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Mounties put more eyes in the sky with expanding drone fleet
OTTAWA - Newly disclosed records show the RCMP has assembled a fleet of more than 200 flying drones - eyes in the sky that officers use for everything from accident-scene investiga...
Jun 25, 2019

Mitsubishi Motors to relocate North America HQ to Tennessee
NASHVILLE - Mitsubishi Motors announced on Tuesday that it is relocating its North America headquarters from California to Tennessee, a move that will bring the Japanese automaker closer to its sister...
Jun 25, 2019

Cosby files appeal over testimony from other women accusers
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Comedian Bill Cosby has filed a lengthy appeal of the sex assault conviction that landed him in prison and says the judge allowed testimony from other women accusers that wasn't rele...
Jun 25, 2019

Plastics forks at Trudeau lunch a sign of hypocrisy: Conservatives
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a hypocrite over plastic cutlery that was available at a lunch meeting he held with youth activists in his Montreal riding....
Jun 25, 2019

Blues sign coach Craig Berube to 3-year contract extension
ST. LOUIS - The Blues signed coach Craig Berube to a three-year contract extension Tuesday after he led St. Louis to its first Stanley Cup championship in his first season in charge. The Blues were in...
Jun 25, 2019

Iraqi Kurds invite Canada to help train, equip peshmerga after being frozen out
OTTAWA - Canada is being invited to once again provide training to Iraq's Kurdish security forces, who worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Canadian soldiers in the war against the Islamic State group bef...
Jun 25, 2019

Vancouver police ask for help over theft of high-end snake chairs
VANCOUVER - A pair of unusual armchairs valued at about $40,000 each were taken from a high-end furniture store and Vancouver police are asking for the public's help in finding them. Police say t...
Jun 25, 2019

Transit manager seeks cash as system needs backup bus, faces new opportunities
Short on buses and with the potential to land a new contract, the city's transit manager hopes lawmakers in both communities will get on board with his funding request.Paul Robertson didn't mince any ...
Jun 25, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

City moving forward with SaskWater proposal
City council has decided to move forward with a proposal from SaskWater where the organization will buy the city's water treatment plant, water ponds and intake pumps.The proposal outlines a 30-year d...
Jun 25, 2019 The city will move forward with the proposal from SaskWater to purchase the city's water treatment plant, water ponds and intake pumps. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

New Ukraine president, and former actor, to meet Trudeau in Toronto
OTTAWA - Ukraine's new president will visit Toronto next week for a major international conference on his country's future that Canada is hosting, and where he will meet Prime Minister ...
Jun 25, 2019