Kelowna Special Olympics powerlifter Kassidy Rutledge has claimed her second consecutive national title at the CanPL Championships, in St. John’s, Newfoundland.Rutledge, who has Down syndrome, competed in the Bench Only event on March 9 and the Three Lift competition on March 12, taking top hono…
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Huge home win for the Powassan Voodoos moves them step closer to 2nd place
Powassan needs a win or a Hearst loss to clinch 2nd in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey standings in the season’s last weekend
Meet two of St. John’s local heroes of transportation
Can community members help make walking safer in winter? Megan Clemens and Myles Russell think so
NewsAlert: Leafs star Matthews out for season
The Toronto Maple Leafs say that forward Auston Matthews will miss the rest of the season.
Hegseth encourages potential Trump ally purchase of CNN
On the war’s 14th day, Hegseth criticized CNN’s reporting on the impact of Iran’s disruption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
Gananoque budget passes after amendment period expires under Strong Mayor Law
The Town of Gananoque’s 2026 municipal budget was not formally voted on by council but rather “deemed passed” under Ontario’s Strong Mayor legislation after the 30-day amendment period expired without a formal council motion to adopt or amend the plan. Mayor John Beddows said he had intended to veto the budget after council’s final draft […]
London jobless rate jumps again, hitting 10-year non-pandemic high
London’s unemployment rate edged up again in February after the local economy shed thousands of jobs for a second straight month, new figures show. After losing about 5,000 positions in January alone, the London area shed an additional 3,100 jobs in February, Statistics Canada reported on Friday. The latest job losses pushed the unemployment rate […]
Blast rocks Tehran after Israel threatened to target area where pro-government rally was being held
Large explosion rocks Tehran during Quds Day rally.
Iran’s new supreme leader is wounded and ‘likely disfigured,’ Hegseth says
“We know the new so-called not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured,” he added.
Iran soccer team pushes back on Trump comments, says ‘no one can exclude’ it from the World Cup
GENEVA (AP) — Pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments, Iran’s national soccer team says “no one can exclude” it from playing in the men’s World Cup in the United States. Instead, a post on the team’s official Instagram account Thursday suggested maybe the U.S. team should be excluded after Trump indicated that the…
