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GOP censures Cheney, Kinzinger, moves to pull out of debates
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Republican Party officials on Friday voted to punish GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their work on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection and advan...
Feb 04, 2022
Krista Fox leaves Battlefords for cross-Canada walk for MMIW
Long-time Battlefords advocate for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Krista Fox headed out Thursday evening to embark on her Krista's Kilometres for MMIW walk across Canada to raise awarene...
Feb 04, 2022
'With a heavy heart,' N.B. judge temporarily suspends unvaccinated father's custody
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick judge has temporarily suspended an unvaccinated father's in-person parenting time with his three children and ruled that their mother can have the children vaccinated des...
Feb 04, 2022
Feds to press ahead with anti-hate bill, including online speech: minister
OTTAWA - Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen says the government is preparing to press ahead with a law to combat racial and religious hatred, including online hate. In an interview, the minister condemne...
Feb 04, 2022
Locked out MLB players reject offer of federal mediation
NEW YORK (AP) - Locked out players rejected Major League Baseball's request for a federal mediator to enter stalled labor negotiations, a move that pretty much eliminated any chance for an on-time sta...
Feb 04, 2022
Quebec City ready for demonstration against COVID-19 health orders, premier says
Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he's confident a trucker protest planned in Quebec City this weekend against COVID-19 public health orders won't be a repeat of what's happening in Ottawa. Legault ...
Feb 04, 2022
Quebec middleweight Marc-Andre Barriault believes he's found recipe for UFC success
Quebec middleweight Marc-Andre (Powerbar) Barriault is a long way from his hometown of Gatineau, Que., and former training base of Quebec City these days. The 31-year-old mixed martial artist has call...
Feb 04, 2022
Ottawa police deploy 'surge' in bid to control, end 'increasingly volatile' protest
Ottawa police are deploying a "surge" of about 150 extra police officers to central areas of the city paralyzed by the protest against COVID-19 mandates that has been going on for days. Police Chief P...
Feb 04, 2022
Employment in Saskatchewan rose in January: Statistics Canada
Saskatchewan added 3,900 jobs in January, according to data released Friday by Statistics Canada.The unemployment rate in the province was 5.5 per cent, the same as it was in December. The only provin...
Feb 04, 2022
RCMP Report Pt. 2: Ongoing investigations and assault arrest in Battleford area
During a vehicle check on Jan. 27, Battlefords RCMP arrested two people and seized drugs and bear mace.Members executing the check on Battleford Road early that morning ended up pursuing the male driv...
Feb 04, 2022