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Onion Lake RCMP search for armed, dangerous suspects
Onion Lake RCMP are asking for public assistance in locating four individuals fleeing from police.Tuesday evening, law enforcement received information from another detachment about a vehicle that fle...
Dec 09, 2020
Lametti questions Conservatives' sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says Conservatives have no interest in improving a bill on assisted dying, they just want to stop it. The Conservatives have been talking out the clock on Bill ...
Dec 09, 2020
CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request
VANCOUVER - A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed not to take notes after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou - an arrest that will be under court scr...
Dec 09, 2020
Battle lines drawn for first ministers' meeting on health care
OTTAWA - Premiers aren't expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. First ministers are scheduled to meet via...
Dec 09, 2020
Hunter Biden facing federal investigation over 'tax affairs'
WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter said Wednesday that he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation. The investigation by the Delaware U....
Dec 09, 2020
One of accused in Laverdiere homicide investigation seeks bail
One of the accused individuals facing a charge connected to the Tiki Laverdiere homicide investigation is seeking to be released on bail. Samuel Takakenew, 36, is charged with accessory after the fact...
Dec 09, 2020
Real estate still going strong in the Battlefords
Housing markets across the province, particularly in the Battlefords, continue to buck expectations.Across the province, sales were up by more than 54 per cent from last November and the median sale p...
Dec 09, 2020
Permanent fishway to be built at Fraser River landslide: Fisheries and Oceans
VANCOUVER - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has awarded a contract that would see a permanent fishway built to help fish migrate past a massive landslide on a remote stretch of British Columbia's ...
Dec 09, 2020
Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has introduced legislation that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being admitted to health-care facilities to obtain informati...
Dec 09, 2020
Provincial rink grant program, welcome sight for Battlefords recreation
The Province of Saskatchewan announced Tuesday, the return of the Community Rink Affordability Grant Program, which will open for applications Dec. 14. The program, provides $2,500 a year to indoor ri...
Dec 09, 2020