knew ye
Matthew Kondro is staying in the Western Hockey League. That likelihood became clear Saturday morning when the Red Deer Rebels traded NHL-signed goaltender Chase Wutzke to the Moose Jaw Warriors, paving the way for Kondro to cement one of the two goaltending jobs with the Rebels. Read more: Bobcats feast on Thanksgiving foes Kondro, who…
Official says test reveals no contamination of a local water system after derailment
VICTORIA — A local official says testing has revealed “no contamination” of a local water system on Kamloops Lake in B.C. after more than 80,000 litres of aviation fuel spilled on its shores in a train derailment last weekend. Michael Grenier, director for Area J of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, says in a social media…
Toronto will add over 1,200 shelter spaces for winter months
TORONTO — The City of Toronto is adding more than 1,200 shelter spaces for people experiencing homelessness later this month as part of its winter services plan. A news release from the city says this figure includes 370 permanent supportive and subsidized housing units, 244 warm centre spaces that will open when temperatures hit -5…
Column: Heroics on ice
I was flipping back through some old newspapers when I saw a story about how two girls, who fell through ice into the North Saskatchewan River, were lucky to be alive. Read more: Column: A frightful curfew for the kids I also found a pile of information and a direct retelling of the story from…
B.C. ostrich farm is ‘ground-zero for change’ as family reels from shooting cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Katie Pasitney, whose mother co-owns the British Columbia ostrich farm where hundreds of the birds were shot dead in a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, says she is focused on creating change for other farmers. Standing on the highway overlooking the field where the cull took place…