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NEB rejects call to expand scope of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion review
CALGARY - The National Energy Board is rejecting a call made by an environmental group last month to greatly expand the scope of its reconsideration of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Stand.ear...
Feb 19, 2019

New eight-bedroom group home coming to La Ronge for Northsask Special Needs
Saskatchewan Housing Corporation plans to build an eight-bedroom group home with four self-contained suites for adults with intellectual disabilities in La Ronge.The location of the facility will be l...
Feb 19, 2019

P.A. murder victim remembered as loving father, and passionate cook
As the Prince Albert Police service investigates the city's first homicide of 2019, the family of the deceased is speaking out, hoping someone may have information on a suspect.Cody McAdam, 27, was st...
Feb 19, 2019
Four-legged athletes brave winter conditions
The 2019 Canadian Challenge sled dog race is now underway, with several teams braving the northern Canadian wilderness in hopes of fetching victory.The Canadian Challenge is a 12 dog, continuous mid-d...
Feb 19, 2019

Humboldt father and husband continuing battle with leukemia
In late August of 2018, 37-year-old Jamie Ficko of Humboldt was feeling off and wasn't sure what was wrong.Numerous blood tests early on didn't indicate anything out of the blue, until Ficko noticed t...
Feb 19, 2019

Silvernagle doubles up in win over Newfoundland and Labrador
Notch another win for Robyn Silvernagle at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Team Saskatchewan cruised to an 8-4 win over Team Newfoundland and Labrador Tuesday afternoon in Sydney, N.S. After t...
Feb 19, 2019

Canada's bobsleigh team races World Cup on Calgary home track facing closure
CALGARY - Canada's skeleton and bobsled teams will race a World Cup on their home track under a cloud of uncertainty. Calgary's 33-year-old sliding track, built for the 1988 Winter Olympics, ...
Feb 19, 2019

DPAs: Meet the legal tool central to the Prime Minister's Office controversy
OTTAWA - Engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin sought to be the first firm to avoid criminal proceedings by negotiating a "remediation agreement" - using a new legal tool that either spa...
Feb 19, 2019

Speaker apologizes for apparent racial profiling incident on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan has apologized for an apparent case of racial profiling on Parliament Hill, saying all who visit the precinct must be treated with fairness, dig...
Feb 19, 2019

NewsAlert: Eaton Centre shooter found guilty of two counts of manslaughter
TORONTO - A man accused in a fatal shooting at Toronto's Eaton Centre six years ago has been found guilty of two counts of manslaughter. Christopher Husbands had pleaded not guilty to two co...
Feb 19, 2019