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Canadian citizen has been detained in China, Global Affairs confirms
Global Affairs Canada says a Canadian citizen has been detained in Yantai, China.The department says officials have provided consular services to the person in custody.It said in an email statement on...
Jul 13, 2019
Dozens injured aboard Air Canada flight after plane hits turbulence
MONTREAL - Thirty people were sent to hospital with injuries after an Air Canada flight travelling from Toronto to Sydney, Australia, hit severe turbulence and was forced to divert to H...
Jul 13, 2019
Freeland calls ex-envoy's advice to China about election 'highly inappropriate'
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is seeking to distance the Trudeau government from its former ambassador to China, a day after he said he has warned Chinese officials that further ...
Jul 13, 2019
Canadian citizen has been detained in China, Global Affairs confirms
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says a Canadian citizen has been detained in Yantai, China. The department says officials have provided consular services to the person in custody. It said in an email s...
Jul 13, 2019
RCMP contact families of Morin, Laverdiere after human remains found outside North Battleford
The families of two missing people whose disappearances are considered suspicious have been contacted after human remains were found in a rural area outside North Battleford on Thursday.Police said in...
Jul 13, 2019
Nipawin's Duchscherer plays final Junior Provincials on home course
There was some local flare at the 2019 Saskatchewan Junior Golf Provincials at the Evergreen Golf Course in Nipawin.Nipawin's own Veronika Duchscherer participated in the three-day tournament between ...
Jul 13, 2019 Nipawin's Veronika Duchscherer looks on after a shot at the 2019 Saskatchewan Junior Golf Provincials. (submitted photo/Golf Saskatchewan)
Annual threshing festival underway
A group is showing off machines and equipment from past eras this weekend.Vintage Power Machines is putting on their annual threshing festival. The event, in its 38 year, showcases a wide range of mac...
Jul 13, 2019 A volunteer prepared an old pump for a demonstration at the festival Saturday morning (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
More 'work to do' to mobilize Canadians on climate change action: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged Thursday that he has more work to do to sell Canadians on further actions to fight climate change, pointing to new premiers elected on vows to ...
Jul 13, 2019
Two men arrested, charged in murder of Mark Douglas Jonson
RCMP have located 22-year-old Nicolas Buck who was wanted in connection to the murder of Mark Douglas Jonson.Jonson was found dead in a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St. in North Battleford on July 5.Follow...
Jul 13, 2019 Nicolas Buck, 22, was arrested and charged with first degree murder. (supplied photo/North Battleford RCMP)
Rattlesnake, uranium, whiskey found during traffic stop
GUTHRIE, Okla. - Police in Oklahoma say they found a rattlesnake, a canister of radioactive powdered uranium and an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey during a traffic stop of a vehicle that had b...
Jul 13, 2019