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Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal, charged by RCMP, has case adjourned to January
OTTAWA - A former Liberal MP facing charges of fraud and breach of trust related to his time in office has had his case adjourned until early next year. Lawyers for Raj Grewal and the Crown agreed to ...
Oct 06, 2020
Town announces new CAO starting next week
The Town of Battleford has a new chief administrative officer (CAO) at the helm.Mayor Ames Leslie made the announcement at council's meeting Monday night.Ash Alam was selected for the position. Alam j...
Oct 06, 2020
Drug bust in P.A. hotel
A 32-year-old man is facing charges after a drug bust in a local hotel Friday.The Prince Albert Police Service Street Enforcement Team (SET), with assistance from the Integrated Crime Reduction Team (...
Oct 06, 2020
Number of new COVID-19 cases in Quebec reaches record high for second straight day
MONTREAL - Health authorities in Quebec are reporting a record number of new COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row. There were 1,364 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province over the past ...
Oct 06, 2020
North Stars main camp kicks off at Civic Centre
The Battlefords North Stars kicked off their main camp this week, as players returned to the community - and the Civic Centre ice - following an extended summer hiatus. While there always seems to be ...
Oct 06, 2020
Liberals' 'supercluster' program falling short of promised jobs, economic growth
OTTAWA - The parliamentary spending watchdog says a government program to fuse public and private money to promote innovation appears to be well shy of its promise. The Liberals created their "supercl...
Oct 06, 2020
Green party won't support Liberals on throne-speech vote, new leader says
OTTAWA - New Green party Leader Annamie Paul says her party won't support the Liberal government's speech from the throne.Paul says there were some very good things in the Liberals' agenda-setting spe...
Oct 06, 2020
UK's hospitality sector sounds alarm on jobs amid curfew
LONDON - The U.K.'s pubs and restaurants could see well over 500,000 job losses by the end of 2020 as a result of new coronavirus restrictions, including the requirement they shut their doors at 10 p....
Oct 06, 2020
IMF head says global economy facing long climb to recovery
WASHINGTON - The head of the International Monetary Fund says that the global economy has started on a long climb to stronger growth with prospects looking a little better than four months ago. IMF Ma...
Oct 06, 2020
Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis casts urgent new light on Pence, Harris undercard debate
WASHINGTON, Wash. - "Politics as usual" isn't normally considered a good thing, but some in the United States might beg to disagree this year. That's why there's more focus than usual on Wednesday's v...
Oct 06, 2020