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Signori running in Melfort election for fourth time
Nominations have closed for the upcoming municipal election, and we're continuing to learn about the candidates.In Melfort, Don Signori has announced his intention to run for a seat on council. He tol...
Oct 08, 2020
R.M. election candidates finalized
In addition to the municipal and school board elections, the elections for Rural Municipality (R.M.) councils will also take place Nov. 9 and the unofficial lists of candidates have now been released....
Oct 08, 2020
Nunavut declares COVID-19 outbreak at mine contained; some workers can travel home
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says an outbreak of COVID-19 at a gold mine has been contained. Dr. Michael Patterson says there are 10 positive cases and six presumptive case...
Oct 08, 2020
'I know what I've done wasn't right': pregnant passenger in stolen car averts jail time
The female passenger in a stolen car that exceeded speeds of 130km/h as it raced from police across the city will not serve any time in jail.Instead, Bridget Naytowhow received a 21-month conditional ...
Oct 08, 2020
Iowa offensive lineman tops CFL's first Scouting Bureau's top-20 prospects list
TORONTO - Alaric Jackson, an offensive lineman at the University of Iowa, has the No. 1 spot in the first edition of the CFL scouting bureau's top-20 prospects for the 2021 draft. The six-foot-six, 31...
Oct 08, 2020
Hearing resumes for N.S. man alleging racial bias during 2018 arrest in Halifax park
HALIFAX - A Halifax man is arguing in front of a police review board that his race played a role in his 2018 arrest and jailing after he and his spouse stopped in park to make a phone call. The hearin...
Oct 08, 2020
Nunavut premier strips housing minister of cabinet portfolios for social media post
Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq has stripped the territory's housing minister of his cabinet portfolios over a social media post about the Black Lives Matter movement. Patterk Netser had served as hous...
Oct 08, 2020
Top Nunavut judge denies request for territory's first written Gladue report
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's top judge says one of the reasons the territorial court doesn't order reports into the background of Indigenous offenders before they are sentenced is that there are no wr...
Oct 08, 2020
6 people charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer
DETROIT - Six men plotted to try to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday in federal court. Four of the six men had...
Oct 08, 2020
Fighting for relevance and survival, Parti Quebecois to elect new leader Friday
MONTREAL - A comedian, a historian, a lawyer and an establishment politician are all vying to lead the Parti Quebecois, the once-mighty political party whose purpose and future are today being openly ...
Oct 08, 2020