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Bloc's leader Blanchet prepared to work with Liberals despite pipeline talk
QUEBEC - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said Thursday that he's willing to work with a re-elected Liberal government, despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's support ...
Oct 24, 2019
B.C. introduces law to implement United Nations declaration on Indigenous rights
VICTORIA - British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to introduce legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, mandating the governm...
Oct 24, 2019
Courts, social services win in Alberta budget; students face tuition increases
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government tabled its first budget Thursday. Here is a look at who might be pleased and who won't be so happy: WINNERS Bibliophiles: Government ...
Oct 24, 2019
Some highlights from the first budget of Alberta's United Conservatives
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government tabled its budget Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: - $8.7-billion deficit on revenues of $50 billion. - Debt projected to rise from the cu...
Oct 24, 2019
B.C. businessman David Sidoo faces new allegations in college bribery scandal
VANCOUVER - A well-known businessman and philanthropist from British Columbia faces fresh allegations in a new indictment filed in a college bribery scandal unfolding in the United States. David ...
Oct 24, 2019
What'sHappeningNOW Oct. 24, 2019
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with senior reporter Nigel Maxwell about a protest at Timber Bay.
Oct 24, 2019
SGI shines spotlight on school zone speeders
Some drivers in Saskatchewan learned their lesson the hard way when it came to school zone speed limits.According to SGI, police officers around the province handed out 1,424 tickets for speeding in s...
Oct 24, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)
Sask. Party shuts down emergency debate on education
The Saskatchewan NDP believes there's a crisis happening in the province's schools, but when its education critic tried to start an emergency debate on the subject after the first Question Period of t...
Oct 24, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)
The Manny Show gets a sequel: Riders again turn to veteran receiver
The Manny Show is getting renewed for at least one more episode in 2019.Saskatchewan Roughriders slotback Emmanuel Arceneaux will once again be added to the starting lineup as the CFL team takes on th...
Oct 24, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux during a drill at practice (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
New LED lights for Little Red trail
Evening skis at Little Red River Park this winter will be a little brighter and much more environmentally-friendly.The 101 halogen lights along the River Trail and around the lodge have been replaced ...
Oct 24, 2019 Mike Horn (left), chief organizer of the Pine Needle Mountain Bike Festival, presents Deputy Mayor Don Cody with a cheque. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
