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National security officials planning for 2023 'Freedom Convoy' reboot: adviser to PM
OTTAWA - The national security adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that senior officials are planning ahead for the possibility of another "Freedom Convoy" protest in early 2023. Jody Thomas...
Dec 01, 2022

Biden to Dems: Scrap caucuses, promote diversity in primary
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden says Democrats should move past "restrictive" caucuses and embrace diversity in the order of its presidential nominating calendar, dealing a major blow to Iowa's ...
Dec 01, 2022

Canada should pause MAID for people with mental disorders: psychiatrists
Canada is not ready to expand medical assistance in dying for people with a mental disorder, leaving psychiatrists across the country "incredibly concerned" about patients needing better access to car...
Dec 01, 2022

'We must all grieve their loss:' Winnipeg man accused of killing four women
WINNIPEG - Police allege a Winnipeg man charged with killing a First Nations woman this spring killed three other women around the same time. Of the latest three, two have been confirmed to be Indigen...
Dec 01, 2022

Gunville manslaughter case results in near six-year sentence
Over three-and-a-half years after a Prince Albert man's death, the woman responsible has received a sentence of five years and eight months.But with credit for time spent in remand custody, 40-year-ol...
Dec 01, 2022

St. Walburg local, Thiele commits to Lakeland College
St. Walburg's Niomi Thiele will don Lakeland Rustlers' green next fall for the next chapter of her basketball journey.The Grade 12 senior at St. Walburg School recently committed to the Rustlers' prog...
Dec 01, 2022

Canadian golfing great Mike Weir closes day at Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO - Canadian golfing great Mike Weir added another new experience to his storied career on Thursday. Gold confetti rained down as Weir pressed the button that formally stops trading for the day ...
Dec 01, 2022

Global Affairs calls in China ambassador over claims of secret police stations
OTTAWA - A Global Affairs Canada official says the department has called in China's ambassador numerous times over allegations that secret police stations are targeting that country's diaspora in Cana...
Dec 01, 2022

Trump probe: Court halts Mar-a-Lago special master review
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Thursday ended an independent review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said...
Dec 01, 2022

Environment Canada issues extreme cold warning for Battlefords, Meadow Lake, Prince Albert
Environment Canada issued an extreme cold warning for much of the central part of Saskatchewan and parts of the extreme north.The warning stretches from Meadow Lake south to the Kindersley area. It go...
Dec 01, 2022