• Associated Press

    Dallas Mavericks sign coach Jason Kidd to multi-year contract extension

    Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd signed a multi-year contract extension with the team on Monday. The Mavericks announced the move a day before opening their second-round playoff series at Oklahoma City. Dallas advanced last week by eliminating the Los Angeles Clippers in six games.

  • Local Journalism Initiative

    Pikangikum Health Authority recognized by RNAO

    The health authority in Pikangikum First Nation, north of Kenora, was recently recognized by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) and was added to its world-renowned Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) program. On Thursday, April 25, Pikangikum Health Authority (PHA) and the rest of the new BPSOs, provincial Minister of Long-Term Care Stan Cho and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones were invited by the RNAO to a launch event in Missisauga to recognize the new additions to the

  • Sky News

    Victor Farrant: Man who murdered mother-of-three Glenda Hoskins dies in prison

    The man who murdered mother-of-three Glenda Hoskins has died in jail weeks after it emerged he was being considered for release on compassionate grounds. Victor Farrant, who also attempted to murder another woman by beating her over the head with wine bottles, had been "suffering from a longstanding health condition", the Ministry of Justice has said.