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Tories cry foul over $12M to help Loblaws buy energy-efficient coolers
OTTAWA - Conservative environment critic Ed Fast slammed the federal government Tuesday for giving $12 million to help Loblaws stores make their refrigerators and freezers more energy-efficient. ...
Apr 9, 2019
Ministers appear unfazed by Senate changes to federal gun bill
OTTAWA - Federal ministers played down notions Tuesday that Senate committee amendments to the Liberals' gun bill would hobble the legislation. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale suggested the gover...
Apr 9, 2019
Quebecor CEO Peladeau in court in family dispute over company shares
MONTREAL - A judge urged members of Quebec's Peladeau family Tuesday not to air their dirty laundry in public in a quarrel over Quebecor shares that dates back nearly 20 years. But despite Quebec...
Apr 9, 2019
B.C. fights ticket scalpers with consumer protection law, eliminates bots
VICTORIA - British Columbia Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says he fondly recalls the day he waited in line at his local shopping mall for a dozen concert tickets to see Irish rock superstars U2 per...
Apr 9, 2019
Trudeau violated MPs' rights with 'unilateral' expulsion: Philpott
OTTAWA - The Liberals' efforts to put the SNC-Lavalin affair behind them were stymied once again Tuesday by the former cabinet ministers at the centre of the political storm, as Jane Philpot...
Apr 9, 2019
Autopsy: Transgender migrant died from AIDS complications
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - An autopsy has concluded a Honduran transgender migrant who died while in the custody of U.S. federal immigration officials died of complications from AIDS. The New Mexico Office o...
Apr 9, 2019
Santa finds a new home after getting dumped by the city
Jolly Old St. Nick has found a new home after being discarded in the local landfill.A 10-foot-tall Santa Claus that stood for years at the entrance to Prince Albert was discarded earlier this month by...
Apr 9, 2019 A local couple has rescued Santa from the P.A. landfill. (submitted photo/ Wendy Fyrk)
Students show off work at science fair
The top science students from across the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division were at Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Prince Albert campus Tuesday.The Prince Albert and Northeast Regional Science Fai...
Apr 9, 2019 Around 25 students displayed their work at Saskatchewan Polytechnic Tuesday (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Homeland Security Sec. Nielsen resigns amid border turmoil
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday amid President Donald Trump's growing frustration and bitterness over the number of Central American families crossing the ...
Apr 9, 2019
Retailers try to lure customers with free Uber rides
NEW YORK - While shoppers are getting everything from morning coffee to complete work wardrobes delivered to their homes, some businesses are working with ride-hailing company Uber to entice customers...
Apr 9, 2019
