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Federal government should direct RCMP to end use controversial neck hold: NDP leader
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino should push back against the RCMP continuing to use a controversial neck hold. Mendicino directed the RCMP to stop using t...
Jan 19, 2023

How ground-penetrating radar is used to find unmarked graves at residential schools
OTTAWA - Ground-penetrating radar is the technology behind the discoveries of what are believed to be unmarked burial sites on the grounds of former residential schools, by providing communities with ...
Jan 19, 2023

NB State of the City Address coming up
The City of North Battleford plans to hold a State of the City Address coming up. The luncheon event will take place at the Tropical Inn conference room in North Battleford on Wednesday, March 8 from ...
Jan 19, 2023

Panthers coach Maurice fined for complaining about refs after loss to Leafs
NEW YORK - The NHL has fined Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice US$25,000 after he complained about the officiating in his team's recent 5-4 overtime loss at Toronto. The Maple Leafs had seven p...
Jan 19, 2023

Saskatoon mom brings son’s murder back into public eye two years after his death
Susan Charlton has spent the past two years wondering what happened to her son after his remains were discovered in a fire outside of North Battleford.Jordon Daniel Boire's death has been ruled a homi...
Jan 19, 2023

Canada to repatriate six women, 13 children from Syrian detention, lawyer says
OTTAWA - The lawyer for six Canadian women and 13 children being held in Syrian camps says the federal government has agreed to help bring them home. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says a "mutually accepta...
Jan 19, 2023

Retired senator 'stunned' by reports about Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond's heritage
Retired senator Lillian Dyck says she was "stunned" to hear questions about the Indigenous heritage of former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, whose career she had recognized as barrier-breaking. Dyck,...
Jan 19, 2023

No pharmacare bill this year would be a deal-breaker, says NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the Liberal government does not introduce a pharmacare bill in the House of Commons this year, he will consider it a deal-breaker. Both parties signe...
Jan 19, 2023

Supreme Court says it hasn't found abortion opinion leaker
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Thursday it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation continues. Eight months after ...
Jan 19, 2023

Priestley's 'Offside' paints a complex portrait of former Leafs owner Harold Ballard
TORONTO - Jason Priestley wants Canadians to draw their own conclusions about Harold Ballard, the controversial former owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Priestley is the narrator and director of "Offs...
Jan 19, 2023