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P.A.'s housing slump continues as other cities surge
Prince Albert's continued depressed housing market is surprising even the optimists, as other cities enjoy a spring upturn.While Saskatoon is seeing a significant rebound this year, and the Battleford...
Jun 05, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

Correction: Flint Water story
LANSING, Mich. - In a story June 3 about the criminal investigation of Flint's water crisis, The Associated Press reported erroneously the number of current and former state employees whose mobile dev...
Jun 05, 2019

Ottawa hit with another tornado, residents complain they got no warning
OTTAWA - Environment Canada is reviewing its public alerts system after residents of a suburban Ottawa neighbourhood hit by a tornado Sunday were never warned that one was on the way. T...
Jun 05, 2019

Dragons prepare for battle at Max Clunie Field
Fresh off a fifth place finish at provincials last weekend, the Sask. Rivers Dragons will be action Wednesday night at Max Clunie Field. The tournament is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. The Dragons rost...
Jun 05, 2019 The Sask. River Dragons at the 2019 provincial tournament in Saskatoon. (Facebook/Crystal Clarke)

Canada OK with EU plan to help WTO deal with Trump disruption: Carr
OTTAWA - Canada's trade minister is endorsing a European Union plan to set up an alternative to the World Trade Organization's appeals panel, in case a U.S. refusal to appoint new members paralyzes it...
Jun 05, 2019

Trudeau Liberals seek donations from unlikely source - the PQ's interim leader
MONTREAL - Justin Trudeau's Liberals went looking for a donation from an unlikely source - the interim leader of the sovereigntist Parti Quebecois. The unusual pitch - a Liberal Party of Canada l...
Jun 05, 2019

Consider safety of Indigenous women in resource-development projects: MMIWG inquiry
OTTAWA - Amnesty International Canada is supporting the call from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women on the "urgent need" to consider the safety of Indigenous wo...
Jun 05, 2019

Feds begin payouts to informants for offshore tax intelligence
OTTAWA - The federal government has begun making payments to confidential informants for intelligence that has so far brought in more than $19 million from offshore tax evaders. Th...
Jun 05, 2019

DNA analysis suggests Dene descended from first North Americans
Genetic research is showing that the Indigenous people of Canada's Western Arctic are descended from some of the first humans to live in North America. A newly published paper says the Dene who&n...
Jun 05, 2019

Boot Cooper from Tory caucus over comments on online hate: Liberal MP
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer should eject colleague Michael Cooper from the Tory caucus over things the MP said about online hate in a parliamentary hearing last week, says a Liberal MP....
Jun 05, 2019

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