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No winning ticket sold for Friday’s $23 million Lotto Max jackpot
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
There was no winning ticket sold in Friday’s Lotto Max $23 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on May 9 will be an estimated $28 million... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2022 National Newspaper Awards winners list
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
The National Newspaper Awards for 2022 were awarded Friday night. Here is a list of the winners. — Arts and Entertainment: Charles-Éric Blais-Poulin and Marissa Groguhé, La Presse. — Joan Hollobon Award for Beat Reporting: Sean Fine, Globe and Mail. — Stuart M. Robertson Award for Breaking News: Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post. — Breaking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Globe and Mail, La Presse top winners at 2022 National Newspaper Awards
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
TORONTO – The Globe and Mail was the top winner at the 2022 National Newspaper Awards, collecting nine prizes at a gala in Toronto Friday. The Globe’s Grant Robertson set a record for most career wins with his ninth award, this time in the sports category for a three-part series on the Hockey Canada scandal. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Several thousand people forced from homes as wildfires burn across Alberta
By Emily Blake and Angela Amato, The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
Several thousands of people were ordered to leave their homes as 92 wildfires burned across Alberta on Friday. “Everybody’s out, everybody’s alive, nobody’s injured,” said Steven Lacroix, managing director of Alberta Emergency Management Agency. Thirty-one fires were listed as out of control as of Friday evening, when an evacuation order was issued for the town ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putin invaded Ukraine this time because nobody stopped him the last time: Clinton
By Mickey Djuric and Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Russia’s current invasion in Ukraine happened because the world didn’t do enough to respond when they did it before, former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton said Friday in Ottawa. And failing to stop Russia now would also be “disastrous in terms of unleashing Chinese aggression,” she said. “It is in our interest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID-19 is still with us even as WHO says it is no longer a global emergency: Duclos
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the impact of COVID-19 is still with us even after the World Health Organization declared earlier today that the illness no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The declaration made in Geneva is a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and ... Read More »
1 responseCharest seeking $2.7M more from Quebec government for abuse of process in lawsuit
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
QUEBEC – Former Quebec premier Jean Charest is seeking another $2.7 million from the provincial government for media leaks related to a corruption investigation targeting him and his party. A judge already awarded him $385,000 in damages in early April after Charest sued the government because journalists were given details about a police investigation into ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa aims to add new limits to controversial use of dry cells in prisons
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government says it is changing prison regulations to limit the use of dry cells and improve the process for the search and seizure of contraband in correctional institutions. Dry cells, in which there is no access to running water, are used to closely monitor inmates under bright lighting on the expectation ... Read More »
1 responseAfter winning $385K in damages from Quebec government, Charest seeking $700K more
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
QUEBEC – Former Quebec premier Jean Charest is seeking another $705,000 from the provincial government for media leaks related to a corruption investigation targeting him and his party. A judge already awarded him $385,000 in damages in early April after Charest sued the government because journalists were given details about a police investigation into alleged ... Read More »
1 responseWildfire evacuees in northern Saskatchewan head to Regina
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
REGINA – Molly Herman says all she could do was cry as she and her three young children fled from La Loche, Sask., early Friday morning as a nearby wildfire threatens the northern community. Standing outside a Regina hotel, Herman said she’s weak and tired after she and dozens of others took a bus to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heavy rain, spring snowmelt threaten several B.C. communities with flooding
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
The mayor of Grand Forks, B.C., says he’s confident the community’s downtown is prepared for a 200-year flood, as the rain begins to fall in earnest in the community. The city of about 4,100 residents, not far from the Canada-U. S. border, already endured a major flood in 2018 and is one of several currently ... Read More »
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