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Killing of Iranian general sparks concerns for safety of Canadian troops
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the safety of Canadians in the Middle East is the government's "paramount concern" after an American airstrike killed a top Iranian g...
Jan 03, 2020
‘Open wound:’ Talk by poet who worked with Indigenous woman’s killer to go ahead
REGINA - The University of Regina is being urged to cancel a lecture by a celebrated Canadian poet who has worked with an Indigenous woman's killer, but the school says doing so would go against its p...
Jan 03, 2020 (File photo/Canadian Press)
RCMP warn western Sask. communities after string of break-ins
The RCMP have put out a crime watch advisory after a string of break-ins in multiple communities west of Saskatoon.According to Biggar's RCMP Detachment Commander Dereck Crozier, the spree has hit Uni...
Jan 03, 2020 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby arrested on battery charge
MIAMI - Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby was arrested on a battery charge in Miami on Thursday night and is being held on an arrest warrant out of Texas, according to court records. The rapper, whose re...
Jan 03, 2020
US construction spending up 0.6% in November, led by housing
WASHINGTON - Spending on U.S. construction projects rose a solid 0.6% in November as gains in home building and government projects offset weakness in nonresidential construction. It was the fifth con...
Jan 03, 2020
'Doomsday' scenario of mass layoffs due to AI unlikely, federal documents say
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that top government officials believe there is no imminent threat that artificial intelligence and robots will displace large segments of the Canadian workforce....
Jan 03, 2020
Oil prices surge, stocks slip after US kills Iranian general
NEW YORK - Oil prices are up sharply and major stock markets are falling after U.S. forces in Iraq killed a top Iranian general. The price of oil surged 3.5% and major indexes were down 0.8% in early ...
Jan 03, 2020
Texas murder suspected arrested in Halifax to have deportation hearing
HALIFAX - A man suspected of murder in Texas and arrested by police in Halifax earlier this week will go before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada to determine whether he should be sent back ...
Jan 03, 2020
'On the Farm Again' Woman makes hay replica of Willie Nelson
HUDDLESTON, Va. - Country singer Willie Nelson frequently sings about travelling and seeing things he may never see again. Chances are he had never before encountered a 15-foot-tall hay sculpture of h...
Jan 03, 2020
Candle Lake death investigation ongoing
More than three months after a man was found dead at his apartment in Candle Lake, there are still many more questions than answers.Toller Klassen, 43, was arrested hours after the body of Tom "Buck" ...
Jan 03, 2020 A picture of the RCMP at the Fisher Trading Post on Sept. 23, 2019, where Tom "Buck" Borson both lived and worked prior to his death. (File photo/paNOW Staff)