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'We must do better:' Nunavut leaders optimistic about housing money from Ottawa
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Leaders in Nunavut say they're happy with territory-specific housing money in the federal budget even though the amount is well below what they say is needed to address a long-stand...
Apr 13, 2022
LISTEN: Firefighters rescue dog trapped in well near Nipawin
It is a happy ending to a story from just outside Nipawin after a dog was stuck in a well for at least two days.The Nipawin Fire Department received a call last Thursday night that a dog had fallen do...
Apr 13, 2022
Video: Michigan officer knelt on Black man, fatally shot him
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Video shows a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, kneeling on the back of a Black man before fatally shooting him. Police released video from different sources Wednesd...
Apr 13, 2022
Kershaw takes perfect game through 6 innings vs. Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Clayton Kershaw took a perfect game through the sixth inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers in his season debut, dominating the Minnesota Twins with 12 strikeouts in 18 batters. Starti...
Apr 13, 2022
Canada and allies on high alert for Russian disinformation, interference: minister
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says Canada is on high alert for Russian disinformation campaigns designed to confuse and deceive people. Mendicino says Canada is using all the tools a...
Apr 13, 2022
Successful amendment: Canadian Pacific will have to pay taxes in Saskatchewan
REGINA - The Constitution is to be amended as it relates to the Saskatchewan Act so as to remove a section that exempts Canadian Pacific Railway from paying taxes in the province. The proposed amendme...
Apr 13, 2022
Human Rights Commission joins call for public inquiry on sexual violence in prisons
OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Commission says Canada needs an independent public inquiry to address serious issues of sexual violence and coercion in federal prisons for women. The commission is ...
Apr 13, 2022
Biden approves $800M in artillery, helicopters for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday approved $800 million in new military assistance to Ukraine, including artillery and helicopters, to bolster its defenses against an intensified Russ...
Apr 13, 2022
Candle Lake officially approves 2022 budget
The Resort Village of Candle Lake now has a plan for how to manage its finances after approving this year's budget.Administration and council held several budget meetings over the past few months and ...
Apr 13, 2022
P.A.'s Hudak named Saskatchewan's Athlete of the Month for March
Prince Albert's Brittany Hudak was named Sask. Sport's Athlete of the Month for March, after winning a bronze medal at the 2022 Beijing Paralympics.Hudak earned her second career Paralympic medal in t...
Apr 13, 2022
