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Trudeau takes personal hit amid SNC-Lavalin controversy: Leger poll for CP
OTTAWA - A recent survey conducted by polling firm Leger for The Canadian Press shows that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a personal hit in the SNC-Lavalin controversy. In a question abo...
Feb 20, 2019
Protesters across U.S. rail against Trump's emergency, demand Congress act
WASHINGTON - Americans furious with President Donald Trump's latest gambit for financing his long-promised border wall vented their frustrations Monday, gathering at protests ...
Feb 20, 2019
Rhode Island marks 16th anniversary of nightclub fire
WEST WARWICK, R.I. - Rhode Island is marking the 16th anniversary of a nightclub fire that killed 100 people and injured more than 200. The Feb. 20, 2003, fire was started when pyrotechnics for the ro...
Feb 20, 2019
Construction at McDonald's site in Melfort set for spring
Big Macs and McNuggets could be coming to Melfort as soon as the end of the calendar year.According to Brent Lutz, the director of development planning and community relations with the City of Melfort...
Feb 20, 2019
Stars on Ice in North Battleford
The Stars on Ice Road Show featuring Team Saskatchewan, local and regional skaters will be at the North Battleford Civic Centre on Tuesday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m.For full information, see the poster be...
Feb 20, 2019
Operation Red Nose provides 231 rides in 2018
For its 10th year of operation in the Battlefords over the holiday season, Operation Red Nose provided 231 rides home over eight nights of service. The numbers were released Friday.Around 50 volunteer...
Feb 20, 2019
Vandal topples wax statue of Sean 'Diddy' Combs
NEW YORK - Police say someone attacked a statue of Sean "Diddy" Combs at Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York, shoving the rap impresario's likeness so forcefully it lost its head. Investigators wer...
Feb 20, 2019
Stars on Ice Road Show
The Stars on Ice Road Show featuring Team Saskatchewan, local and regional skaters will be at the Affinity Credit Union Rec Centre, in Shellbrook, on Sunday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m.For full information,...
Feb 20, 2019
A look at rival Branson vs Maduro concerts for Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela - Dueling concerts are being staged this week on both sides of Venezuela's border with Colombia. After billionaire Richard Branson announced an aid concert in Colombia on Friday to ...
Feb 20, 2019
Chris Stapleton, Dan + Shay lead ACM nominations
NASHVILLE - Chris Stapleton and Dan + Shay lead the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards with six nominations each while Grammy album of the year winner Kacey Musgraves comes in with five nominations....
Feb 20, 2019