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Sweden's Saab undecided on whether to bid on Canada's fighter-jet contract
OTTAWA - Days after Airbus Defence and Space pulled out of the $19-billion race to replace Canada's aging fighter jets, the only European firm still eligible to compete says it has not decided wh...
Sep 05, 2019
Court allows six Trans Mountain appeals focusing on Indigenous consultation
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal says it will hear six challenges of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion focusing on Indigenous consultation, while dismissing several claims centred on enviro...
Sep 05, 2019 (File Photo/The Canadian Press)
Career performance was nearly much more for Argos' Justin Herdman-Reed
TORONTO - A career performance could've been so much more for Justin Herdman-Reed. The five-foot-10, 223-pound linebacker registered his first two career sacks and a team-high eight tackles ...
Sep 05, 2019
Sudan PM names first Cabinet since removal of al-Bashir
CAIRO - Sudan's newly appointed prime minister announced his Cabinet on Thursday, the first since the military's ouster of autocratic former President Omar al-Bashir in April, and appointees include S...
Sep 05, 2019
Smudging leads to call-out for P.A.Fire Department
A rare call-out for the Prince Albert Fire Department has officials reminding people about best practices.There was a ritual smudging of a building on the 300 block of 19th street on Tuesday. However,...
Sep 05, 2019 (File Photo/ 130301674 © Bohuslav Jelen | Dreamstime.com)
The new Clijsters? Some see similarities between Belgian star and Andreescu
NEW YORK - Bianca Andreescu's coach sees similarities between the 19-year-old Canadian and former Belgian star Kim Clijsters, and he's not the only one. And since Clijsters won 41 titles, includi...
Sep 05, 2019
B.C. mother who smothered daughter must wait 15 years before applying for parole
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A British Columbia mother who killed her eight-year-old daughter in a "selfish" and "deliberate" act meant to hurt her ex-husband has been sentenced to life in prison with...
Sep 05, 2019
Ottawa paid $75M for veterans' cannabis last year, could pay $100M this year
OTTAWA - The federal government shelled out a record $75 million to cover the cost of medical marijuana for veterans in the last fiscal year - and it is on track to spend nearly $100 million this year...
Sep 05, 2019
'Great community support': Nipawin to host northeast JDRF walk
Community members in the northeast will walk to raise funds and awareness for diabetes on the last Sunday in September.The Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) walk is being held in Nipawin f...
Sep 05, 2019 Nipawin Hawks attend 2018 JDRF walk. (Facebook/Nipawin Hawks)
Fall brings new shows, services and chance of bigger TV tabs
LOS ANGELES - Intrigued by a drama set behind the scenes of a morning TV show, with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon topping the cast? How about a supernatural series with Lin-Manuel Miranda or ...
Sep 05, 2019