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Conservatives say police should be called into investigate WE charity scandal
OTTAWA - The Conservatives say they want a criminal investigation into the Liberal government's decision to have the WE organization run a $900-million program for student volunteers.Their call for po...
Jul 10, 2020
Civil servants to be compensated for Phoenix debacle, says public service union
OTTAWA - The country's biggest civil service union says its members will get lump sum payments to compensate them for the federal government's failed pay system under an agreement reached late yesterd...
Jul 10, 2020
Guilty pleas entered in P.A. area impaired driving case
The man responsible for a bad crash north of Prince Albert last year has taken responsibility for his actions.August Ermine Bates, 21 has entered guilty pleas to one count of impaired driving causing ...
Jul 10, 2020
Local outdoor experts share tips ahead of free fishing weekend
Saskatchewan's free fishing weekend is this Saturday and Sunday, when residents and visitors can fish in any of Saskatchewan's public waters open to sport fishing, no license required.It's an opportun...
Jul 10, 2020
Policing programs reinforce existing system: critics
When Alain Babineau was a police academy cadet nearly 30 years ago, the education his cohort received on diversity and racism amounted to a few basic lectures with little in terms of practical applica...
Jul 10, 2020
Turkish court rules to let Hagia Sophia return as mosque
Turkey's highest administrative court issued a ruling Friday that paves the way for the government to convert Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia - a former cathedral-turned-mosque that now serves as a mus...
Jul 10, 2020
Dutch government to take Russia to European court over MH17
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Dutch government is taking Russia to the European Court of Human Rights for its alleged role in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine six y...
Jul 10, 2020
US wholesale prices fell 0.2% in June as food costs plunged
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices fell 0.2% in June as food costs dropped sharply, offsetting a big increase in energy prices. The drop in the Producer Price Index, which measures inflation pressures...
Jul 10, 2020
Amber Alert continues for missing Quebec girls, 6 and 11, and their father
LEVIS, Que. - Quebec provincial police say searches continued overnight after an Amber Alert was issued Thursday for two young girls and their 44-year-old father. Police issued the alert at aroun...
Jul 10, 2020
Authorities search for 'Glee' star believed to have drowned
Authorities planned Friday to renew the search for "Glee" star Naya Rivera, who is believed to have drowned in a Southern California lake while boating with her 4-year-old son. Rivera, 33, disappeared...
Jul 10, 2020