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Local support worker breaks barriers for Indigenous women and mothers
A local woman is breaking barriers as a recent graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program. Dalanie Wahobin grew up in Meadow Lake and Waterhen Lake. She is among the first Indigenous wo...
Nov 29, 2019 Dalanie Wahobin, 28, is among the first to graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program offered at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in October 2019. (submitted photo/ Dalanie Wahobin)
Festival of Trees holiday fundraiser for BUH Foundation kicks off Friday
What is silver and gold and dazzles the eyes of children each year this time in the Battlefords?It's the Festival of Trees.The popular holiday fundraiser to support the Battlefords Union Hospital Foun...
Nov 29, 2019 Decorating co-chairs, left to right, Louise Erbach, Koreen Lawrence and Janelle Cox get ready for the 2019 Festival of Trees that takes place at the Western Development Museum from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Roughriders sign Makana Henry to contract extension
The CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Friday they have signed defensive lineman Makana Henry to a contract extension.Henry, who could have become a free agent in February, now is signed through...
Nov 29, 2019 (File photo/CJME News)
Compensate woman detained in Montreal handrail dispute, Supreme Court orders
OTTAWA - A Quebec police officer stepped over the line when he detained a woman for refusing to hold onto an escalator handrail, the Supreme Court of Canada said in a scathing ruling on Friday that al...
Nov 29, 2019
Panel created by Quebec government says access to assisted death should be expanded
QUEBEC - A panel of experts is recommending the Quebec government expand access to medical aid in dying. In recommendations made public today, the group said people should be allowed to make advance d...
Nov 29, 2019
Jurors in Bebawi trial hear ex-SNC president approved yacht for dictator's son
MONTREAL - The trial of a former SNC-Lavalin executive heard Friday that the accused told an RCMP officer the gift of a luxury yacht to the son of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadh...
Nov 29, 2019
Arbitrator to decide soon in case of rail conductor fired for social media posts
CALGARY - A train conductor who was fired from Canadian Pacific Railway two years ago over social media posts says she expects to find out soon whether she'll get her job back. Stephanie Katelnikoff, ...
Nov 29, 2019
Court tosses federal bid to quash deadline on child welfare payments
OTTAWA - The federal government has lost its bid to delay a deadline for compensating First Nations families torn apart by an underfunded child welfare system, as part of a Federal Court decision...
Nov 29, 2019
Despite U.S. calls for more, Canada's defence spending set to stay the same
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is likely to face questions from other leaders of the NATO military alliance next week as new figures show Canadian military spending is expected to remain ...
Nov 29, 2019
Stolen fire truck sparks police pursuit in Winnipeg, suspect arrested
WINNIPEG - Police in Winnipeg zapped a man with a stun gun and took him into custody after a suspect stole a fire truck and took it for a joyride through downtown. Investigators say the fire...
Nov 29, 2019