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Alberta seeks partners for 164 parks to focus spending on 'high value areas'
EDMONTON - The Alberta government wants to hand off management of 164 provincially run parks to outside groups. The move was hinted at in yesterday's budget and confirmed by a spokeswoman for Environm...
Feb 28, 2020
Pipeline talks with hereditary chiefs resume for second day in northern B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. - The hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en are meeting for a second day with senior federal and provincial ministers as they try to break an impasse in a pipeline dispute tha...
Feb 28, 2020
Roughriders release some details of Grey Cup Festival
The Saskatchewan Roughriders unveiled some of the details of the 2020 Grey Cup Festival on Friday.The festival is to begin on Nov. 17 and run every day until Nov. 22, when the 108th Grey Cup game is t...
Feb 28, 2020 (CJME News Staff)
‘Show must go on:’ Beechy moves ahead with fundraiser despite setback
Organizers in the village of Beechy were left scrambling Wednesday when they learned the main attraction for their arena fundraiser would not be coming."We had quite the war room going on last night w...
Feb 28, 2020 The Beechy, Sask. hockey arena. (Facebook)
New Guidelines For Travel Regarding Coronavirus
As Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is detected in new jurisdictions, Saskatchewan public health is updating recommendations to residents and health care providers related to travel to and from count...
Feb 28, 2020
Stars’ captain shines, as Fletcher named SJHL Top Defenceman
It has been a storybook season for the Battlefords North Stars this year, with the latest chapter going out to their captain, Matthew Fletcher. Thursday night, the Stars' blue liner was named SJHL Def...
Feb 27, 2020 Fletcher was named captain of the North Stars ahead of the season, and has helped lead the organization to their second-best finish in franchise history. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Beyak suspended again from Senate despite apology for posting offensive letters
OTTAWA - The Senate has voted to suspend Sen. Lynn Beyak a second time over derogatory letters about Indigenous Peoples posted on her website. Senators have approved a report from the upper house...
Feb 27, 2020
Trudeau to meet provincial, territorial leaders amid heightened tensions
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit down with provincial and territorial leaders on March 13 to wrestle with some of the thorny issues that are dividing the nation. The first ministers' me...
Feb 27, 2020
Champagne heads to Europe to discuss Iran crash in Ukraine, meet troops in Latvia
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he will make a renewed push for compensation for families of people who died in the Ukraine International Airlines crash on a th...
Feb 27, 2020
'It hurt:' Explicit Greta sticker linked to Alberta company draws outrage
CALGARY - An Alberta woman says she has complained to the RCMP about a decal bearing an energy services company's logo below a cartoon depicting what appears to be the sexual assault of 17-y...
Feb 27, 2020