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Bo Knows: Rookie Blue Jay Bichette nearing history with 17-game on-base streak
TORONTO - Bo Bichette knows where he stands in his chase for history. The Blue Jays 21-year-old rookie shortstop claims he's not thinking too much about his career-opening on-base streak that reached ...
Aug 16, 2019

Report says salaries for Crown executives fell 18 per cent last year
The pay for members of the upper management of Saskatchewan's Crown corporations fell by nearly 18 per cent over the past year.According to the Crown Investments Corporation's 2018-19 Payee Disclosure...
Aug 16, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)

Prairie provinces have no plans to put carbon tax stickers on pumps
EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers o...
Aug 16, 2019

August oil and gas public offerings net $1.5M
Public offerings in August for rights to explore for petroleum and natural gas in Saskatchewan brought in $1.5 million. The sales from the third of six public offerings bring total revenues for the cu...
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Archeological teams to excavate, map wrecks of Franklin expedition
OTTAWA - Canadian archeologists are on their way to a remote island near the Arctic Circle for another chance to dig up the secrets held by the Franklin expedition wrecks. Parks Canada and I...
Aug 16, 2019

Defence minister asks military watchdog to investigate racism in the ranks
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has asked Canada's military ombudsman to investigate racism in the Canadian Forces following several high-profile incidents and a report linking service members...
Aug 16, 2019

Keep justice minister and attorney general one role: McLellan report
OTTAWA - The former Liberal cabinet minister tasked with looking into whether the roles of justice minister and attorney general should be separated is recommending no structural changes should b...
Aug 16, 2019

First Nations women finally to be treated equally under Indian Act: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says First Nations women will finally be treated the same as men under the Indian Act. Bennett says First Nations women and their descendan...
Aug 16, 2019

Liberals unveil $3B sole-source deal for armoured vehicles ahead of election
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government says it plans to award a multibillion-dollar contract for hundreds of light armoured vehicles to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada without holding a competit...
Aug 16, 2019

NDP removes MP as candidate who was in discussions with another party
OTTAWA - The New Democrats have removed Quebec MP Pierre Nantel as an NDP candidate following what the party is calling "confirmed reports" that he is in discussions to run for a different p...
Aug 16, 2019