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'The chill is real,' Canada's ambassador to China says of fraught relationship
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to China says there is a chill in relations between the two countries since the People's Republic imprisoned two Canadians, but his top priority remains winning their...
Feb 7, 2020
Son clinches Tottenham's 3-2 win over Southampton in FA Cup
LONDON - Son Heung-min's late penalty secured Tottenham's progress in the FA Cup on Wednesday, clinching a 3-2 victory over Southampton in a fourth-round replay. Son was awarded the penalty despite go...
Feb 7, 2020
Autopsy: Nick Gordon died from heroin overdose
ORLANDO, Fla. - Bobbi Kristina Brown's ex-partner died last month from a heroin overdose, an autopsy found. Nick Gordon, whose legal name is Nicholas Bouler, died from an accidental overdose on New Ye...
Feb 7, 2020
Older adult job training opens doors
The P.A. Mtis Women's Association is preparing to start the second year of a successful job training program for older adults. The 13-week provincially funded program is aimed at giving people aged 55...
Feb 7, 2020 Seventy-seven per cent of participants in the previous session of the older workers initiative at the P.A. Métis Women's Association found jobs through the program. (submitted photo/Bernadette Aubichon)
Three Sask. communities hoping to be first in province named Kraft Hockeyville
A rink from Saskatchewan has never won Kraft Hockeyville.Three communities from the province are looking to be the first.Dinsmore, Moose Jaw and Pense are all hopeful 2020 is the year a Saskatchewan c...
Feb 7, 2020 The village of Dinsmore (top left), City of Moose Jaw (bottom left), and Town of Pense (top right) are all competing for Kraft Hockeyville 2020. (krafthockeyville.ca)
Guernsey residents allowed home 34 hours after oil car derailment, fire
Nearly 90 people who live in Guernsey, Sask. are allowed to return to their homes after an evacuation order was lifted by emergency officials at 4 p.m. Friday.The order was initially placed Thursday m...
Feb 7, 2020 A track view of the derailment on the eastern outskirts of Guernsey on Feb. 6, 2020. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Toronto FC signs veteran Argentina winger/forward Pablo Piatti as third DP
Toronto FC has signed Argentine winger/forward Pablo Piatti as its new designated player. The 30-year-old Piatti leaves Barcelona-based Espanyol for Major League Soccer on a free transfer. Having pass...
Feb 7, 2020
Tories decry judicial appointment amid renewed scrutiny of MacKay's record
OTTAWA - Conservatives are accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of stacking Canada's courts with Liberal partisans, pointing to a recently appointed judge who has donated almost $26,000 to...
Feb 7, 2020
A toe tapping good time
A proud part of Mtis culture is now the focus of a new class being offered once a week at Prince Albert's Army and Navy building downtown.Close to a dozen children took part in the first jigging class...
Feb 7, 2020 The Métis Jigging class had a very enthusiastic response on its opening night. (Submitted photo/Cierra Alexandersen)
Yankees lefty James Paxton has back surgery, out 3-4 months
All during the off-season, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman worried about James Paxton's back pain and kept suggesting: "Let's just get the surgery out of the way. We're losing time." Pa...
Feb 7, 2020
