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Stars go for broke against Millionaires
Sitting just two points back of both Kindersley and Humboldt atop the Global Ag. Risk Solutions Division, the Battlefords North Stars travel to Melville today to take on the Millionaires at Horizon Cr...
Feb 01, 2019
CBS bets big with new talent show 'The World's Best'
PASADENA, Calif. - CBS is betting big on "The World's Best," handing over the coveted post-Super Bowl time slot to the new talent competition shepherded by reality TV titans Mark Burnett and Mike Darn...
Feb 01, 2019
Trade tribunal tosses U.S. firm's complaint about warship-design competition
OTTAWA - A federal trade tribunal is tossing out a challenge to the federal government's handling of a high-stakes competition to design the navy's new $60-billion fleet of warships. The Canadian Inte...
Feb 01, 2019
Judges cannot be overly swayed by victim impact statements: legal experts
Legal experts say a sentencing judge must use caution and not be overwhelmed by victim impact statements. A Saskatchewan judge heard more than 70 victim impact statements this week...
Feb 01, 2019
Glaslyn youth a finalist in Black History Month competition
A Glaslyn-area youth is thrilled to have been named a finalist in the 10th Annual RBC Black History Month Student Essay Competition.Glaslyn Central School student Caylee Dorval was selected for her es...
Feb 01, 2019
Mould causing housing crisis for First Nations across Canada: NDP
OTTAWA - A housing crisis in a northern Ontario First Nation is the tip of a deep, systemic problem in communities across the country that requires the response of a task forc...
Feb 01, 2019
St. F.X. women's basketball coach suspended after player injured during practice
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - The coach of the St. Francis Xavier University women's basketball team remains suspended as the school's athletics department investigates an alleged disciplinary incident that...
Feb 01, 2019
Rapper 6ix9ine admits gang membership and pleads guilty
NEW YORK - Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (teh-KAH'-shee sihks-NEYN') has pleaded guilty to federal charges, admitting his participation in a violent gang and pledging to co-operate with prosecutors ...
Feb 01, 2019
Foxconn again shifts Wisconsin plan after Trump intervenes
MADISON, Wis. - Foxconn Technology Group said Friday that after its chairman spoke directly with President Donald Trump the Taiwanese company will proceed with plans to construct a plant in Wisconsin ...
Feb 01, 2019
Canada wants Lima Group meeting to keep pressure on Maduro to step down
OTTAWA - Canada and its Lima Group allies will use their Monday meeting in Ottawa to find new ways - including financial - to support the Venezuelan opposition and ease the refugee crisis in neig...
Feb 01, 2019