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SARM President expects 'lively discussion' at convention
Delegates attending this week's Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) convention in Saskatoon are hoping for more details on some big issues affecting the province.SARM president Ray...
Mar 12, 2019 SARM President Ray Orb speaks in Regina on Dec. 4, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Cash from NY, feds tests 100K rape kits, leads to 1K arrests
NEW YORK - Languishing evidence in over 100,000 sexual assault cases around the country has been sent for DNA testing with money from a New York prosecutor and federal authorities, spurring over 1,000...
Mar 12, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Nine-month-old baby among Canadian victims in Ethiopian crash
One of the youngest victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash is nine-month-old Canadian Rubi Pauls, who was on the way to Kenya from Ontario to meet her grandfather for the first time for Easter. The g...
Mar 12, 2019
Alphonso Davies returns to Vancouver for CONCACAF Nations League qualifying game
In his return to Vancouver, Bayern Munich teenager Alphonso Davies will look to help complete Canada's perfect CONCACAF Nations League qualifying run against French Guiana on March 24 at BC Place Stad...
Mar 12, 2019
The Latest: UK regulators ground Boeing 737 Max aircraft
HEJERE, Ethiopia - The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 4:45 p.m. British regulators have grounded Boeing 737 Max aircraft following the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday. The UK...
Mar 12, 2019
The Latest: UK regulators ground Boeing 737 Max aircraft
HEJERE, Ethiopia - The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 4:45 p.m. British regulators have grounded Boeing 737 Max aircraft following the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday. The UK...
Mar 12, 2019
Indian elections to begin April 11 as Modi seeks re-election
NEW DELHI - India's Election Commission announced Sunday that national elections will begin April 11, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party seeks a second term. About 900 million p...
Mar 12, 2019
Ontario mulls single-use plastics ban in waste diversion strategy
TORONTO - Ontario is weighing a ban on single-use plastics as part of a broader strategy to send less waste to landfills. Nearly a tonne of waste per person in Ontario is generated each year, and the ...
Mar 12, 2019
Confederate statue being removed in North Carolina city
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A construction crew was preparing to take down a Confederate statue in a North Carolina city Tuesday morning, a rare move in a state where such monuments are largely protected by...
Mar 12, 2019
Mansion where Phil Spector killed actress is for sale
ALHAMBRA, Calif. - The hilltop Los Angeles-area mansion where music producer Phil Spector killed actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 is for sale at $5.5 million. The Daily News reported Sunday that the wall...
Mar 12, 2019