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Former Alouettes head coach Marv Levy joins select football group
Marv Levy is poised to join a very select pro football fraternity. On Friday night, the former Montreal Alouettes head coach will be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. He'll become just...
Jun 16, 2022
Jan. 6 panel wants to hear from Ginni Thomas, chairman says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol will ask Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, for an interview, the pan...
Jun 16, 2022
Quebec RCMP searching properties allegedly connected to neo-Nazi terrorist group
PLESSISVILLE, Que. - RCMP are searching properties southwest of Quebec City that they say may be connected to a neo-Nazi terrorist group. The police say on Twitter that the investigation targets indiv...
Jun 16, 2022
The Pence perspective: Jan. 6 hearings turn focus to embattled vice-president's role
WASHINGTON - One of the most compelling personal dynamics of the Donald Trump era will be on display today as the Jan. 6 hearings focus on the man at the centre: Mike Pence. The committee exploring la...
Jun 16, 2022
Dental care program could be nearly double what federal government originally thought
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the cost of a new dental program for low- and middle-income uninsured Canadians could be nearly double what the federal government originally estimated. ...
Jun 16, 2022
Author Tootoosis relates impact of MMIW in her book
A Battlefords area author describes her book as a memoir that also deals with the tragedy of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), since the topic has touched her on a personal level. Stephani...
Jun 16, 2022
Michelle Rempel Garner exits Patrick Brown campaign to consider UCP leadership run
OTTAWA - Michelle Rempel Garner, a longtime Conservative MP from Calgary, says she's stepping back from the federal Conservative leadership race to consider running for Jason Kenney's job. Rempel Garn...
Jun 16, 2022
RCMP Report P1: Missing teens, break-in warrants
Battlefords RCMP are searching for two teens from the region that were reported missing this week.Reported missing shortly after midnight on Monday, 15-year-old Shayden Swiftwolfe was last seen on Moo...
Jun 16, 2022
Dutch agency prevented Russian spy from working at ICC
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A Dutch intelligence agency said Thursday that it prevented a Russian spy using a false Brazilian identity from working as an intern at the International Criminal Court, ...
Jun 16, 2022
Backlogged justice system can't return to pre-pandemic ways, chief justice warns
OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice says the legal system must continue to modernize and innovate, warning it cannot return to pre-pandemic ways of doing business. At a news conference today, the Supreme ...
Jun 16, 2022