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Seniors Valentines Tea offers fun outing in Battlefords
The Seniors Valentine's Tea is taking place Feb. 14 at 3:40 p.m. at the Battlefords Co-op Aquatic Centre. Candace Dustan, program manager for the city, said the event that first came together decades ...
Feb 07, 2019
Spring runoff outlook varies across Sask.
It sounds strange to speak about spring when it's -50 C with the wind, but the Water Security Agency has released their first spring runoff outlook for 2019.Much of the southern portion of the provinc...
Feb 07, 2019
Credit agency warns big risk to Canadian schools if China pulls students
OTTAWA - Moody's Investors Services says three of Canada's biggest universities would face a cash crunch if Canada's diplomatic row with China results in the world's most populous nation pulling its s...
Feb 07, 2019
House Speaker warns MPs that heated rhetoric is starting to cross a line
OTTAWA - The referee of the House of Commons has given MPs a stern warning about their use of overheated partisan rhetoric lest they find themselves in a parliamentary penalty box. Speaker G...
Feb 07, 2019
Canadian forward Travis Larsen looks to welcome Toronto Arrows to Texas
Austin Elite Rugby forward Travis Larsen will be seeing plenty of familiar faces Friday when he looks across the field at the visiting Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby play. Born in Nanaimo, B.C.,...
Feb 07, 2019
Democrats seek Green New Deal to address climate change
WASHINGTON - Democrats launched a sweeping plan Thursday to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy, signalling its likely elevation as a c...
Feb 07, 2019
Tadashi Shoji ups the glam in lace, sequin and velvet gowns
NEW YORK - Tadashi Shoji mixed plus-size models with the usual ultra-thin ones Thursday at New York Fashion Week, rolling out evening gowns with high slits, capes and sari influences in deep reds and ...
Feb 07, 2019
Tigers' Zimmermann, wife give UW-Stevens Point $500K
STEVENS POINT, Wis. - Detroit Tigers pitcher Jordan Zimmermann and his wife are donating $500,000 to the baseball program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where both were student athletes...
Feb 07, 2019
Concordia University defends handling of sexual misconduct complaint
MONTREAL - Concordia University is defending the way it investigates sexual misconduct allegations against its faculty after a former student accused the school of mishandling her complaint....
Feb 07, 2019
P.E.I. whistleblowers sue former premier, officials after privacy breach
CHARLOTTETOWN - Three whistleblowers whose private information was leaked from Prince Edward Island's government to the Liberal Party are suing a former premier and other top officials for a total of ...
Feb 07, 2019