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Lakers' next game postponed after Kobe Bryant's death
LOS ANGELES - The NBA has postponed the Los Angeles Lakers' next game against the Clippers on Tuesday night after the deaths of retired superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others in a helico...
Jan 27, 2020
Pawakan Macbeth making only Saskatchewan stop at Dekker Centre in February
An Indigenous re-imagining of a Shakespearean classic is on its way to the Dekker Centre next month.Pawakan Macbeth was written by Indigenous playwright Reneltta Arluk, who uses traditional storytelli...
Jan 27, 2020 Pawakan Macbeth hits the Dekker Centre Feb. 12. (supplied photo/Kali Weber)
At Sundance, Clinton warns of voter suppression in election
PARK CITY, Utah - Since losing the 2016 election to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has released a memoir about that defeat, launched a political action committee and penned another book about "gutsy wo...
Jan 27, 2020
RCMP intelligence official faces new charges in secrecy case
OTTAWA - The federal prosecution service says a senior RCMP official faces three new charges for alleged secrecy breaches. Cameron Jay Ortis, director general of the RCMP's National Intellig...
Jan 27, 2020
Dominic LeBlanc back in Commons for first time since cancer diagnosis
OTTAWA - Veteran Liberal MP and cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc took his front-bench seat in the House of Commons on Monday for the first time since he was diagnosed with a form of blood ca...
Jan 27, 2020
Taxpayers Federation assists Sweetgrass band members access information on housing project costs
Members of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) hope to help the Sweetgrass First Nation community achieve some transparency from their local government after band members questioned why an audit r...
Jan 27, 2020 A group of band members entered day five of a peaceful sit-in at the Sweetgrass First Nation band office Monday. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation aims to help the community group access documents to gain information about a housing project's costs they have questions about. (submitted photo/Constance Paskiman)
Leaders pay tribute, MPs call for justice for Canadians who died on Flight PS752
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has paid tribute in the House of Commons to those who died on the Ukraine International Airlines passenger jet shot down outside Tehran earlier this month, as MP...
Jan 27, 2020
Kenney wants Ottawa to approve Teck mine for benefit of First Nations
CALGARY - Alberta's premier says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to move swiftly to approve the Teck Frontier oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray. Jason Kenney says there is no reason to del...
Jan 27, 2020
St. Louis Blues assign veteran forward Troy Brouwer to San Antonio
VANCOUVER - The St. Louis Blues have assigned Troy Brouwer to the American Hockey League's San Antonio Rampage after the veteran forward cleared waivers. Brouwer has one goal in 10 games with the Blue...
Jan 27, 2020
Switching grape varieties can help winemakers adapt to climate change: study
VANCOUVER - Adopting drought and heat-tolerant grape varieties could help winemakers grappling with the effects of climate change, says new research from the University of British Colum...
Jan 27, 2020