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Chance the Rapper marries longtime girlfriend
LOS ANGELES - Chance the Rapper tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend in a star-studded ceremony. The Chicago-based rapper posted several photos of him and Kirsten Corley on his Instagram and Twi...
Mar 11, 2019
The Latest: Witness: Rear of plane was smoking before impact
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 11:20 p.m. A witness to the Ethiopian Airlines crash says smoke was coming from the rear of the plane before it hit th...
Mar 11, 2019
Family questions housing policy on right to smudge
Casting a solemn eye on a few tea-spoon-sized samplings of sweetgrass, a natural herb, sitting unlit in a container on his table top in front of him, Lynal Ernest says it isn't right.Ernest and his wi...
Mar 11, 2019 Lynal Ernest, left, and
Shanda Sapp say they should have a right to smudge in their home and question
Battlefords Housing Authority for not allowing the practice in its ban on ceremonial
smoke. The Saskatchewan Housing Corp., however says people can request special
permission as an exception. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Angela Brown
The Latest: Silent tribute to crash victims at UN meeting
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 9:50 p.m. A U.N. official says thousands stood in silent tribute to victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash at the ope...
Mar 11, 2019
Feds invest in projects to combat guns, gangs in Sask.
The federal government is giving the province nearly $12 million to stop gang and gun violence in Saskatchewan.Ralph Goodale, the federal minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announce...
Mar 11, 2019 Regina MP Ralph Goodale making a funding announcement at Regina City Hall on Feb. 12, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME) : Glynn Brothen
Utah plaintiffs seek to force Omar Khadr to answer their questions
TORONTO - Relatives looking to collect on an American lawsuit against Omar Khadr are asking a Canadian court to force the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner to answer questions about his confession t...
Mar 11, 2019
Ottawa professor who died in Ethiopia plane crash remembered for public outreach
Ottawa professor Pius Adesanmi, one of the 18 Canadians killed in Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash, is being remembered as a public intellectual whose outreach to Africans across the g...
Mar 11, 2019
Increase wolf cull, pen pregnant cows to save endangered caribou: study
EDMONTON - An extensive study of caribou herds across British Columbia and Alberta suggests a way to reverse a long and steady decline of the endangered species - kill more wolves and moose and p...
Mar 11, 2019
Foreign service workers' union asks for binding arbitration in contract talks
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada's diplomatic corps says it has filed a request to go to arbitration with the federal government after the two sides couldn't agree on a new contract&nb...
Mar 11, 2019
Area highways receive funding for rehabilitation projects
A number of area highways have received funding from the federal and provincial governments for rehabilitation projects. Over $81 million is set aside for 15 stretches of highway in Saskatchewan, whic...
Mar 11, 2019 Highway 16 and 4 have received funding for rehabilitation work. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr