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Andrew Scheer calls on Liberal MPs to further probe SNC-Lavalin affair
MONCTON, N.B. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is asking Liberal MPs on the House of Commons ethics committee to vote to continue the investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair, after a sc...
Aug 16, 2019
Trump continues to weigh possible Blagojevich commutation
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump says he's still considering whether to sign commutation papers freeing former Illinois governor and one-time "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Rod Blagojevich from fed...
Aug 16, 2019
Kings announce new recruits ahead of training camp
Training camp is just a couple of weeks away for the JDA Kings and on Thursday the club announced a pair of player signings for the 2019-2020 campaign.Kyle Chalifoux will be returning to the Swan City...
Aug 16, 2019 The Kings open the regular season September 20 when they host the Fort St.John Huskies
NYPD: Objects found at subway station aren't explosives
NEW YORK - Two suspicious objects that prompted an evacuation of a major lower Manhattan subway station during the morning commute Friday are not explosives, police said. The bomb squad cleared the it...
Aug 16, 2019
Lights win opener at Westerns
The Northern Lights U18 Baseball club opened up Westerns Thursday night on a winning note.They crushed the Red Deer Braves 13-1 to get off to a 1-0 start in the tournament.The Northern Lights will res...
Aug 16, 2019 (photo credit to the Northern Lights U18 Facebook page)
As Turks flee oppression, Ottawa urged to speak out on human rights issues
OTTAWA - It's long past time for the federal government to publicly condemn human rights violations that have been going on in Turkey for years, an Ottawa-based human rights activist says. More t...
Aug 16, 2019
Latino actors, writers pen 'letter of solidarity' amid fears
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Actresses America Ferrera and Eva Longoria are leading a group of more than 150 writers, artists and leaders who have written a public "letter of solidarity" to U.S. Latinos after ...
Aug 16, 2019
Province strikes panel to advise on wage cut for alcohol servers
EDMONTON - A provincial panel will explore whether cutting the minimum wage for Alberta's alcohol servers could give them more working hours and boost their overall income with more tips.Labour Minist...
Aug 16, 2019
Bear Creek Folk Festival starts tonight
The fourth edition of the Bear Creek Folk Festival will start at 6:30 this evening in Muskoseepi Park.Producer Sarah Card says it has come a long way since it first started."Over the last couple of ye...
Aug 16, 2019 Photo by Martine Martell, from the Bear Creek Folk Festival Facebook page.
Alleged Christchurch gunman sends letter from prison cell
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand officials admitted Wednesday that they made a mistake by allowing the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques to send a hand-written letter f...
Aug 16, 2019