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With LaBatte questionable, Riders’ O-line prepared for challenge
Saskatchewan Roughriders centre Dan Clark could be without his left-hand man Thursday.Brendon LaBatte, a six-time CFL all-star at left guard, hasn't practised all week due to a groin injury and is que...
Jun 12, 2019 The Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive line does drills during practice on June 10, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Edmonton murder trial hears child went from chunky, happy to skin and bones
EDMONTON - A woman who lived with two people charged in the death of a toddler found outside an Edmonton church says she often heard crying, yelling, smacking and more crying from their bedr...
Jun 12, 2019
Quebec trying to speed up process to adopt secularism bill ahead of summer break
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government is showing good faith by specifying what kinds of religious symbols it plans to ban for many public sector workers. The government tabled an am...
Jun 12, 2019
Trudeau appoints first ambassador to advance women, peace and security
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Canada's first ambassador for women, peace and security. Jacqueline O'Neill, who has served on a number of related international bodies, assumes&nb...
Jun 12, 2019
St. George's Anglican Community Garage Sale
St. George's Anglican Church in Battleford is hosting a Community Garage Sale Saturday, June 15.See the poster for details.
Jun 12, 2019
The Stories Were Not Told
The Chapel Gallery will celebrate the release of Sandra Semchuck's book, The Stories Were Not Told - Canada's First World War Internment Camps on Friday, July 12.See the poster for details.
Jun 12, 2019
Canada's treatment of Indigenous women not a 'genocide', Scheer says
OTTAWA - "Genocide" isn't the right word to describe what's been done to generations of Indigenous women and girls in Canada, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Monday. Last week, the federal...
Jun 12, 2019
Husky pleads guilty over oil leak into North Saskatchewan River
LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. - Husky Energy has pleaded guilty in a pipeline leak that sent oil spilling into a major river that is the source of drinking water for a number of Saskatchewan communiti...
Jun 12, 2019
Colten Boushie documentary to screen at Capitol Theatre in June
A documentary that follows the late Colten Boushie's family on their quest for justice in the legal system will screen at the Capitol Theatre in late June. Tasha Hubbard's nipawistamasowin: We Will St...
Jun 12, 2019 The family and Legal Counsel in Parliamentary Press Conference. (supplied photo/George Hupka)
Senate Arctic committee calls report a 'wake-up call' in latest report
OTTAWA - Canada's Senate says it's time the federal government stopped ignoring the Arctic. In a new report, the Senate has issued what it says is a wake-up call for Ottawa to deal with...
Jun 12, 2019