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Edmonton Oilers sign Draisaitl teammate Dominik Kahun
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Dominik Kahun, who has experience playing alongside Oilers star Leon Draisaitl.Kahun and the Oilers agreed to a one-year contract worth US$975,000.Th...
Nov 02, 2020
More possible COVID-19 exposures in North Battleford, Prince Albert and others
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is announcing potential COVID-19 exposures to the public at businesses in various Sask. communities.The SHA is requesting those who were at the following locati...
Nov 02, 2020
Recruiting Indigenous Footwear Makers
Are you an Indigenous woman or gender-diverse person who makes moccasins or other footwear? We want to purchase it for our on-line boutique. Send photos and prices of your items to: nwacstore@nwac.ca
Nov 02, 2020
Prosecutors oppose release of Quebec woman accused of mailing poison to Donald Trump
Prosecutors in the United States say a Canadian woman accused of sending poisoned letters to President Donald Trump is too dangerous to be released. In a memo filed with the Washington D.C. district c...
Nov 02, 2020
Canada's alpine ski team navigates complex decisions to race this winter
Erik Read wants to "stay positive, test negative" on the longest road trip of his life. Valerie Grenier just completed her second quarantine at home in three months. Canada's alpine ski racers are tra...
Nov 02, 2020
No budget yet for Liberals' promise to plant two billion trees by 2030
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's massive tree-planting promise from the 2019 election has yet to be allocated a single dime. Trudeau pledged a year ago that the government would plant tw...
Nov 02, 2020
Canadian soldier killed in Netherlands in Second World War identified
OTTAWA - The Defence Department says it's identified remains of a Canadian soldier buried in a cemetery in the Netherlands near the end of the Second World War. Trooper Henry George Johnston's identit...
Nov 02, 2020
Case of COVID-19 identified at Spiritwood High
The Living Sky School Division announced today an individual at Spiritwood High School has been diagnosed with COVID-19.In keeping with the division's health and safety protocols, the school is receiv...
Nov 02, 2020
Bruised and haunted, US holds tight as 2020 campaigns close
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Just over her mask, Patra Okelo's eyes brimmed with tears when she recalled the instant that a truth about America dawned and her innocence burned away. One moment on Aug. 11, 2...
Nov 02, 2020
US construction spending up again, rises 0.3% in September
SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. construction spending rose 0.3% in September, the fourth straight monthly gain after a coronavirus-caused spring swoon, although a smaller gain than analysts had expected. Th...
Nov 02, 2020