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A toe tapping good time
A proud part of Mtis culture is now the focus of a new class being offered once a week at Prince Albert's Army and Navy building downtown.Close to a dozen children took part in the first jigging class...
Feb 7, 2020 The Métis Jigging class had a very enthusiastic response on its opening night. (Submitted photo/Cierra Alexandersen)

Yankees lefty James Paxton has back surgery, out 3-4 months
All during the off-season, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman worried about James Paxton's back pain and kept suggesting: "Let's just get the surgery out of the way. We're losing time." Pa...
Feb 7, 2020

Colten Boushie documentary to screen at Dekker Centre Sunday
The award-winning documentary Nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up, which takes a deeper look at the death of Colten Boushie and Canada's judicial system, will have a free screening Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. ...
Feb 7, 2020 The Boushie family and legal counsel at a Parliamentary press conference. (supplied photo/George Hupka)

Ottawa spent at least $8 million on First Nations child welfare case: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent more than $8 million in legal fees in the ongoing human rights case over First Nations child welfare. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of th...
Feb 7, 2020

Investigators: No sign of engine failure for Bryant copter
LOS ANGELES - Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any sign of engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board said Fri...
Feb 7, 2020
What'sHappeningNOW Feb. 7, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with Reporter Michael Joel-Hansen about one of the biggest donations the Rose Garden Hospice has received.
Feb 7, 2020

NHL Notebook: With Ovechkin set to hit 700 goals, Gretzky record looks in reach
Alex Ovechkin was having a quiet night. Through two periods of action Tuesday, he'd registered a solitary shot attempt that sailed wide, two hits and one giveaway. That was it. Then, as he's...
Feb 7, 2020

FCL executive addresses fuel shortages, Unifor proposal
Gas pumps are running dry at numerous Co-op locations across Western Canada and the company's chief executive officer says Unifor's blockade of key facilities are to blame for constricting its ability...
Feb 7, 2020 The Co-op refinery in Regina. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Canadian special forces treading carefully in Iraq amid 'sensitive' relations
OTTAWA - Canadian special-forces soldiers are treading carefully in Iraq following an Iranian missile attack against their main base last month and what their commander describes as a sensitive a...
Feb 7, 2020

Former Maple Leaf and Canada's Sports Hall of Famer Brian Glennie dies at 73
TORONTO - Former NHL defenceman Brian Glennie, who spent most of his 10-year career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He was 73. Glennie, who was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame ...
Feb 7, 2020