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Police issue 32 distracted driving tickets following Circle Drive crash
Saskatoon Police are handing out some swift punishment after hundreds of drivers passing by a serious crash on Circle Drive Thursday were seen taking photos and video by officers at the scene.We'...
Oct 23, 2020
Veggie burgers are still burgers, EU lawmakers rule
BRUSSELS - Plant-based products that do not contain meat can continue to be labeled "sausages" or "burgers," European lawmakers said Friday, when they rejected a proposal back by the meat industry to ...
Oct 23, 2020
Trial of Russian in alleged bitcoin fraud to wrap in Paris
PARIS - French prosecutors requested on Friday a 10-year jail term and a fine of 750,000 euros ($888,634) against Alexander Vinnik, who is accused of being behind a 135 million-euro ($160 million) fra...
Oct 23, 2020
Dispute over Ohio drop box limit ends as advocates drop suit
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The fight over Ohio's limit on ballot drop boxes ended Friday after a coalition of voting rights groups opted to drop their lawsuit, leaving in place an election chief's order that wa...
Oct 23, 2020
Move to Canada? A pipe dream for some Americans is a parachute for Canadian expats
WASHINGTON, Wash. - When people in the United States talk about moving to Canada to escape four more years of Donald Trump, it's usually either a punchline or a pipe dream. Ask some of the rough...
Oct 23, 2020
SMEDCO is partnering with NRG to support Métis Community Recovery!
Sask Mtis Economic Development Corporation (SMEDCO) and Northern Research Group (NRG) are pleased to announce that we have entered into a partnership focused on supporting Mtis community economic reco...
Oct 23, 2020
Montreal archdiocese says priest found guilty of sexual assault has been defrocked
MONTREAL - The Montreal archdiocese says a priest sentenced in 2019 for abusing two boys has been formally stripped of his priesthood. Archbishop Christian Lepine had defrocked Brian Boucher last year...
Oct 23, 2020
Canadian Milos Raonic drops out before European Open quarterfinal with injury
ANTWERP, Belgium - Canada's Milos Raonic has withdrawn from the European Open because of an abdominal strain.The No. 5 seed, from Thornhill, Ont., was scheduled to face No. 4 seed Grigor Dimitrov of B...
Oct 23, 2020
Dancing through quarantine and Harlem - in a bubble
NEW YORK - Living and breathing dance is par for the course at the Dance Theater of Harlem. It's just never looked like this. A group including 15 dancers, a choreographer, the artistic director and a...
Oct 23, 2020
NBC's Welker sharp in first turn as debate moderator
NEW YORK - Moderator Kristen Welker - with the help of an offstage mute button - helped give Americans the substantive, crackling debate over leadership that had been missing so far during the 2020 pr...
Oct 23, 2020