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Melfort Fire Department ready for fire safety trailer tours
Storing a fire trailer in their hall has given the Melfort Fire Department an opportunity to provide hands-on fire safety education.The trailer is made specifically for fire safety lessons. The featur...
Feb 11, 2019
Clooney returns to high school read 'Catch 22' for Hulu show
PASADENA, Calif. - George Clooney says he never expected his next project to be a miniseries based on a novel he read in high school. But against his initial inclination, he's directing and starring i...
Feb 11, 2019
Odd couple of the deep: B.C. dolphins hang out with killer whales
VANCOUVER - Drone flights have revealed an odd couple of the deeps. Scientists from the Vancouver Aquarium are releasing video footage of dolphins hanging around pods of killer whales, two s...
Feb 11, 2019
Rush fall to Roughnecks for third straight loss
The Saskatchewan Rush let an early lead slowly slip away, losing to the Calgary Roughnecks 17-12 at Sasktel Centre Saturday.The loss is third straight for the National Lacrosse League (NLL) club, the ...
Feb 11, 2019
Local student receives prestigious $100,000 scholarship
A local student from John Paul II Collegiate received a prestigious honour this month. Emily Simon took part in the finalist selection process in Toronto for the LORAN (Long-Range Aid to Navigation) S...
Feb 11, 2019
Man accused of killing ailing wife wasn't suffering from major depression: expert
MONTREAL - A Crown expert says a Montreal man on trial for second-degree murder showed no evidence of major depression at the time his severely ill wife was killed. Dr. Gilles Chamberland is the final...
Feb 11, 2019
Social media sites like Facebook take in lion's share of federal ad dollars
OTTAWA - Social media websites like Facebook and Twitter now take in the lion's share of federal advertising dollars, thanks to an ongoing increase in the use of digital advertising by government...
Feb 11, 2019
Canadian Michael Gligic poised to collect PGA Tour card after big victory
When Michael Gligic was 13, his mom took him to Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont., and told instructor Sean Foley her son wanted to take the sport more seriously. More than 15 years later, a...
Feb 11, 2019
Hulu and Marvel to create 4 animated series
PASADENA, Calif. - Hulu is teaming with Marvel to make four separate animated series based on comic book characters like Howard the Duck. Director Kevin Smith and comics Chelsea Handler and Patton Osw...
Feb 11, 2019
Mark Norman lawyers protest 'strategy' talks between Crown, federal lawyers
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's legal team is pointing to several discussions between the Crown and top government lawyers about "trial strategy" as proof of political interference in his case. No...
Feb 11, 2019