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Bill to legally recognize Senate's evolution runs into unforeseen hurdle with Speaker
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to reintroduce a bill in the House of Commons identical to one already passed unanimously by the Senate to legally recognize the evolution of the upper house into...
Dec 09, 2021

Former Yukon health minister ordered to pay successor following failed legal bid
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's former health minister has been ordered to pay more than $8,000 after a judge sided with her successor in an effort to have the election result overturned. Liberal Pauline Frost c...
Dec 09, 2021

Fall sitting ends with different takes by government, Opposition
The legislative building may be all decked out with Christmas trees and nutcrackers for the season, but MLAs won't be there much longer.Many will turn around and head home soon, as the fall sitting en...
Dec 09, 2021

Northeast Wolfpack hosting food drive after Prince Albert Foxes' nomination
The Northeast Wolfpack U15 AA Hockey team will be hosting a food drive at their next two upcoming home games.The idea originally came to be after the Prince Albert U15 AA Foxes challenged the Wolfpack...
Dec 09, 2021

Meadow Lake’s Dawson Gerwing drafted by Swift Current Broncos
Another one of Meadow Lake's most promising hockey prospects is making the leap and entering the Western Hockey League (WHL).On Thursday, the Swift Current Broncos selected AAA Battlefords Stars forwa...
Dec 09, 2021

NHL board of governors gives thumbs up to league's inclusivity efforts
MANALAPAN, N.J. - The NHL board of governors has given a thumbs up to the league's efforts on safety, inclusivity and respect. Kim Davis, executive vice-president of social impact, growth initiatives ...
Dec 09, 2021

Athabasca NDP nomination a two-person race
Georgina Jolibois, a former MP and current mayor of La Loche, is one of two northerners seeking the nomination for the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party in the upcoming Athabasca byelection.Jolibois i...
Dec 09, 2021

Work is ongoing to end remaining long-term drinking water advisories: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his Liberal government remains committed to ending all long-term drinking water advisories that exist on First Nations, despite not setting a new date to do...
Dec 09, 2021

NYC lawmakers pass bill giving noncitizens right to vote
NEW YORK (AP) - Noncitizens in New York City would gain the right to vote in municipal elections under a measure approved Thursday by the City Council that would give access to the ballot box to 800,0...
Dec 09, 2021

Order to produce docs on fired scientists ended with dissolution of Parliament: Rota
OTTAWA - The Conservatives have lost their bid to resurrect a House of Commons order demanding the release of secret documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada's highest security labo...
Dec 09, 2021