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Trudeau Liberals seek donations from unlikely source - the PQ's interim leader
MONTREAL - Justin Trudeau's Liberals went looking for a donation from an unlikely source - the interim leader of the sovereigntist Parti Quebecois. The unusual pitch - a Liberal Party of Canada l...
Jun 05, 2019

Consider safety of Indigenous women in resource-development projects: MMIWG inquiry
OTTAWA - Amnesty International Canada is supporting the call from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women on the "urgent need" to consider the safety of Indigenous wo...
Jun 05, 2019

Feds begin payouts to informants for offshore tax intelligence
OTTAWA - The federal government has begun making payments to confidential informants for intelligence that has so far brought in more than $19 million from offshore tax evaders. Th...
Jun 05, 2019

DNA analysis suggests Dene descended from first North Americans
Genetic research is showing that the Indigenous people of Canada's Western Arctic are descended from some of the first humans to live in North America. A newly published paper says the Dene who&n...
Jun 05, 2019

Boot Cooper from Tory caucus over comments on online hate: Liberal MP
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer should eject colleague Michael Cooper from the Tory caucus over things the MP said about online hate in a parliamentary hearing last week, says a Liberal MP....
Jun 05, 2019

Veteran public servant, CFL boss, ex-B.C. attorney general named to RCMP board
OTTAWA - A former top public servant in the federal, Alberta and Ontario governments will head up the RCMP's fledgling board of civilian advisers assigned to help the police force modernize. Besi...
Jun 05, 2019

Judge says Nipsey Hussle documents will stay sealed for now
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has ruled that grand jury transcripts in the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle will remain sealed, for now. Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry in a hearing Wednesday ...
Jun 05, 2019

Ottawa pledges to spend $15 million to restore Ontario's tree-planting program
OTTAWA - The federal government is promising to spend $15 million to save a tree-planting program in Ontario. Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government cancelled the 50 million tree...
Jun 05, 2019

'Heartland' actress Amber Marshall to lead Calgary Stampede parade
CALGARY - Canadian actress Amber Marshall has been chosen to lead the Calgary Stampede parade this year. Marshall, 31, is best known for starring as horse-whisperer Amy Fleming, whose family...
Jun 05, 2019

Town lauded as 'clean' recycler; contract sees 'modest' increase
It seems Battleford residents have a real green thumb when it comes to recycling.Town of Battleford CAO John Enns-Wind said during Monday's council meeting that based on a report from Loraas Environme...
Jun 05, 2019 Deputy Mayor Susan McLean Tady, left, and CAO John Enns-Wind at Battleford council Monday. Council renewed a contract for its residential
recycling program during the meeting. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)