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'I would have done the same thing:' Bowness OK with being Jets' second choice
WINNIPEG - Rick Bowness doesn't mind being the second choice. The new Winnipeg Jets head coach took part in his first press conference Monday, a little more than a week after first target Barry Trotz ...
Jul 04, 2022
Luke Tournier wins Onion Lake CPCA show
The Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association (CPCA) standings were upended again over the weekend in Onion Lake Cree Nation.Luke Tournier of Duck Lake, SK was the aggregate winner from the first f...
Jul 04, 2022
MLAs say autonomy meetings aren’t about western separation
MLA Lyle Stewart says "unprecedented, unilateral action" on the part of the federal government is hurting Saskatchewan's economy, and he wants to know what the people of the province want to do about ...
Jul 04, 2022
Crown wants jail term for former clerk of the B.C. legislature for breach of trust
VANCOUVER - The Crown is asking for a jail term for the former clerk of British Columbia's legislature who was found guilty of fraud and breach of trust over expenses he claimed. The conduct of Craig ...
Jul 04, 2022
Canada Day protests lacked convoy's 'perfect storm of amplification,' expert says
OTTAWA - The protests staged in Ottawa over the weekend that caused only minimal disruptions were a far cry from the "Freedom Convoy" demonstrations that occupied downtown streets for three weeks earl...
Jul 04, 2022
Canada signs $20B compensation agreement on First Nations child welfare
OTTAWA - The federal government says it has signed a $20-billion final settlement agreement to compensate First Nations children and families harmed by chronic underfunding of child welfare. The Assem...
Jul 04, 2022
Meadow Lake woman wins $10,000 Amplify grand prize
A contest that cost just a few minutes of her time, landed a Meadow Lake woman a $10,000 shopping spree.Kim Halpenny participated in Pattison Media's Amplify program - an initiative used to focus on t...
Jul 04, 2022
Top general says military to leave Sudan political talks
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's leading general said Monday the country's military will withdraw from negotiations meant to solve the ongoing political crisis after a coup last year, allowing civil society repre...
Jul 04, 2022
Ottawa starting to transfer 'small number' of asylum seekers to Ontario from Quebec
MONTREAL - The federal government is starting to relocate asylum seekers who have crossed irregularly into Quebec from the United States, following a rise in the number of would-be refugees at the bor...
Jul 04, 2022
Environment Canada expecting warmer-than-usual weather for Sask. in July
After a rainy week, Saskatchewan could see a lot of sun in the future.That's according to Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips."What our models seem to suggest is that when we get th...
Jul 04, 2022