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Group of doctors calls for stronger gun control laws across country
TORONTO - A group representing doctors and other health-care workers pushing for stronger gun laws was holding rallies across the country on Wednesday, calling for a national ban on private owner...
Apr 03, 2019
Chinese complaint to third canola firm not a recent escalation: minister
OTTAWA - A spokesman for federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says China's move to issue a non-compliance complaint against a third Canadian canola-seed exporter was not a r...
Apr 03, 2019
Court reduces sentence for Winnipeg woman guilty of hiding infant remains
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg woman convicted of hiding the remains of six babies in a U-haul storage locker has had her sentence reduced to three years. Andrea Giesbrecht was originally sentenced to 8 1...
Apr 03, 2019
Baltimore mayor goes on leave as book scandal intensifies
Baltimore's embattled mayor announced Monday that she is taking an indefinite leave of absence, just as a political scandal intensifies over what critics call a "self-dealing" book-sales arrangement t...
Apr 03, 2019
Japan's Matsumura dumps Canada's Koe 9-3 at world men's curling championship
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Japan's Yuta Matsumura knocked Canada's Kevin Koe out of first place at the world men's curling championship on Wednesday. Japan scored five points in the third end of a 9-3 v...
Apr 03, 2019
Movie theatre owners, studios and stars convene at CinemaCon
LAS VEGAS - The movie industry - everyone from the Hollywood studios that produce the films to the companies that make the screens, speakers and seats in theatres - are descending on Las Vegas this we...
Apr 03, 2019
Shell Lake Spring Fling with Rod Gjerde
Shell Lake Spring Fling will feature a tribute to Merle Haggard by Rod Gjerde on April 27.See the poster for details.
Apr 03, 2019
Weldon Tradeshow - Vendors Wanted
The community of Weldon is hosting a Spring Trade Show on Saturday, May 4 at the Weldon Auditorium.Vendors are wanted.Lunch will be available to purchase.All proceeds are going to the Weldon Auditoriu...
Apr 03, 2019
'Harry Potter' books burned at Catholic parish in Poland
WARSAW, Poland - Priests at a Catholic parish in northern Poland have drawn criticism after they burned books, including from the "Harry Potter" series, and other items that their owners said had evil...
Apr 03, 2019
Paper Excellence Canada makes Major Gift to the Victoria Hospital Foundation’s NICU campaign
he Victoria Hospital Foundation (VHF) is excited to announce a major gift of $25,000 from Paper Excellence Canada, the corporation that owns the Prince Albert pulp mill. The corporate gift was initiat...
Apr 03, 2019
