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RCMP video brings home reality in a 'visceral way': former TRC chairman
OTTAWA - Former Truth and Reconciliation commissioner Murray Sinclair says a video of a Mountie interrogating a young Indigenous woman disclosing sexual abuse in B.C. foster care brings home...
May 17, 2019
Woodstock 50 festival: Investment bank is lining up money
NEW YORK - Organizers of the Woodstock 50 festival are signalling progress toward resolving a financial crunch after a falling-out with backer Amplifi Live. The festival announced Friday that investme...
May 17, 2019
University gets horror filmmaker George Romero's archives
PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh is getting a spooky addition: the archives of late iconic horror filmmaker George A. Romero. Romero's horror flicks date back to the 1968 film "Night of the L...
May 17, 2019
Canadian company pleads guilty to peddling vast database of personal information
OTTAWA - The RCMP says a Canadian-based company that peddled an illicit trove of 1.5 billion user names and associated passwords has pleaded guilty to criminal charges. In a news r...
May 17, 2019
Canada women ready for farewell bow against Mexico before World Cup departure
TORONTO - The Canadian women's soccer team takes a farewell bow at Toronto's BMO Field on Saturday, hopefully with a win over Mexico, before leaving Sunday for Europe and the World Cup. Expectations a...
May 17, 2019
Piwapan hosts awards gala celebrating women
More than three dozen women were recognized for all they do for their communities at the In Celebration of Women Awards Gala.The event was held Thursday at the Jonas Robertson Memorial Community Centr...
May 17, 2019 New Dawn Drum Group received an award for justice and activism. (submitted photo/Kandis Riese)
Bender Bar & Grill in Goodsoil hosts grand opening Saturday
The Bender Bar & Grill in Goodsoil will have its grand opening Saturday and will be celebrating with a pig roast."It's something that not everybody gets to go to all the time so it's something dif...
May 17, 2019 Mike and Jody Bender, owners of the Bender Bar & Grill, will have a pig roast for the grand opening on May 18. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW)
Humboldt resident to take part in tenth MS Walk
The Saskatchewan Blue Cross MS walk in Melfort is coming up on May 26.Participants will go on a 3 km walk from the Kerry Vickar Centre starting at 3 p.m. in an effort to raise awareness for Multiple S...
May 17, 2019 Melfort MS walk leaves from Kerry Vickar Centre. (Facebook/MS Society of Canada)
Five intriguing scenarios to keep your eyes on as CFL training camps open
TORONTO - With the CFL and CFL Players' Association having a tentative collective bargaining agreement in place, veterans will report Sunday for the start of training camps. The expecta...
May 17, 2019
Scheer's climate plan will look at how Canada can cut emissions elsewhere
OTTAWA - Conservative leader Andrew Scheer says his party's climate plan will aim to hit Canada's promised greenhouse-gas emissions targets but the party will not say whether that ...
May 17, 2019