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Thin limbed: North America short on Christmas trees
A local grower says there is a Christmas tree shortage in North America and the 2008 recession is to blame.According to Ray Gaudet, a former director for the National Christmas Tree Association, there...
Dec 4, 2019 (submitted photo/Lefebvre Christmas Tree Farm Facebook page)
Action plan on missing, murdered Indigenous women coming by June: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the federal government will release by June 2020 its plan to respond to the final report of the inquiry into missing an...
Dec 4, 2019
Scheer warns Liberals his Tories are watching as Parliament prepares to return
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there will be no more free rides in the House of Commons for the Liberal government. Scheer says his Opposition intends to fight hard now that the days ...
Dec 4, 2019
Ontario not on track to achieving emissions reductions targets: auditor
TORONTO - Ontario is unlikely to meet its 2030 emissions target under its current climate change plan - and Premier Doug Ford's government knows it, the province's auditor gen...
Dec 4, 2019
Student in custody after shooting at Milwaukee-area school
MILWAUKEE - A police officer shot an armed male student in a classroom at a suburban Milwaukee high school Monday morning after the teenager pointed a gun at officers, a police chief said. Officers pe...
Dec 4, 2019
US Rep. Denny Heck of Washington state says he's retiring
SEATTLE - Democratic Rep. Denny Heck of Washington state said Wednesday that he is retiring from Congress. Heck is serving his fourth term representing Washington's 10th District, southwest of Seattle...
Dec 4, 2019
Top NHL draft prospects Lafreniere, Byfield named to Canada's world junior camp
Canada will be counting on Alexis Lafreniere for offence at the upcoming world junior hockey championship. And with the status of some of the other veterans from last year's team up in the a...
Dec 4, 2019
Downhill training cancelled at Lake Louise due to snow accumulation
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Wednesday's downhill training session at the women's alpine skiing World Cup stop at Lake Louise has been cancelled due to snow accumulation on the course. The Environment Canada ...
Dec 4, 2019
Kemp expected to pick newcomer to succeed Isakson in Senate
ATLANTA - Georgia's governor is expected to appoint a wealthy business executive to replace an outgoing U.S. senator, according to a GOP political consultant, bypassing President Donald Trump's prefer...
Dec 4, 2019
La Loche shooter’s adult sentence to be appealed to Supreme Court of Canada
The adult sentence of the La Loche school shooter is being appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada before the end of the year.Lawyer Aaron Fox confirmed to 650 CKOM on Tuesday he is preparing to apply...
Dec 4, 2019 A man who pleaded guilty to killing four people and wounding seven others during a 2016 shooting spree is led into court in La Loche, Sask. on Feb. 23, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
