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Clear regulations on seatbelts needed, report on deadly Hydro One helicopter crash says
TORONTO - Clearer regulations around seatbelts are needed to reduce the risk of death or injury in accidents like a helicopter crash that killed four men nearly two years ago, the federal transpo...
Nov 01, 2019
Recounts ordered in B.C., Quebec ridings after narrow federal election results
OTTAWA - Courts in Quebec and British Columbia have ordered recounts in two ridings where the runners-up are hoping a review could snatch victory from the jaws of ever-so-narrow defeat. And there may ...
Nov 01, 2019
Desjardins revises data theft impact numbers, says 4.2 million affected
MONTREAL - The Desjardins Group data theft is much larger than first thought, affecting 4.2 million members - up from the 2.9 million first reported in June. The new number represents the en...
Nov 01, 2019
US manufacturing contracts for third straight month
WASHINGTON - U.S. manufacturing output dropped for the third straight month in October as trade tensions and a slowing global economy took a toll on American factories. The Institute for Supply Manage...
Nov 01, 2019
Canadian women's soccer team calls up 15-year-old midfielder Olivia Smith
Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller first noticed Olivia Smith last year when he travelled with the Canadian youth teams. Now the 15-year-old midfielder is going to get a closer look with his...
Nov 01, 2019
Chile cancels climate, trade summits amid protest chaos
SANTIAGO, Chile - Chilean President Sebastin Piera said Wednesday that he is cancelling two major international summits so he can respond to protracted nationwide protests over economic inequality tha...
Nov 01, 2019
Hit and run under investigation in La Loche
RCMP are requesting assistance after a 19-year-old man was left lying in the street yesterday after he was hit by a vehicle in the northern part of La Loche at 5 a.m.According to a media release from ...
Nov 01, 2019 (File photo/JPBG Staff)
Community fundraiser raises close to $15,000 for BUH maternity healthcare
Two community fundraisers have helped raise close to $15,000 to provide support for maternity healthcare at Battlefords Union Hospital.A dinner-concert fundraiser called Rock And Rattle at the Alex Di...
Nov 01, 2019 Left to right, Charles Baillargeon (Meota Musical Productions), Sheila Stensrud (BUH Foundation's Office Administrator) and Sue Pruden-McIvor (BUH Foundation’s Board of Director’s Chair). Baillargeon and Pruden-McIvor helped raise funds to benefit the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation's campaign to for maternity healthcare. About $15,000 was raised for the BUH Foundation from the combined Meota show and Alex Dillabough dinner-concert event. (submitted photo/BUH Foundation).
US construction spending rises 0.5% in September
WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending rose 0.5% in September, boosted by government and private residential projects. The Commerce Department said Friday that government construction rose 1.5% durin...
Nov 01, 2019
Pharmacist from London, Ont., faces hearing over naloxone distribution
TORONTO - A pharmacist in London, Ont., is facing a disciplinary hearing for distributing naloxone kits door-to-door and at street festivals. The Ontario College of Pharmacists says Jason Ne...
Nov 01, 2019