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Drugs, weapons seized during North Battleford arrest
Battlefords RCMP have arrested and charged three people with multiple offences after they located firearms in a stolen vehicle.The North Battleford Gang Task Force found the vehicle on the 900 block o...
Jul 30, 2021
An ocean menace: study finds ghost gear capturing species at risk and lobster
HALIFAX - A new study says lost and discarded fishing gear dumped off the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia - site of Canada's most lucrative lobster fishery - is trapping species at risk. Researchers...
Jul 30, 2021
Trump urged Justice officials to declare election 'corrupt'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election results "corrupt" in a December phone call, according to handwritten notes from one of t...
Jul 30, 2021
Federal modelling warns of fourth COVID wave driven by Delta if reopening is too fast
Federal officials are warning that Canada could be on the brink of a fourth wave of COVID-19 driven by the highly contagious Delta variant if the country opens too fast before enough people have been ...
Jul 30, 2021
Alberta taking 'risky gamble' by ending COVID isolation: Canadian Paediatric Society
CALGARY - The Canadian Paediatric Society has written an open letter to Alberta's top doctor urging her to reconsider lifting isolation and testing requirements to curb the spread of COVID-19. Close c...
Jul 30, 2021
Copyright collective can't force tariffs on university, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a copyright collective cannot force York University to pay specific tariffs for the use of published works in the classroom. In its unanimous decision today, ...
Jul 30, 2021
Freeland says Liberals will extend aid programs to October because of uneven rebound
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is extending pandemic aid programs by an extra month beyond the previously planned end date. The decision means that wage and rent subsi...
Jul 30, 2021
Busy long weekend expected in the Battlefords
Despite a residue of smoke still present in the air and extreme heat for the forseeable future, Battlefords residents appear ready to embrace the first long weekend post COVID-19 restrictions in Saska...
Jul 30, 2021
Canada captures Olympic gold in women's eight; soccer women advance to semis
It was a gold medal nearly 30 years in making, and it came in dominant fashion on Tokyo Bay. Canada women's eight led from start to finish at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, racing to its first gold med...
Jul 30, 2021
Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games
TOKYO (AP) - Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics. Prime Minister Y...
Jul 30, 2021