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Stocks slump after US expands trade war to Mexico
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks tumbled on Wall Street Friday after the U.S. announced plans to expand its trade war to Mexico. The slump all but guarantees that May will be the first monthly loss for the mark...
May 31, 2019
Supreme Court sides with Toronto man over detention in race-tinged case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has set aside a man's gun and drug-related convictions, saying police had no reasonable cause to walk into a backyard and begin questioning him. The ruling comes t...
May 31, 2019
Former North Stars win rec tournament in Sin City
Former North Stars' goalie Taryn Kotchorek is a household name in the Battlefords after playing all three years of his junior hockey career with the Stars, highlighted by a Canalta Cup Championship in...
May 31, 2019 (Pictured L-R): Back Row: Allan Frank (coach) Aron Frank , Lyndon Antoine, Shae Kiryk , Bryce Fiske, Connor Macintosh, Gino frank, Blair Pewapisconias. Front Row: Nick Shumlanski, Luke Frank, Connor Manegre, Taryn Kotchorek and Daylin Smallchild. (submitted photo/Taryn Kotchorek)
Health authority recognizes youth volunteers
Youth volunteers contributed 6,779 hours of service at the Victoria Hospital, Herb Bassett Home and Pineview Terrace this school year. The significant involvement was recognized Wednesday by the Saska...
May 31, 2019 The Saskatchewan Health Authority recognized these youth volunteers and others at an event Wednesday. (submitted photo/SHA)
China's ambassador makes second trip to Nova Scotia, calls McNeil "great friend"
HALIFAX - Just days after saying Canada's ties with China have hit "rock bottom", China's ambassador is praising Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil as "a great friend." Lu Shaye made the comment ...
May 31, 2019
Mueller declares his Russia report did not exonerate Trump
WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging President Donald Trump with a crime was "not an option" because of federal rules, but he used his first public remarks on the R...
May 31, 2019
Couture Council to honour Louboutin and his red-soled shoes
NEW YORK - From a tiny bottle of nail polish, a luxury fashion empire was born. Designer Christian Louboutin says he was experimenting in his factory one day when he suddenly seized his assistant's bo...
May 31, 2019
Elite 8: National Spelling Bee too easy for octet of champs
OXON HILL, Md. - There were warning signs throughout a marathon day of spelling that this Scripps National Spelling Bee would not conclude like any other in the event's 94-year history. Rishik Gandhar...
May 31, 2019
Judge: Kodak Black should remain jailed until trial
MIAMI - Federal prosecutors in Miami on Wednesday successfully appealed a judge's decision to release rapper Kodak Black on bond after his arrest for a weapons violation. In a hearing in U.S. District...
May 31, 2019
Paris wants a 'Princess Diana Square' at site of her death
Paris City Hall wants to name a small plaza after Princess Diana, at the site of the 1997 car crash that killed the cherished British royal. The site is adjacent to the Alma Tunnel where the accident ...
May 31, 2019