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Bombers football club tells Manitoba Liberals to stop selling items with 'W' logo
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba Liberal Party has been told to stop selling merchandise with a "W" logo because it appears similar to that of the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers. A spokespers...
Mar 14, 2022
Wisconsin Democrats vie for edge in crowded Senate race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Democrats in the crowded primary race for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin are trying to distinguish themselves through traditional campaign tactics, like million-dollar television ad buy...
Mar 14, 2022
Federal study details workers whose extra earnings get dinged most by tax system
OTTAWA - A new study from the Finance Department suggests that single parents, lower-income households and recent immigrants are more likely to lose more for extra earnings than most other groups of w...
Mar 14, 2022
Canada's bobsled, skeleton athletes stand resolute in call for resignations
Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes are rejecting mediation, and "stand resolute" in their request for the resignations of two of their national sport organization's executives. A group that has gr...
Mar 14, 2022
Minister Blair visits Merritt, pledges collaborative work towards recovery
MERRITT, B.C. - The federal minister responsible for emergency preparedness visited Merritt on Sunday (March 13) to speak with city staff and council members before touring some of the still damaged s...
Mar 14, 2022
Red Cross chief: Ukraine war 'nothing short of a nightmare'
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The ongoing Russian war on Ukraine has become "nothing short of a nightmare" for those living in besieged cities, a top Red Cross official said Monday, calling for s...
Mar 14, 2022
Paralympic sport in a far better place thanks to Canada's McKeever, Westlake, Bridges
When Billy Bridges first made the national Para-hockey team back in 1998, players had to buy their own Canada jerseys off the rack at a sporting goods store. They paid to have their names ironed on th...
Mar 14, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: BC Hydro better have some bright ideas on those blinding LED lights
ANYBODY WHO'S EVER DRIVEN into the piercing glare of LED headlights on an oncoming vehicle knows the problem with LED. They may last longer and be energy efficient, but they cause all kinds of problem...
Mar 14, 2022
Ukraine's unrelenting agony and Patrick Brown joins the race: In The News for Mar. 14
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Mar. 14 ... What we are watching in the world ...
Mar 14, 2022
Talks to resume as Russia pressures Ukrainian capital Kyiv
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) - Besieged Ukrainians held out hope Monday that renewed diplomatic talks with Moscow might open the way for more civilians to evacuate, as Russian forces kept up their pressure on t...
Mar 13, 2022
